About Us

EAA - Emre Arolat Architecture was founded in May 2004 by Emre Arolat and Gonca Pasolar in Istanbul, as the continuation of Emre Arolat’s architectural practices which he started at his parents’ office, Arolat Architects, as an associate designer in 1987. Today EAA is not only one of the largest architectural offices of Turkey, also has a recognized presence in the global scene along its offices in New York and London in addition to Istanbul. Since its establishment, the studio has built an impressively wide range of works from urban masterplans, airports to residential, cultural buildings and workplaces.

The practice has received international attention very early with the Minicity Theme Park in 2014 which was recognized as Selected Work by the Mies van der Rohe Awards for European Architecture. A great number of international awards followed including Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2010 with the Ipekyol Textile Factory Building. Latest breakthrough project Sancaklar Mosque, a building that blends perfectly with the landscape, is again honored by the selection of Mies van der Rohe Award in 2015, along many others.

EAA is highly regarded for its ability to reconcile the identity and rootedness of the context and the place within its cultural, historical and geographic conditions, with the inescapable demands of the contemporary world to succeed in delivering a compelling design as result. Well experienced in big scale national and international projects, the studio prioritizes collaboration with worldwide engineering and consultancy firms and adopt the cutting-edge computer programming to carry them out. The design is pursued till the smallest detail, comprehensively elaborated, solved and drawn.

The noteworthy works of the studio have been compiled in the monograph 'Context & Plurality' edited by Philip Jodidio and Suha Ozkan and published by Rizzoli New York in 2013, and also displayed in several important institutions as Design Museum and Royal Academy

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Awards

• The Architectural Review Future Projects Awards MIPIM 2018
• "Future Transport", Category Winner, Çukurova Regional Airport Complex The Plan Award 2017
• "Best Industrial / Logistic Facility", Dalaman International Airport New Terminal Building Sign of the City Awards 2016
• Excellent Communications Design Architecture, Sancaklar Mosque German Design Award 2016
• ''Cultural Regeneration" Category Winner, Entrepot 5 - MSGSU Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpt MIPIM 2018
• "Cultural Buildings / Museums", Abdullah Gül Presidential Museum & Library, Kayseri, Winner World Architecture Award 2016
• “Future Residential” Highly Commended, Muscat 1129  WAF (World Architecture Festival) 2016
• East Centric Architecture Triennale, Bucharest, Romania Arhitext Review 2016

Affiliations

• AIA
• RIBA
• NCARB
• CSI
• UCGBC
• LEED AP
• SMP
• SPP
• CFM