Main entry:

Olcayto, Rory, author.

Title & Author:

Sinan : the first starchitect / essays, Suha Özkan, Rory Olcayto, Jale Nejdet Erzen, Dan Cruickshank, Jonathan Glancey, Gillian Darley ; foreword, Bahadir Kayan ; introduction Rory Olcayto.

Publication:

London : AJ Publications, 2016.

Description:

112 pages : colour illustrations, plans ; 27 cm

Notes:
Issued with Architects Journal and sponsored by Turkishceramics.
Projects by Reiach and Hall [and others].
Who is Miamar Sinan? / Rory Olcayto -- Mimar Sinan -- üstad at work / Suha Özkan -- How the culture of the Janissaries -- the crack troops of the Ottoman Empire -- shaped Sinan and his unique architectural talents / Rory Olcayt -- The aesthetics of Sinans mosques / Jale Nejdet Erzen -- Did Christopher Wren look to Sinan when designing Londons St. Pauls? / Dan Cruickshank -- The architectural dialogue between Venice and Istanbul is evidenced in the work of Sinan and Palladio / Jonathan Glancey -- The Sultan and Sinan -- the ultimate architect-client relationship / Gillian Darley -- A reading from the urban text -- from mosque to metabolism (Süleymaniye Mosque) / Reiach and Hall -- Sinan -- illuminating the mosque / Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios: -- Deconstructing Sinans townscape -- The picturesque in Istanbul / DSDHA -- How do you get to the past? / Sam Jacob Studio -- Game of domes / Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners -- Istanbul and Iznik / Bureau De Change -- Water -- under, over and through / Ian Ritchie Architects -- Autobiographies -- Postscript : what would Sinan do if he were alive today? / Rory Olcayto.

Summary:

In November 2015, Turkishceramics and the Architects' journal took a group of British architects to Istanbul and Edirne on a research trip to study the work of Ottoman architect Mimar Sinan. The trip has resulted in a fascinating book that focuses on Sinan's mastery of the art of building, from his use of ceramics to his designs of mosque complexes and urban infrastructure. An exhibition of the work followed in May 2016.

Subject:

Sinan, Mimar, 1489 or 1490-1588.
Sinan, Mimar, 1489 or 90-1588.
Architects Turkey Biography.
Architecture, Turkish History 16th century.
Islamic architecture History 16th century.
Mosques Turkey History 16th century.
Historic buildings Turkey History 16th century.
Architecture, Ottoman History 16th century.
Architecture turque Histoire 16e siècle.
Architecture islamique Histoire 16e siècle.
Architecture ottomane Histoire 16e siècle.
Architects
Architecture, Ottoman
Architecture, Turkish
Buildings
Historic buildings
Islamic architecture
Mosques
Turkey Buildings, structures, etc. History 16th century.
Asie Mineure Constructions Histoire 16e siècle.
Turkey

Form/genre:

Biographies
History

Added entries:

Özkan, Süha, author.
Erzen, Jale N., author.
Cruickshank, Dan, author.
Glancey, Jonathan, author.
Darley, Gillian, author.
Kayan, Bahadir, writer of foreword.
Sinan, Mimar, 1489 or 1490-1588.
Reiach and Hall, author.
Turkishceramics, sponsoring body.
Architect's journal.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 292747
Call No.: BIB 237174
Status: Available