Yapı dergisi

Yapı dergisi (often shortened to Yapı) is a Turkish monthly magazine devoted to architecture, design, culture and art. It was launched in July 1973 by Yapı Endüstri Merkezi (Building Industry Centre), with Doğan Hasol as owner on behalf of the centre and Ömür Candaş as editor-in-chief. The first issue's masthead also listed Mustafa Aslıer, Demirtaş Ceyhun, Macit Gökberk, Arslan Başer Kafaoğlu, Ruhi Kafescioğlu, Haydar Kazgan, Önder Küçükerman, Bülent Özer, Haldun Taner and Mümtaz Zeytinoğlu. True to the founding mission of Yapı Endüstri Merkezi, its early issues focused largely on the building industry, but the magazine gradually broadened its scope to cover the construction sector, the economy, culture and the arts. Today its editorial focus is architecture and architectural culture, alongside technology and materials, urbanism, architectural theory, architectural history and industrial product design. The magazine was published by Yapı Endüstri Merkezi until 2018. When that organisation closed, Yapı dergisi continued under pRchitect, which remains its publisher. By 2020 it had published more than 450 issues, making it one of Turkey's longest-running architecture and design periodicals. Its sections include design, opinion, current affairs and sector news, and it features architectural and interior design projects, competition and event announcements, critical essays and articles, and information on building materials. Yapı dergisi maintains an active website at yapidergisi.com, where it publishes news, interviews, project features and competition announcements. Recent online content has covered subjects such as the reconstruction of the Constitución Municipal Theatre, the Palácio de Tavira, the Casa Cieno and Gelareh House projects, the 16th International Adobe Conference in Çanakkale, the 5th International Symposium on Ecological Architecture and Planning, and honours such as the British OBE awarded to Mina Hasman for sustainable architecture. The site also carries interviews, including with Studio Per Se, and articles on topics such as construction and site management in Istanbul's urban transformation process. Contributors to the current website include Ebru Sevli. As a specialist trade and cultural title rather than a mass-market consumer magazine, Yapı dergisi serves architects, designers, students, academics and construction-industry professionals in Turkey. It combines professional coverage of building technology and materials with critical and historical writing on architecture, and it functions as a record of Turkish and international architectural debate. Its long run and its association with Yapı Endüstri Merkezi give it a canonical status in Turkish architectural publishing.

Yapı dergisi was founded in July 1973 by Yapı Endüstri Merkezi (Building Industry Centre), a Turkish organisation dedicated to the building industry. The magazine's owner at launch was Doğan Hasol, acting on behalf of Yapı Endüstri Merkezi, and its editor-in-chief was Ömür Candaş. The first issue's masthead also included Mustafa Aslıer, Demirtaş Ceyhun, Macit Gökberk, Arslan Başer Kafaoğlu, Ruhi Kafescioğlu, Haydar Kazgan, Önder Küçükerman, Bülent Özer, Haldun Taner and Mümtaz Zeytinoğlu. In line with the founding purpose of Yapı Endüstri Merkezi, the early issues concentrated on the building industry, but over time the magazine expanded its coverage to include the construction sector, the economy, culture and the arts. Its current editorial focus is architecture and architectural culture, together with technology and materials, urbanism, architectural theory, architectural history and industrial product design. The magazine was published by Yapı Endüstri Merkezi until 2018. Following the closure of that organisation, Yapı dergisi continued its publishing life under pRchitect. By 2020 it had published more than 450 issues, making it one of Turkey's longest-running architecture and design magazines. Its sections include design, opinion, current affairs and sector news, and it publishes architectural and interior design projects, competition and event announcements, critical essays and articles, and information about building materials. The magazine maintains a website at yapidergisi.com, where it posts news, interviews, project features and competition announcements. Recent online content has covered the reconstruction of the Constitución Municipal Theatre, the Palácio de Tavira, the Casa Cieno and Gelareh House projects, the 16th International Adobe Conference in Çanakkale, the 5th International Symposium on Ecological Architecture and Planning, and the British OBE awarded to Mina Hasman for sustainable architecture. The site also features interviews, such as with Studio Per Se, and articles on construction and site management in Istanbul's urban transformation process. Contributors to the current website include Ebru Sevli.

• Yapı dergisi is founded by Yapı Endüstri Merkezi; first issue published with Doğan Hasol as owner and Ömür Candaş as editor-in-chief.

• Yapı Endüstri Merkezi closes; Yapı dergisi continues publication under pRchitect.

• The magazine has published more than 450 issues.

Turkey's longest-running architecture, design, culture and art magazine, aimed at architects, designers, students and construction-industry professionals.

• Yapı dergisi monthly print magazine

  Monthly magazine covering architecture, design, culture and art, published since 1973.

• yapidergisi.com website

  Online platform for news, interviews, project features and competition announcements.

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