Doğan Kuban

Doğan Kuban (born in Paris in 1926 to a Circassian family) is one of the leading Turkish academics in Turkey on architectural history.

Biography

He received his bachelor's degree in architecture from Istanbul Technical University (ITU). Shortly thereafter he started his academic career. In the 1960s and 1970s he spent time as a research fellow at the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library with a scholarship from Harvard University. He became a professor in 1965, and he retıred recently. Among his other work, he aided Professor Cecil L. Striker, of the University of Pennsylvania, in his scholarly restoration of the Kalenderhane Mosque in Istanbul.

Kuban's urban history of Istanbul -- one of the more complete diachronic histories of the city -- is available in English as Istanbul: An Urban History. Byzantion, Constantinopolis, Istanbul (Istanbul, 1996).

Bibliography

• "Mimarlık Kavramları" (1998) ISBN 975743809X
• "İstanbul Yazıları" (1998) ISBN 9757438650
• "Sinan: an Architectural Genius" (1999); text by Doğan Kuban, photographs by Ahmet Ertuğ
• "İstanbul Bir Kent Tarihi" (2000) ISBN 9753331304
• "Tarihi Çevre Korumanın Mimarlık Boyutu" (2000) ISBN 9757438960
• "Türkiye'de Kentsel Koruma" (2001) ISBN 9753330324

See also

• List of Turkish architects
• Ottoman architecture

References

• Biyografi.net - Biography of Doğan Kuban Template:Tr icon
• Ykykultur.com.tr - Biography of Doğan Kuban Template:Tr icon