THE BALYANS Ottoman Architecture and Balyan Archive. Uras Büke, Istanbul, Korpus, 2020, 452 p. 2500 gr. Limited editon (600 Copies)
FOREWORD
- Looking into the Balyan Architecture Archive / Arsen Yarman -With Respect to the Balyan Family and Imperial Architects HAYCAR - Solidarity Association of Architects and Engineers for the Revitalization and Research of Cultural Assets
- Remembering the Balyans / Kevork Özkaragöz
PROLOGUE
Chapter 1 BALYAN ARCHITECTURE ARCHIVE
- Beyond Function: Balyan Architecture with Myths and Prejudices
- Balyan Archive: Pile of Memories and Journey of Classification Architect Balyans
Chapter 2 BALYAN FAMILY: PERSONAL HISTORIES
-Balyan Family and Its Origins Krikor Bal(i)yan (1764-1831) and the Birth of a Family Practice
-Senekerim Balyan (1768-1833)
-The Last Amira Architect Garabed Balyan (1800-1866)
-Education of Garabed Balyan’s Children A Young Genius: Nigoğos Balyan (1826-1858)
-Architect, Engineer and Versatile Tanzimat Elite Sarkis Balyan (1831-1899)
-Death of the Great Patron, Stroke of Fate and Final Period of Balyan Practice
-Sarkis Balyan as an Engineer-Mechanician and Inventor Art Patron and Intellectual Architect: Hagop Balyan (1837-1875)
-A Drawing Master and Imperial Draughtsman: Simon Balyan (1846-1894)
-Last Architect of the Balyan Practice: Levon Balyan (1855-1925)
Chapter 3 BALYAN ARCHITECTURE AND ITS REPRESENTATIONS
-Imperial Palaces and Organization of Large Scale Construction Sites: Silence of the Construction Sites
-A Pledge of Progress and a Visual Negotiation: Photography in the Representation of Sarkis Balyan’s Architecture
-Portrait of the Architect Chapter
4 BALYAN ARCHITECTURE IN THE TANZİMAT ERA
-Beyond Time and Geography: Multiple Sources of Balyan Eclecticism
-Balyan Practice as a Pioneer of Neo-Gothic Elements in Tanzimat
-Architecture History as an Encyclopedic Source An Egalitarian Demand: Influences on Çırağan and Beylerbeyi Palaces
-New Methodologies in the Search of a National Style and Ottoman Renaissance
-From Imperial Architect to Imperial Palace Master Builder: The Position of Architect in the Architectural Organization of Tanzimat Period Chapter
5 BALYAN ARCHIVE CATALOGUE
-Ottoman Palace and Residential Architecture in the Tanzimat Era
-Imperial Palaces on the Banks of Bosphorus
-The Çırağan Palace of Sultan Mahmud II
-Dolmabahçe: The Absolute Model of Tanzimat Palaces
-The Design Model Integrating the Old Palace into the New Complex: Beylerbeyi
-Nigoğos Balyan’s Facade Proposal for the New Çırağan Palace and Horror Vacui
-Sarkis and Hagop Balyan’s Eastern, Polychrome Facade Proposals for the New Çırağan Palace
-The New Çırağan Palace
-Monumental Coastal Line from Çırağan to Fer’iye Palaces
-Sarkis Balyan’s Expansion Project for Yıldız Palace Büyük Mabeyn Kiosk
- The Balyans and Imperial Feasts in the Tanzimat Period
- A Project by Antoine Bourgeois in the Balyan Archive
- In the Pursuit of an Ideal Plan: Kiosk and Pavilion Designs
- Kabataş Esma Sultan Mansion
- An Exception of Balyan Architecture: Middle Class Housing Designs
- Decoration for the Empire
-Decoration of the 19th Century Ottoman Palaces
-Perspective Drawings by “Serkis Bey” in the Nubar Library,
-Paris Parisian Furniture, Chandelier and Furniture Designs in the Balyan Archive
- A Conceptual Spolia: Re-use of Çırağan Palace’s Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Doors in Yıldız Şale Kiosk’s Dining Hall
New Spaces of the Ottoman Diplomacy
-Sarkis Balyan’s Reorganization for Chamber of Deputies
-Sarkis Balyan’s Bâb-ı Âli Building Plan Proposals After the 1878 Fire
Religious Buildings
-Tanzimat Period Mosques and Contributions of the Balyans
-Sarkis Balyan’s Four-Minaret Selâtin Mosque Design: Aziziye Mosque
-The Second Set of Mosque Drawings in the Balyan Archive
-Church Designs Between the Imperial Capital and the East New Spaces of the Public Life
-Sarkis Balyan’s Display Plan for the Collection of Antique Weapons at Hagia Irene
-Education Buildings Sarkis Balyan’s Galatasaray Imperial High School Plan
-The Hospital Project in the Balyan Archıve
-Simon Balyan’s Design Proposal for Sarayburnu Entrepots
- A Public Building and Landscape Design Project
Military Buildings
-Military Barrack Designs as a Pioneer for the Idea of Architectural Order
-Maçka Armoury
Industrial Buildings
-Dadyan and Balyan Collaboration in the Early Period of the Ottoman
-Industrialization Imperial Fez Factory
-Dolmabahçe Gasworks Rehabilitation of the Tanzimat City: The Balyans and Urban Design
ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX
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