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Golden Horn Library in Istanbul
23 Jul 2021
Architecture: Aytac Architects
Location: Istanbul, Western Turkey
The Turkish Flying Carpet – Alper Aytac?s Golden Horn Library wins Architizer A+Awards

Golden Horn Library
Alper Aytac?s design for the Golden Horn Library was selected as a 2021 Architizer A+ Awards Jury Winner in the Institutional – Unbuilt category. The Golden Horn Library will be located in Galata, a historic neighborhood at the crossroads of Istanbul, Turkey’s cultural and visual memories.

The Galata District was once the Genoese quarter of the city and was surrounded by its own city walls and towers. Today, nearly all the walls are gone, but the iconic Galata Tower remains and provides the district with its identity.
The Golden Horn Library looks across the waters of the Golden Horn to the Historical Peninsula, overlooking the seven hills of Istanbul, each hill crowned with its own monument. Views include Hagia Sophia, Nuruosmaniye Mosque, Suleymaniye Mosque, The Cistern of Mocius, Fatih Mosque, and Yavuz Selim Mosque to the southeast, and Mihrimah Sultan Mosque to the northwest. These seven hills represent the history of old Constantinople, surrounded by historic city walls. Views of the dancing domes of the seven hills, and the iconic Galata Tower, provide a silhouette of the city over the Golden Horn.

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