Renovation and modernisation of a museum. The building was originally the Academy of Fine Arts of the Ottoman Empire. Except for the alteration of the entrance, provision of skylights and the removing of some of the walls, the modernisation work primarily focusedon the finishings.
Part of site | Topkapi Palace |
Variant Names | Eski Sark Eserleri Müzesi |
Street Address | First courtyard of the Topkapi Palace |
Location | Istanbul, Turkey |
Architect/Planner | Sedad Hakki Eldem |
Client | Ministry of Culture |
Date | 1974 |
Century | 20th |
Decade | 1970s |
Building Type | public/cultural |
Building Usage | museum |
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