The Vedat Tek House ( tr, Vedat Tek Evi) is a museum and former residence of renowned Turkish architect
Vedat Tek in
Istanbul,
Turkey. The house was built between 1913-14 by Vedat Tek for his family and himself and is a notable example of
Turkish neoclassical
The First national architectural movement ( tr, Birinci Ulusal Mimarlık Akımı), also referred to in Turkey as the National architectural Renaissance ( tr, Millî Mimari Rönesansı), or Turkish Neoclassical architecture ( tr, Neoklasik Türk à ...
architecture.
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Location
The house is located in the Nişantaşı
Nişantaşı is an upmarket, largely secular residential neighbourhood in the Şişli district on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey. Separated from Osmanbey and Pangaltı to the west by busy Halaskargazi Caddesi, it is a popular shopping di ...
neighborhood of ÅžiÅŸli on the European
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side of Istanbul, about east of Cumhuriyet Avenue. Located across from the house is the Istanbul Military Museum and the Cemal ReÅŸit Rey Concert Hall
The Cemal ReÅŸit Rey Concert Hall ( tr, Cemal ReÅŸit Rey Konser Salonu) is a concert hall located in the Harbiye neighbourhood of Istanbul, Turkey. It is one of the country's major concert halls, being the first one designed for classical music. N ...
. The closest metro station to the house is Osmanbey on the M2 line, about north on Halaskargazi Avenue. Formerly across from the house was the Art deco Yayla Apartments, also designed by Tek in 1939. However, the building was demolished in 1989.[
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Architecture and design
Built in the Turkish Neoclassical style, the house is one of several of Tek's well known examples in this architectural movement. Turquoise tiles, arches following Islamic geometry and extrusions typical of classical Ottoman houses are the main design elements of the building.
The house itself consists of three floors, but due to the slanted plot on which it was built, a fourth floor on ground level exists.[ This level is used as a restaurant.
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References
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[{{cite book , last=Altın , first=Ersin , date=September 2003 , title=Mimarlık ve Kent Dizisi 11 - İstanbul (1910-2003) , trans-title= , url= , language=Turkish , location=Istanbul , publisher=Boyut Yayınlar , isbn=975-521-777-0]
[{{cite web , url=http://sislihayat.com/?p=1049 , title=Vedat Tek’in Konağı , last= , first= , date=3 February 2017 , access-date=2 July 2019 , language=Turkish]
Ottoman architecture in Istanbul
Buildings and structures of the Ottoman Empire
First Turkish National architecture
Buildings and structures in Istanbul
ÅžiÅŸli
Vedat Tek buildings
Houses completed in 1914