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Kızılay Emek Business Center
Kahramanlar Business Center (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Kahramanlar İş Merkezi''), originally known between 1959 and 2015 as Emek Business Center (Turkish language, Turkish: ''Emek İşhanı''), is a 24 storey tower block, highrise building at Kızılay Meydanı, Kızılay Square in Ankara, Turkey. Inspired by the Lever House building in New York City, it was designed in 1959 as one of the first International Style (architecture), International Style highrise buildings in Turkey. At the time of its completion in 1965, it was the tallest building in Ankara. Construction The building was commissioned by the ''Emekli Sandığı'' (Pension fund#Turkey, Pension Fund, abbreviated as ''Emek'') bound to the Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu, Social Security Administration of Turkey, and was built between 1959 and 1965 as a revenue generating property. The architects were :tr:Enver Tokay, Enver Tokay and :tr:İlhan Tayman, İlhan Tayman, and the statics engineer was Yusuf Berdan. It was on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kızılay Square 001
Kızılay is the short name for Kızılay Derneği, the Turkish Red Crescent. Places ;Cyprus * Kızılay, Cyprus the Turkish name for the town of Trachonas ;Turkey * Kızılay, Ankara, a neighborhood of Ankara, and one of the primary nerve centers of the city **Kızılay Meydanı, a square in the neighborhood {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curtain Wall (architecture)
A curtain wall is an exterior covering of a building in which the outer walls are non-structural, instead serving to protect the interior of the building from the elements. Because the curtain wall façade carries no structural load beyond its own dead load weight, it can be made of lightweight materials. The wall transfers lateral wind loads upon it to the main building structure through connections at floors or columns of the building. Curtain walls may be designed as "systems" integrating frame, wall panel, and weatherproofing materials. Steel frames have largely given way to aluminum extrusions. Glass is typically used for infill because it can reduce construction costs, provide an architecturally pleasing look, and allow natural light to penetrate deeper within the building. However, glass also makes the effects of light on visual comfort and solar heat gain in a building more difficult to control. Other common infills include stone veneer, metal panels, louvres, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architecture Of Turkey
The architecture of Turkey includes heritage from the ancient era of Anatolia to the present day. Significant remains from the Greco-Roman period are located throughout the country. The Byzantine period produced, among other monuments, the celebrated Hagia Sophia in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul). Following the arrival of the Seljuk Turks in the 11th century, Seljuk architecture mixed Islamic architecture with other styles of local architecture in Anatolia. The Ottoman Empire ushered in a centuries-long tradition of Ottoman architecture up until the early 20th century. In the first years of the Turkish republic (after 1923), Turkish architecture was influenced by earlier Seljuk and Ottoman architecture, in particular during the First National Architectural Movement (also called the Turkish Neoclassical architecture movement). However, starting from the 1930s, architectural styles began to differ from traditional architecture, also as a result of an increasing number ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Europa-Center
The Europa-Center is a building complex on Breitscheidplatz in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin, with a List of shopping malls in Germany, shopping mall and a tower block, high-rise tower tall. Built between 1963 and 1965, by 2003 it had been designated as a Historic preservation, historically preserved building. History of the site From 1897 a residential building was erected at the site of the present-day Europa-Center, vis-à-vis the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church and likewise designed in a Romanesque Revival architecture, Neo-Romanesque style according to plans by Franz Schwechten. Then part of Berlin's fashionable City West, "New West" (today also known as "City West"), it was, from 1916, home to the ''Romanisches Café'', a popular meeting place for writers, artists and people in the theatre business, as well as those who aspired to join them. During a Battle of Berlin (RAF campaign), RAF air raid in World War II on the night of 22/23 November 1943, the building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pirelli Tower
Pirelli Tower (Italian: ''Grattacielo Pirelli'' – also called "''Pirellone''", literally "Big Pirelli") is a 32-storey, skyscraper in Milan, Italy. The base of the building is , with a length of and a width of . The construction used approximately of concrete. The building weighs close to with a volume of . Characterized by a structural skeleton, curtain wall façades and tapered sides, it was among the first skyscrapers to abandon the customary block form. After its completion it was the tallest building in Italy until 1961, when the restoration of the Mole Antonelliana's pinnacle was done. The architectural historian Hasan-Uddin Khan praised it as "one of the most elegant tall buildings in the world" and as one of the "few tall European buildings hat madestatements that added to the vocabulary of the skyscraper". The building inspired the Pan Am Building (now MetLife Building) in New York, the National Mutual West Plaza in Auckland and the Banco Sabadell Tower in Barcel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fifty Civil Engineering Feats In Turkey
Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey or more formally 50 works in 50 years is a list published in 2005 by the Turkish Chamber of Civil Engineers about fifty prestigious projects of the civil engineering in Turkey. The list has five subsections about regional development, general purpose buildings, transportation, hydrology Hydrology () is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and drainage basin sustainability. A practitioner of hydrology is called a hydro ... and industrial buildings. Formation The Chamber of Civil Engineers department of the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects created the list on the 50th anniversary of the organization to enhance awareness in Turkish society about the achievements in the field of civil engineering. In line with this goal, a jury consisting of ten people from different professions, each in their field of ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privatization Board Of Turkey
The Privatization Administration of Turkey (), founded on 27 November 1994, Law No.4046, is a government agency in Turkey. It is responsible for the privatization process of public sector companies as well as other public assets and services. List of completely privatized companies in Turkey {{further, List_of_privatizations#Turkey #Adıyaman Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş. # Anadolubank A.Ş. #ÇELBOR Ç.Çekme Boru San.ve Tic. #Türkiye Gemi Sanayii A.Ş. # Denizbank A.Ş. #Denizli Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş. #Ergani Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş. #Eti Gümüş A.Ş. #Eti Krom A.Ş. #Eti Elektrometalurgy #Eti Aluminium #Filyos Ateş Tuğlası Sanayi T.A.Ş. #İskenderun Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş. #İskenderun Demir ve Çelik # Karabük Demir Çelik Fabrikası #Kars Çimento Sanayii ve Tic. T.A.Ş. #Ladik Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş. #Lalapaşa Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş. #Ordu Soya Sanayii A.Ş. #Sivas Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş. #Sümerbank A.Ş. #Şanlıurfa Çimento Sanayii T.A.Ş #TAKSAN #Trabzon Çi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Turkish Coup D'état
The 1960 Turkish coup d'état (), also known as the 27 May Revolution ( or ''27 Mayıs Devrimi''), was the first coup d'état in the Republic of Turkey. It took place on 27 May 1960. The coup was staged by a group of 38 young Turkish military officers, acting outside the military chain of command. The officers were ''de facto'' led by Cemal Madanoğlu until the actual coup date. After a threat by Ragıp Gümüşpala that he would move to quell the coup unless it was led by someone with a higher military rank than himself, the officers brought in General Cemal Gürsel as their leader. The coup was carried out against the democratically elected government of the Democrat Party, and ultimately resulted in the execution of its prime minister, Adnan Menderes, alongside two of his ministers, Fatin Rüştü Zorlu and Hasan Polatkan. Background The incident took place at a time of both socio-political turmoil and economic hardship, as US aid from the Truman doctrine and the Mars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Red Crescent
The Turkish Red Crescent () is the Turkish affiliate of the International Red Crescent and the first worldwide adopter of the crescent symbol for humanitarian aid. Being the largest humanitarian foundation in Turkey, its roots goes back to the Crimean War from 1853 to 1856 and the Russo-Turkish War from 1876 to 1878, where disease overshadowed battle as the main cause of death and suffering among Turkish soldiers. Operating to this day as a not-for-profit volunteer-based social service, it is considered one of the most important charity organizations in the Muslim world. History The organization was founded under the Ottoman Empire on 11 June 1868 and was named "Hilâl-i Ahmer Cemiyeti" (Society of the Crimson Crescent), or in French the "Croissant-Rouge Ottomane" (Ottoman Red Crescent). It later took on the names: * "Ottoman Red Crescent Society" in 1877 * "Turkey’s Red Crescent Community" in 1923 * "Turkish Red Crescent Community" in 1935 * "Turkish Red Crescent Socie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shopping Center
A shopping center in American English, shopping centre in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, spelling differences), shopping complex, shopping arcade, shopping plaza, or galleria, is a group of shops built together, sometimes under one roof. The first known collections of retailers under one roof are marketplace, public markets, dating back to ancient times, and Middle Eastern covered markets, bazaars and souqs. In Paris, about 150 Covered passages of Paris, covered passages were built between the late 18th century and 1850, and a wealth of Arcade (architecture)#Shopping arcades, shopping arcades were built across Europe in the 19th century. In the United States, the widespread use of the automobile in the 1920s led to the first shopping centers consisting of a few dozen shops that included parking for cars. Starting in 1946, larger, open air centers anchored by department stores were b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Nations Secretariat Building
The United Nations Secretariat Building is a skyscraper at the headquarters of the United Nations in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. It contains the offices of the United Nations Secretariat, the executive organ of the United Nations (UN). The building, designed in the International Style, is tall with 39 above-ground stories. It was designed by a group of architects led by Wallace Harrison. Although the building is located within the United States, the site is under UN jurisdiction, so the building is exempt from some local regulations. The Secretariat Building is designed as a rectangular slab measuring ; it is oriented from north to south and is connected with other UN headquarters buildings. The wider western and eastern elevations of the facade are glass curtain walls, while the narrower northern and southern elevations are made of marble. The Secretariat Building has of space. There are press offices, staff rooms, and other functions on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
