Kanyon (meaning

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in Turkish) is a multi-purpose complex located on the

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in the

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business district of

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. Opened on 6 June 2006, it unites a 160-store shopping mall (covering an area of 37,500 m²), a 30-floor office tower (26 floors of which rise above street level) and a 22-floor residential block with 179 residential apartments into a complex undulating around a dramatic architectural “canyon”. The total construction area of the project is 250,000 m², with 30,000 m² of rentable office area, 37,500 m² of rentable retail area, 180 residential flats, 160 stores, 9 theater halls with a capacity of 1,600 spectators, and a parking facility for 2,300 vehicles. Each floor of the office tower has a total usable office space of 1,167 m². The complex rises on an area of 29,427 m².

Development

Kanyon is a joint venture of the

Eczacıbaşı Eczacıbaşı Holding is a Turkish industrial group of companies founded in 1942. As of 2023, the Group's 50 companies employ more than 13,500 people, operate 40 production plants, and generate a combined net turnover of TL 33 billion. Group E ...

Group and İŞGYO of Turkey. It was designed by

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, who collaborated with

Tabanlıoğlu Architects Tabanlıoğlu Architects (Turkish: Tabanlıoğlu Mimarlık) is an architectural firm based in Istanbul. The practice is led by Murat Tabanlıoğlu, Melkan Tabanlıoğlu and Özdem Gürsel. Project list Major projects, by year of completion and or ...

of Istanbul, Turkey, for developing the project. The Istanbul office of

Ove Arup & Partners Arup Group Limited, trading as Arup, is a British multinational professional services firm headquartered in London that provides design, engineering, architecture, planning, and advisory services across every aspect of the built environment. ...

undertook the engineering and consultancy works, while Tepe Construction of Istanbul, Turkey, was the main construction company. IMS Engineering of Istanbul, Turkey, was responsible for the project management. File:Kanyon Shopping Mall, Istanbul - night shot.jpg, The mall's entrance Image:TCanyon2.jpg, A view of the canyon Image:Istanbul Kanyon.jpg, The winding retail levels File:KanyonTower.jpg, Kanyon Office Tower File:Levent istanbul.jpg, Kanyon Office Tower (at right, in the background)

Awards

Kanyon won the 2006 Cityscape Architectural Review Award in the "Commercial Built" category, during a ceremony which was held in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

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, on 4 December 2006.

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