Kaya Arıkoğlu (born November 8, 1949) is an architect and urban designer.

Early life and education

After completing his bachelor's degree in architecture at the

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, he was a student of

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, finishing his Urban Design thesis on the waterfront development in south Baltimore in 1976, which was later published in Rowe's book on

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. He is a grandson of Zamir Damar Arıkoğlu, a politician in Turkey.

Works and awards

He has won the national architecture award of Turkey in 2004 for his Mersin Chamber of Maritime Commerce building. in 2012 he won an invite only competition for the campus design of

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References

University of Maryland, College Park alumni 20th-century American architects 1949 births Living people American people of Turkish descent Urban designers Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning alumni 21st-century American architects {{US-architect-20C-stub