12 Facts About Emre Arolat

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Emre Arolat was born on 24 June 1963 and is a Turkish architect.

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Emre Arolat is perhaps best known in Turkey for designing the Sancaklar Mosque.

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Emre Arolat then went to work at the Metcalf and Associates Architectural Office in Washington DC between 1986 and 1987.

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Emre Arolat received the National Architecture Awards in the category of "Design" and "Building" in 1992,2002,2004,2008,2012 and 2014.

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Emre Arolat has been awarded the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2010 with the Ipekyol Textile Factory Building.

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Since 1998, Emre Arolat has been teaching in architectural schools in Turkey and abroad, including Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul Bilgi University, Berlage Institute for Architecture, TU Delft and Erciyes University.

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Emre Arolat was a visiting lecturer at the Pratt Institute, the Middle East Technical University and Istanbul Technical University.

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Emre Arolat has been invited to serve as a jury member for numerous architectural design competitions in Turkey and abroad, including the WAF, European 8, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Opera House Architectural Design Competition and the 2014 Canakkale Antenna Tower International Competition and the CSBE Student Award for Architectural Excellence in Amman.

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Emre Arolat was the 2017 Norman R Foster Visiting Professor at Yale School of Architecture.

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Emre Arolat was one of two curators of the first Istanbul Design Biennial in 2012.

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Emre Arolat curated "Musibet", an exhibition focusing on the social and physical effects of the rapid transformation processes taking place in Istanbul.

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In 2015, Emre Arolat curated EAA's exhibition, "ist-on situations" at RIBA, London.