Sedad Hakkı Eldem
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Portrait of Sedad Hakkı Eldem
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| Born |
Ömer Sedad Hakkı Eldem December 20, 1908 İstanbul, Turkey |
| Died | September 7, 1988 (aged 79) İstanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Turkish |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards |
Aga Khan Award for Architecture (1986) National Architecture Awards (in Turkey) (Big Award) (1988) |
Sedad Hakkı Eldem (1908 in İstanbul – 7 September 1988, in İstanbul), was a Turkish Architect. One of the pioneers of nationalized modern architecture in Turkey.
He was born in İstanbul (1908). He graduated from Academy of Fine Arts, department of Architecture. Between 1931 and 1932 he travelled France, England and Germany with scholarship of the academy. In 1932 he opened his own office, also started teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts and continued until retirement at 1978. In 1934 he worked for National Architecture Seminar in Turkey which was a complete disaster for him because of the discussions between modern architecture and traditional architecture. In 1938 he designed the Turkish Pavilion in New York Exhibition. Sedad Hakkı Eldem represented Turkish Republic at International Union of Architects in Lozan (1948) after Second World War. Also in the same year Sedad Hakkı worked with his colleague Emin Onat on the project of İstanbul Palace of Justice. He worked on proportions and architectural organizations of Ottoman domestic houses, 18th and 19th century palaces and mansions. He known as a role model and pioneer to reinterpret the Classical Ottoman Patterns in modern architecture. He was a part of Former Artifacts Maintain Council (Eski Eserleri Muhafaza Encümeni) between 1941 and 1945 and also a part of Supreme Council of Antiquities and Monument Real Estate (Gayrimenkul Eski Eserler ve Anıtlar Yüksek Kurulu) between 1962 and 1978.
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