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Botter House on İstiklal Caddesi ( CLICK HERE )
RAWDON WYATT/ALAMY ©
Recent notable architecture in the city includes 2009 Şakirin Mosque ( CLICK HERE ),
and Kanyon - a mixed residential, office and shopping development in Levent designed
by the LA-based Jerde Partnership with local architects Tabanlıoğlu Partnership. The
nearby Loft Gardens residential complex and İstanbul Sapphire tower, both by Taban-
lıoğlu Partnership, are also noteworthy.
Many art museums and cultural centres around town feature impressive new wings or
inspired architectural conversions of industrial or commercial spaces. The best of these
are İstanbul Modern ( CLICK HERE ), by Tabanlıoğlu Partnership; SALT Galata ( CLICK
HERE ) , by Mimarlar Tasarım; the Sakıp Sabancı Museum ( CLICK HERE ), by Savaş, Erkel
and Çırakoğlu; the new Naval Museum ( CLICK HERE ) in Beşiktaş, by Mehmet
Kütükçüoğlu; and santralistanbul in Sütluce on the Golden Horn, by Emre Arolat, Nevz-
at Sayın and Han Tümertekin.
Hüsrev Tayla's Şakirin Mosque ( CLICK HERE )
IZZET KERIBAR ©
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