The Balyans: Ottoman architecture and Balyan archive. [LIMITED - HC - ENGLISH EDITION].

Istanbul: Korpus , 2021. Limited Edition . Hardcover. New. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Original cloth bdg. Folio. (31 x 26 cm). Edition in English. 352 p., color and b/w ills. Printed to 600 copies. FOREWORD Looking into the Balyan Architecture Archive / Arsen Yarman With Respect to the Balyan Family and Imperial Architects HAYCAR Solidarity Association of Architects and Engineers for the Revitalization and Research of Cultural Assets Remembering the Balyans / Kevork Özkaragöz PROLOGUE Chapter 1 BALYAN ARCHITECTURE ARCHIVE Beyond Function: Balyan Architecture with Myths and Prejudices Balyan Archive: Pile of Memories and Journey of Classification Architect Balyans Chapter 2 BALYAN FAMILY: PERSONAL HISTORIES Balyan Family and Its Origins Krikor Bal(i)yan (1764-1831) and the Birth of a Family Practice Senekerim Balyan (1768-1833) The Last Amira Architect Garabed Balyan (1800-1866) Education of Garabed Balyan's Children A Young Genius: Nigogos Balyan (1826-1858) Architect, Engineer and Versatile Tanzimat Elite Sarkis Balyan (1831-1899) Death of the Great Patron, Stroke of Fate and Final Period of Balyan Practice Sarkis Balyan as an Engineer-Mechanician and Inventor Art Patron and Intellectual Architect: Hagop Balyan (1837-1875) A Drawing Master and Imperial Draughtsman: Simon Balyan (1846-1894) Last Architect of the Balyan Practice: Levon Balyan (1855-1925) Chapter 3 BALYAN ARCHITECTURE AND ITS REPRESENTATIONS Imperial Palaces and Organization of Large Scale Construction Sites: Silence of the Construction Sites A Pledge of Progress and a Visual Negotiation: Photography in the Representation of Sarkis Balyan's Architecture Portrait of the Architect Chapter 4 BALYAN ARCHITECTURE IN THE TANZIMAT [REFORM] ERA Beyond Time and Geography: Multiple Sources of Balyan Eclecticism Balyan Practice as a Pioneer of Neo-Gothic Elements in Tanzimat Architecture History as an Encyclopedic Source An Egalitarian Demand: Influences on Çiragan and Beylerbeyi Palaces New Methodologies in the Search of a National Style and Ottoman Renaissance From Imperial Architect to Imperial Palace Master Builder: The Position of Architect in the Architectural Organization of Tanzimat Period Chapter 5 BALYAN ARCHIVE CATALOGUE Ottoman Palace and Residential Architecture in the Tanzimat Era Imperial Palaces on the Banks of Bosphorus The Çiragan Palace of Sultan Mahmud II Dolmabahçe: The Absolute Model of Tanzimat Palaces The Design Model Integrating the Old Palace into the New Complex: Beylerbeyi Nigogos Balyan's Facade Proposal for the New Çiragan Palace and Horror Vacui Sarkis and Hagop Balyan's Eastern, Polychrome Facade Proposals for the New Çiragan Palace The New Çiragan Palace Monumental Coastal Line from Çiragan to Fer'iye Palaces Sarkis Balyan's Expansion Project for Yildiz Palace Büyük Mabeyn Kiosk The Balyans and Imperial Feasts in the Tanzimat Period A Project by Antoine Bourgeois in the Balyan Archive In the Pursuit of an Ideal Plan: Kiosk and Pavilion Designs Kabatas Esma Sultan Mansion An Exception of Balyan Architecture: Middle Class Housing Designs Decoration for the Empire Decoration of the 19th Century Ottoman Palaces Perspective Drawings by "Serkis Bey" in the Nubar Library, Paris Parisian Furniture, Chandelier and Furniture Designs in the Balyan Archive A Conceptual Spolia: Re-use of Çiragan Palace's Mother-of-Pearl Inlaid Doors in Yildiz Sale Kiosk's Dining Hall New Spaces of the Ottoman Diplomacy Sarkis Balyan's Reorganization for Chamber of Deputies Sarkis Balyan's Bâb-i Âli Building Plan Proposals After the 1878 Fire Religious Buildings Tanzimat Period Mosques and Contributions of the Balyans Sarkis Balyan's Four-Minaret Selâtin Mosque Design: Aziziye Mosque The Second Set of Mosque Drawings in the Balyan Archive Church Designs Between the Imperial Capital and the East New Spaces of the Public Life Sarkis Balyan's Display Plan for the Collection of Antique Weapons at Hagia Irene Education Buildings Sarkis Balyan's Galatasaray Imperial High School Plan The Hospital Project in the Balyan Arc.