The role of architectural history in building modern turkish architecture

It is a real challenge for the young architects in the developing countries on how to express a cultural identity of their local qualities in their cities. The international influences prevail throughout the world by the help of global communication systems. Design is now free from its traditional factors such as local environment and culture indicating the end of borders, customs and earthly differences. Yet, the current curriculum of architectural education in those places does not promise for a positive response for the dilemma. Writings and courses of architectural history helped a lot to universalize the architectural repertoire valid for all without much regard to cultural identities. It provoked for the constitution of a categorization among buildings, regions and historical periods. This paper examines the development of architectural history discourse in the western world and its influences in Turkey to draw attention to the need for rewriting the 'architectural history' in the 'other' world.

Architectural History ,

Architectural Education ,

Globalisation ,

Culture ,