Uras, Buke - The Balyans: Armenian Architects of the Ottoman Sultans

Produced by AGBU WebTalks www.agbuwebtalks.org For three generations, the Balyan family of Armenian architects designed and constructed major buildings for the Ottoman sultans of 19thcentury Constantinople, including renown imperial palaces, mosques, and Armenian churches. In this AGBU WebTalk, Büke Uras explains how the recent access to the Balyan family archive, comprising numerous valuable architectural drawings, reveals the lasting imprint these prominent Armenian designer-architects have left on the physical character and cultural development of today’s city of Istanbul.