Prof. Dr. Doğan Kuban

 
Style of Art : Academic / art historian
Branch of Art : History of Architecture, Art History, critique, writing
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Dr. Doğan Kuban is  Professor of Ottoman Architecture and History at Istanbul Technical University. After graduating from the Department of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University in 1949, he went to Italy and studied Renaissance Architecture. In 1962, Dr.Kuban received the Fulbright Fellowship and went to Michigan University as a tutor. Between 1964 and 1979, he spent several years as a research fellow of Harvard at Dumbarton Oaks. Dr.Kuban gained professorship   in 1965, and served as Dean of the Faculty of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University between 1974 and 1977. Prof. Kuban founded the Institute of Architectural History and Restoration at the Faculty of Architecture in 1974, and served as its director. He is the author of  over 70 acclaimed books, including Ottoman′s Istanbul (2013), Domes: A Journey Through European Architectural History (Istanbul, 2012), Sinan′s Art and Selimiye (Istanbul, 2011), Istanbul: An Urban History (Istanbul, 2011), Ottoman Architecture (Istanbul, 2010), Ottoman Palaces (Istanbul, 2010), The Miracle Of Divriği: Am Essay on the Art of Islamic Ornamentation In Seljuk Times (Istanbul, 2001), and Vanished Urban visions: Wooden Palaces of the Ottomans (Istanbul, 2001). He has also published numerous articles on Turkish, Islamic and Anatolian Architecture and Arts. Prof. Dr. Kuban also served as a member of the executive committee for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.

Selected books:
Türk Barok Mimarisi Hakkında Bir Deneme (An Easy on the Turkish Baroque Architecture), (Istanbul: İTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi, 1954).
Osmanlı Dini Mimarisinde İç Mekan Teşekkülü. Rönesansla Bir Mukayese (Space Formation in the Ottoman religious Architecture. A Comparison with Renaissance Architecture), (Istanbul: İTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi, 1958).
Bir Batı Anadolu Gezisi İzlenimleri, (Istanbul, 1961).
Anadolu-Türk Mimarisinin Kaynak ve Sorunları (The Source and Problems of the Anatolian-Turkish Architecture), (Istanbul: İTÜ Mimarlık Fakültesi, 1965).
Türkiye Sanatı Tarihi (A History of Art in Turkey), (Istanbul: Çağdaş Yayınları, 1970). (7. Baskı 1996, Gerçek Yayınları, 100 Soruda Serisi) 
Mimarlık Kavramları (Concepts of Architecture), (Istanbul: YEM yayınları, 1973; 4. Baskı 1998).
Muslim Religious Architecture, Part I. Leiden: Brill Publications, 1974; Par II, Leiden, 1985. (Iconography of Religions, XXII, 2, 3)
Sanat Tarihimizin Sorunlan (Essays on Turkish and Islamic Arts), (Istanbul, 1975).
Türk ve İslam Sanatı Üzerinde Denemeler, (Istanbul: Arkeoloji ve Sanat, 1982; 2. Baskı, 1995).
Turkish Culture and Arts, (Istanbul: BBA, 1985).
Batıya Göçün Sanatsal Evreleri. Anadolu′dan Önce Türklerin Sanat Ortaklıkları (Artistic Etapes of the Migration to the West), (Istanbul: CEM, 1993).
İzmir ve Ege′den Mimari İzlenimler (Architectural Impressions from the Aegan and İzmir), (Izmir: Çimentaş, 1994). (with D. Goffman)
The Turkish Hayat House, (Istanbul: Eren Yayınları, 1995).
Türk Hayatlı Evi, (Istanbul: Eren Yayınları, 1995).
Istanbul, An Urban History. Byzantion, Constantinopolis, Istanbul, (Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı,  1996).
İstanbul, Bir Kent Tarihi. Bizantion, Konstantinopolis, İstanbul, (Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı, 1996; 2. Baskı, Istanbul, 2000)
Sinan′ın Sanatı ve Selimiye (Sinan′s Art and Selimiye), (Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı, 1997; 2. Baskı 1998).
Kalenderhane in Istanbul, The Building, (Mainz: Verlag Philip Von Zaben Gmbh, 1997). (With C.L. Striker).
Mimarlık ve Kent Üzerine İstanbul Yazıları, İstanbul, (Istanbul: YEM yayınları, 1998).
Mimarlık Kavramları, (Istanbul: YEM yayınları, 1998; 2nd ed. 2002).
İstanbul Yazıları, (Istanbul: YEM yayınları, 1998).
Divriği Mucizesi, Ortaçağ İslam Bezemesi Üzerine Yorumlar (The Miracle of Divrigi), (Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 1999; 2nd ed. 2002).
Sinan, An Architectural Genius, (Photographs A. Ertuğ), (Bern: Ertuğ, Borusan, 1999).
İstanbul Bir Kent Tarihi, (Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı Yurt Yayınları, 2000).
Tarihi Çevre Korumanın Mimarlık Boyutu, Kuram ve Uygulama (The Architectural Dimensions of Historical Environment, Theory and Practice), (Istanbul: YEM yayınları, 2000).
Ahşap Saraylar: Kaybolan Kent Hayalleri / Wooden Palaces of the Ottomans, (Istanbul: YEM yayınları, 2001).
Türkiye′de Kentsel Koruma, Kent Tarihleri ve Koruma Yöntemleri (Urban Conservation in Turkey, City Histories and Methods of Conservation), (Istanbul: Tarih Vakfı, 2001).
Selçuklu Çağında Anadolu Sanatı (Anatolian Art in the Seljuk Period), (Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2002).
Osmanlı Mimarisi, (Istanbul: YEM yayınları, 2007).

Reference: tr.wikipedia.org, biyografi.net, yunusaran.org, bkd.org.tr

 

Foundation : Istanbul Technical University
Email : dogankuban@gmail.com
City : Istanbul
Country : Turkey
Preferred Lang. : Turkish / English / French
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