Kerte Architects — Moda, Istanbul — since 2011
We draw slowly, so buildings can age well.
Fourteen people designing houses, housing and small public buildings around the Marmara and the Aegean — in lime, stone and timber wherever we can.
- Sheet
- A-000
- Scale
- 1:1
- Built
- 39
- On site
- Cedar Row, Bursa
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Selected work
Four projects from the last three years, each with its drawings and the story of the site.
Fig. 01K-118
Taşlık House
A white lime house set into an old olive terrace, built from the stone that came out of its own foundations.
- Place
- Ayvalık, Balıkesir
- Type
- Residence
- Area
- 240 m²
- Status
- Completed, 2025
Fig. 02K-104
Pier Reading Room
A neighbourhood library in a stacked set of white rooms, open until midnight in exam season.
- Place
- Moda, Istanbul
- Type
- Civic
- Area
- 610 m²
- Status
- Completed, 2024
Fig. 03K-122
Cedar Row Housing
Forty-two co-op flats with deep balconies, every one dual-aspect. Topping out in December 2026.
- Place
- Nilüfer, Bursa
- Type
- Housing
- Area
- 4,850 m²
- Status
- On site, 2026
Fig. 04K-097
Black Pine House
Charred timber and a single sheltering roof, built around one Black Sea pine that stays.
- Place
- Şile, Istanbul
- Type
- Residence
- Area
- 185 m²
- Status
- Completed, 2023
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Index
Every project since 2020, built or not. Unbuilt work stays on the list — most of what we know came from it.
8 of 8 projects
| No. | Project | Location | Typology | m² | Status | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-125 | Yeldeğirmeni Courtyard FlatsKadıköy, Istanbul | Kadıköy, Istanbul | Housing | In design | 2027 | |
| K-122 | Cedar Row HousingNilüfer, Bursa | Nilüfer, Bursa | Housing | On site | 2026 | |
| K-118 | Taşlık HouseAyvalık, Balıkesir | Ayvalık, Balıkesir | Residence | Completed | 2025 | |
| K-104 | Pier Reading RoomModa, Istanbul | Moda, Istanbul | Civic | Completed | 2024 | |
| K-097 | Black Pine HouseŞile, Istanbul | Şile, Istanbul | Residence | Completed | 2023 | |
| K-089 | Kordon PavilionAlsancak, İzmir | Alsancak, İzmir | Competition | Unbuilt | 2022 | |
| K-081 | Assos Olive Mill SurveyAyvacık, Çanakkale | Ayvacık, Çanakkale | Civic | Completed | 2021 | |
| K-076 | Burgaz Island School AnnexAdalar, Istanbul | Adalar, Istanbul | Civic | Completed | 2020 |
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Practice
- Founded in Moda
- 2011
- People in the studio
- 14
- Buildings completed
- 39
- A model of every project
- 1:50
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Architecture
Houses, housing and civic buildings, from site visit to handover.
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Cooperative housing
Workshops with residents, plan types, cost plans the co-op can read.
- 03
Surveys & restoration
Measured surveys and restoration projects for listed buildings.
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Competitions
Two open competitions a year, chosen by the whole studio.
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Awards & publications
- 2026Taşlık House — shortlisted, house of the yearKıyı Architecture Prize
- 2025Pier Reading Room — public building awardMarmara Civic Design Awards
- 2025“Building with what you dig” — essay, issue 41Yapı & Yer quarterly
- 2024Black Pine House — featuredNorthern Timber Review
- 2022Kordon Pavilion — second prizeİzmir waterfront competition
Taking on new commissions from spring 2027.
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