Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) building in İstanbul University is one of the larger faculty buildings of the university. It is situated in Laleli neighborhood of İstanbul

Istanbul

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, Turkey

Turkey

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The building was constructed between 1942-1944.The architects were Sedat Hakkı Eldem (1908-1988) and Emin Halid Onat

Emin Halid Onat

Prof. Emeritus Emin Halid Onat , was a Turkish architect and former rector of Istanbul Technical University.Onat was born in Istanbul in 1908. He entered Istanbul Technical University in 1926. Then, he was sent to Zurich Technical University. Onat was one of the architects of Anıtkabir, the...

 (1908-1961). German architect Paul Bonatz

Paul Bonatz

Paul Bonatz was a German architect, member of the Stuttgart School and professor at the technical university in that city during part of World War II and from 1954 until his death....

 (1877-1956) also acted as an adviser during his brief stay in Turkey. It is an example of second national era in Turkish architecture which can be described as neo classical. Stone pitching faces, arcades

Arcade (architecture)

An arcade is a succession of arches, each counterthrusting the next, supported by columns or piers or a covered walk enclosed by a line of such arches on one or both sides. In warmer or wet climates, exterior arcades provide shelter for pedestrians....

, colonnades

Colonnades

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List of 50 projects

Turkish chamber of Civil engineers lists FAS building in İstanbul University as one of the fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey

Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey

Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey or more formally 50 works in 50 years is the name of a list published by the Chamber of Civil Engineers in Turkey about 50 prestigious projects of the civil engineering in Turkey. The list has five subsections about regional development, general purpose...

, a list of remarkable engineering projects realized after the decleration of Turkish republic.