TY - BOOK ID - 78645350 TI - Architects of Ottoman Constantinople. PY - 2015 SN - 0755693353 0857725890 9780857725899 1780768524 9781780768526 0857738135 PB - I.B. Tauris DB - UniCat KW - Architecture, Ottoman KW - History of architecture. KW - Balyan family. KW - History KW - Ottoman architecture UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78645350 AB - "The Balyan family were a dynasty of architects, builders and property owners who acted as the official architects to the Ottoman Sultans throughout the 18th and 19th centuries. Originally Armenian, the family is responsible for some of the most famous Ottoman buildings in existence, many of which are regarded as masterpieces of their period - including the Dolmabahė Palace (built between 1843 and 1856), parts of the Topkap? Palace, the ß?ra?an Palace and the Ortaky̲ Mosque. Forging a unique style based around European contemporary architecture but with distinctive Ottoman flourishes, the family is an integral part of Ottoman history. As Alyson Wharton's beautifully illustrated book reveals, the Balyan's own history, of falling in and out of favour with increasingly autocratic Sultans, serves as a record of courtly power in the Ottoman era and is uniquely intertwined with the history of Istanbul itself."--Bloomsbury Publishing. ER -