Büro Koray Duman

Büro Koray Duman (B—KD) is honored to announce that "Fault Lines" an architectural proposal led by founder Koray Duman alongside Kutan Ayata and Ferda Kolatan, has been selected as a finalist for the Turkish Pavilion at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. Recognized for its compelling approach to environmental and geological themes, "Fault Lines" transforms the pavilion into a space reflecting on seismic activity and human impact on?earth. Inspired by the devastating earthquakes of February 2023 that struck southeastern Turkey and northern Syria, "Fault Lines" invites visitors to reflect on the shifting and sometimes violent geological forces that shape our world. The proposal includes a large, suspended sculptural element and an AI-generated gallery of landscapes that illustrate the interplay of natural and human interventions. This immersive environment traces illuminated fault lines across the floor, drawing visitors into a spatial narrative that connects architecture with the earth’s evolving surface. B—KD is deeply honored to have been recognized by the selection committee. Designed to challenge audiences to engage thoughtfully with the intersections between tectonic movements, architecture, and the broader environmental crises of our time, the installation aligns closely with the Biennale's overarching theme, curated by Carlo Ratti, which centers on architecture’s role in the climate crisis and its "multiple and widespread intelligences" within natural and artificial systems. #VeniceArchitectureBiennale #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #TurkishPavilion2025 #BiennaleArchitettura2025 #LaBiennaleDiVenezia #ArchitecturalReflection #ImmersiveSpaces #EarthquakeArchitecture #ArchitectureForTurkey #PavilionDesign #SpatialNarrative #BuroKorayDuman #TurkishEarthquake2023 #ArchitectureAndNature #VeniceBiennale2025 #ArchitectsOfChange #TurkishArchitects #MemoryInArchitecture #ClimateAndArchitecture

We are so honored to be included in this year's 2024 Wallpaper* Architects' Directory, featuring 20 emerging global practices. This recognition feels extra special as we broke ground on our first few residential projects in Upstate New York. Congratulations to all the winners! Kasawoo, UK (Kasawoo Ltd) Brown Urbanism, UK (BrownUrbanism) Mast, Denmark (MAST) Studio Argus, Estonia (studio ARGUS) Studio Collaboratorio, Finland (@collaboratoriohelsinki) Branco del Rio, Portugal (branco-del rio arquitectos) Playball Studio, India and Spain (playball studio) Tsing-Tien Making, China (Freja Lijia Bao) L Architects, Singapore (@larchitects.sg) Studio Heech, South Korea (@studioheech) Touch Architect, Thailand Fleury Atallah Architectes, Tunisia (@fa_architectes) SI.SA. Nigeria (SI.SA ( Studio Imagine Simply Architecture ) Büro Koray Duman (Büro Koray Duman) AD-WO, USA (@ad__wo) Studio Porto, Brazil? TigerQi Architecture, British Virgin Islands and Saint Kitts and Nevis (tigerqi architecture) Svima, Canada (Svima | Architecture & Art) Alexander Symes, Australia (@asa_alexandersymesarchitect) Spacecraft Architects, New Zealand (@spacecraftarchitects)

B-KD's Koray Duman has been selected as a 2024 Global Exchange Fellow. Congratulations to all the inspiring individuals in this inaugural class of fellows leading the way in shaping a better city. From reforming regulations to enable office conversions and negotiating key policies like Good Cause Eviction and Local Law 97’s emissions mandates to organizing for tenant rights and promoting transparency in NYCHA improvements – our cohort will work to address New York City’s most pressing challenges. The fellowship will feature a speaker series with global experts and a study trip to Berlin in September to exchange ideas and explore innovative solutions. Stay tuned as we collaborate to shape the future of New York City and beyond.

Excited to reveal a sneak peek/ lighting mock-up from the construction site?at Little Rascal’s new bar! Watch the transformation from render to reality, featuring an illuminated quartzite backsplash from ABC Stone!

No matter the project typology—residential, cultural, or commercial—playful materials and three-dimensional surfaces elevate the art of display! Image 1: Volcanic stone backdrop for Simo Pizza Image 2: Book display for a publisher's loft Image 3: Multipurpose archive and art display for Participant Inc.

Progress in our Germantown Project

Congratulations to Participant Inc. and Lia Gangitano on recently hitting a 20 year milestone. Your unwavering dedication to the alternative arts has touched many, and we are eager to see you flourish in your new space. ?????? Founded in 2001, Participant Inc. is an educational corporation and not-for-profit alternative exhibition space. After over fifteen years in LES, Participant relocated to 116 Elizabeth Street to launch a multi-year project to strengthen their program and envision a sustainable future. The new space designed by B-KD aims to re-envision Participant’s workspace and provide public accessibility to their archives, artist estates, and exhibition venue. The design goal during this phase was to unite their exhibitions and estate programs under one roof, offering a picture of the promise their future holds: a space that encourages cultural transformation while providing research and care for prior experimental artistic practices, a repository of intergenerational memory. Upon entrance, a generous ramp provides accessibility to the main space. Aligning with the ramp, the space is divided into two sections: an area for archives, artist estates, and a workplace on one side and an exhibition space on the other. A modular steel frame with expanded metal infill provides storage for Archive and Artist Estates’ materials while keeping visual and physical access from the exhibition space, thus the design aims to provide a fluid relationship between exhibitions, archives, storage, and workplace. Project team: Koray Duman, Caitlin Dippo, Soeun Park, Hyunjoo Park Photography by Daniel Kukla

Büro Koray Duman Architects designed an immersive exhibition for Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom, a Paul Pfeiffer retrospective at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA museum in Los Angeles. https://ow.ly/ZKh150Rar6V

“Bob Smith: Art Remains A Witness to a Life” at Martos Gallery exhibits 25 box constructions from the artist’s estate. Created mainly in the 1980s in reaction to the AIDS crisis, 15 of the boxes are carefully hung on gallery walls with recessed angles. The rest of the box constructions were built with the intention of all four sides to be visible. The studio designed custom stainless-steel pedestals inspired by the tables Smith had designed for his own show in France in 1968 – a homage in the first exhibition of this body of work in three decades.

Koray Duman on Nasdaq billboard last week