TÜRKIYE · ARCHITECTURE + TRAVEL
Istanbul
Layers of Byzantine, Ottoman and contemporary architecture, read through neighbourhoods, landmarks and practical half-day routes.
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World Arch Atlas: architecture-led city guides
A city is a living drawing. These are travel guides for people who want to understand how architecture shapes a place—not just photograph it.
07 CITY GUIDESCURATED BY WORLD ARCH JOURNAL
01 / EXPLORE A CITYTÜRKIYE
02 / BEYOND THE METROPOLISTÜRKIYE
COAST / OLD TOWN / ANCIENT CITIESAntalya ↗
Read Kaleiçi, Roman gateways and the great theatres of the region through two architecture-led routes.
Photo: Igor Sporynin / UnsplashDownload the PDF ↘
ROCK / LANDSCAPE / VERNACULAR SPACECappadocia ↗
Explore carved valleys, rock-cut sanctuaries and settlement patterns in a remarkable cultural landscape.
Photo: Igor Sporynin / UnsplashDownload the PDF ↘03 / THE GULFUAE · QATAR
SUPERTALL / CREEK / FUTURISTDubai ↗
Read the creek city’s wind towers and the vertical city’s supertalls through two architecture-led routes, plus a one-day itinerary.
Photo: Sergei Gussev / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0Download the PDF ↘
DESERT ROSE / SOUQ / SKYLINEDoha ↗
Read the museum islands, the restored souq and the West Bay skyline through two architecture-led routes, plus a one-day itinerary.
Photo: Alexey Sergeev / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0Download the PDF ↘04 / THE CAUCASUSAZERBAIJAN · GEORGIA
WALLED CITY / CASPIAN / PARAMETRICBaku ↗
Read the walled Old City’s towers and palaces and the fluid new icons above the bay through two architecture-led routes, plus a one-day itinerary.
Photo: Avisadehh / Wikimedia Commons / CC0Download the PDF ↘
FORTRESS / BATHS / GLASSTbilisi ↗
Read the cliff-and-river old town, the domed sulfur baths and the glass icons of the new city through two architecture-led routes, plus a one-day itinerary.
Photo: Diego Delso / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0Download the PDF ↘HOW TO USE THE ATLAS
Start with the Istanbul guide ↗Start with one city, walk it in half-day routes.
Each guide is built the same way: a curated edit of the buildings that explain the city, half-day walking routes that connect them, and practical notes on timing, tickets and viewpoints. The Türkiye series begins with Istanbul, continues along the coast to Antalya and ends among the rock-cut settlements of Cappadocia; the Gulf series opens with Dubai and continues to Doha and the Caucasus series opens with Baku and continues to Tbilisi. Every guide can also be downloaded as a short PDF to keep offline. For the ideas behind the routes, read the architecture magazine and the daily briefing.
FROM THE JOURNAL
Explore the projects ↗The Atlas is one part of the journal.
Go deeper with the studio's immersive architecture projects and virtual tours, browse the material library, or see how these readings become buildings through our design services.
EDITORIAL STANDARD
Read the architecture magazine ↗Fewer places, better guides.
New cities are added only after research, source review and image-rights checks. Opening hours, prices and availability should always be confirmed with the venue before a visit.