Movie: in our final exclusive interview from Inside Festival, Emre Açar of Alatas Architecture & Consulting explains how the Turkish studio converted a dark, narrow nineteenth-century house in Istanbul into a light office space. More about Wooden Istanbul house converted into a new office for Turkish tinned tuna company
Turkish architects are creating line drawings of protest shelters and structures following the recent occupation of Istanbul's Gezi Park. More about #OccupyGezi Architecture by Herkes Icin Mimarlik
News: Zaha Hadid has masterplanned a 276-hectare site beside a lagoon in Izmir for Turkey's bid to host the World Expo 2020. More about Zaha Hadid plans lagoon-side park for Turkey's Expo 2020 bid
News: JDS Architects has unveiled plans for an M-shaped office building with green terraces in the north of Turkey's largest city. More about JDS Architects reveals green office complex for Istanbul
Timber louvres and shutters form a protective shell across the exterior of this apartment building in Istanbul by Turkish studio Alataş Architecture & Consulting. More about Ipera 25 by Alataş Architecture & Consulting
News: Turkish firm Yalın Mimarlık has won a competition to design an archaeological museum on the site of the ancient city of Troy in north-west Turkey (+ movie). More about Designs unveiled for Museum of Troy
World Architecture Festival 2012: Murat Cengiz Tabanlıoğlu of Tabanlıoğlu Architects says that Turkey has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world because they have "learnt how to be in a crisis," in this interview we filmed about the firm's airport project that topped the transport category at this year's World Architecture Festival. More about "Turkey has learnt how to be in a crisis" - Murat Tabanlıoğlu on Bodrum Airport
Istanbul Design Biennial: Turkey's frenetic, unplanned growth means it needs good design more than most other countries, according to the organiser of the inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial, which opened this week. More about Turkey "needs design more than other countries" - Istanbul Design Biennial organiser
A collaborative proposal by Erginoglu & Çalışlar and IND [Inter.National.Design] for a swimming pool under an inverted dome at an Istanbul primary school has been shortlisted for an award at this year's World Architecture Festival, which will take place in Singapore from 3-5 October (+ slideshow). More about Koç Primary School swimming pool by Erginoglu & Çalışlar and IND [Inter.National.Design]
Turkish studio Yerce Architecture have transformed the headquarters of a furniture company in Izmir into an indoor garden with an olive tree, a pergola, a parrot and a wavy wall of perforated bricks (+ slideshow). More about OrfiSera by Yerce Architecture
Turkish designer Yigit Ozer has created a range of three dimensional wall tiles for ceramic company Kutahya Seramik. More about Nexus by Yigit Ozer for Kutahya Seramik
Dezeen Wire: editor-in-chief of Domus magazine Joseph Grima and Istanbul architect Emre Arolat have been appointed to curate the inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial, which will take place from 13 October to 12 December 2012. More about Joseph Grima and Emre Arolat to curate inaugural Istanbul Design Biennial
The students and tutors of a design and build workshop in Istanbul have constructed a seaside temple from oriented strand board. More about Chapel by Breathnach Donnellan O'Brien and MEDS students