Office — BG architects

ABOUT US

BG Architects perceives design not solely as an architectural output, but rather as an integrated process and believes that interdisciplinary interaction is key to achieving the best possible outcome. Since the launch of the firm, BG Architects has been collaborating with different professionals in different fields and has realised more than 3 million sqm of architectural projects.

One of the preliminary examples of this approach is Ozyegin University Cekmekoy Campus which consists of 13 buildings designed and overseen by Princeton-based design partner ARK, over the last decade.

BG Architects is an Istanbul-based architecture firm, founded in 1997 by Bülent Güngör, M.Arch. Along with urban design, educational, residential, commercial, cultural and mixed-use architectural projects with various functions and scales, the firm also provides services in interior architecture, restoration and renovation fields.

While maintaining complementary services like design consultancy and application supervision, the main mission of BG Architects is to deliver design output that responds to social, environmental and functional parameters and adds value to the user and its context. According to these objectives, the company advances its practices with offices in Bodrum, Berlin, Princeton/NJ and Bucharest, combining local and traditional funds of knowledge with contemporary materials and techniques.

EXPERTISE

People

Roger Klein, design partner

Can Dağarslanı, managing partner

Bülent E. Güngör, founder

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Born in 1955 in Tekirdağ, he completed his bachelor’s degree at Karadeniz Technical University and continued his graduate studies at METU. He established BG Architects in 1996. With the Bucharest office formed in 2005, he widened his field of service to an international scale.
Along with various office, accommodation and residence projects, he has long experience in educational buildings. One of the most significant examples of this is the OZU Campus project which he has been leading for 10 years, with his long-time design partner Roger Klein.
Since the beginning of his career, Bülent Güngör has participated in the restoration and renovation projects of several historical buildings and now sharing his knowledge with government organizations as a consultant. He is conducting his work with BG Architects in İstanbul, Bodrum, Bucharest and Princeton offices.
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After graduating from MSGSU with a first in 2006, he started working with BG Architects. Apart from various projects in different scales and functions, he participated in the OZU Campus project which has been developing since 2009. He worked with the ARK office in Princeton on several projects in 2016.
Along with architecture, Can has an interest in photography. He has many awards and appeared in a series of exhibitions in major cities such as New York, Berlin and Milano, with his works in this field. He is furthering his architectural practice within BG Architects which he has been a partner since 2017.
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As Design Principal at ARK, Roger collaborates with his colleagues on the design of educational, commercial and master plan projects within the Princeton and Istanbul studios.His portfolio includes an impressive collection of commercial and higher education projects including Ozyegin University in Istanbul, Haumao Center in Beijing, the 88 story Eurasia Tower in Moscow, Furman Hall at New York University’s School of Law, and the award-winning Harlem Park tower in NYC.
Previously an Associate Principal at Kohn Pedersen Fox and Design Principal at Swanke Hayden Connell Architects and RMJM, Roger was profiled as one of Building Design + Construction’s “40 Under 40” influential individuals.