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This book explores aspects and instances of Ottoman public architecture in the Balkans, a region that encompassed diverse populations, climates, and landscapes, all of which contributed to a wide array of architectural variations in both public and private structures.
List of contents
IntroductionVelika IvkovskaSECTION 1
Types and Development1 Fountains in Ottoman Period - Case studies of Bulgaria and Istanbul, Turkey.
Meltem Vatan and Desislava Hristova2 Bedestens in Ottoman (Balkan) cities: architecture and functions
Stela Tasheva and Sasha Lozanova3 ¿¿n-s of Eastern Bosnia: a road network in transition, between late medieval and Ottoman contexts?
Vincent Thérouin4 Muslim and non-muslim educational institution buildings in Mostar during the Ottoman period (1483-1878) and their current situation
Emel Topçu and Yunus Dilber5 The Ottoman railway network and its buildings in the region of eastern Macedonia and Thrace: history and architecture
Katerina Ritzouli6 Shaping Ottoman Urban Fabrics: The Tobacco Warehouses of Kavala
Velika IvkovskaSECTION 2
Elements and Case Studies7 Commercial Identity and National Style: The
Usul-I Mimari- Osmani at the intersection of architectural style and nation building
Marko Icev8 Two monuments of Thrace connected to the name of the ottoman general Gazi Evrenos Beg: an architectural and constructional comparative analysis
Damiani Karageorgiadou and Katerina Ritzouli9 The baths of Ottoman Nicosia. Construction and adaptation of public buildings and their renovation in the 21st century
Kinga BiäekConclusionHaris Derviševi¿
About the author
Velika Ivkovska (ICOMOS Macedonia) is an engineer architect and an assistant professor. She completed her PhD at Istanbul Technical University at the Faculty of Architecture. She is the author and coauthor of numerous monographs and scientific papers. Her fields of interests include Ottoman and vernacular architecture, urban histories as well as the fields the modern and socialist modern architecture.
Stela Tasheva defended her PhD thesis on the semiotics of architectural graphics at the Institute of Art Studies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2012. She is currently a professor at the University of Forestry in Sofia and is a member of the Bulgarian Chamber and the Bulgarian Union of Architects.
Haris Derviševi¿ is an associate professor of Islamic and Ottoman Art at the University of Sarajevo. He has also lectured at the University of Lisbon and the University of Graz. He is a member of the Historians of the Islamic Art Association and many other academic networks, including the International Council of Monuments and Sites.
