Mihran Azaryan (1876 in Izmit, Ottoman Empire – 1952 in Istanbul, Turkey)[1] was an Ottoman Armenian and Turkish architect who is best known for having designed and constructed the Büyükada Pier and possibly the Izmit Clock Tower.
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He was the son of Bedros Azaryan, an Ottoman Armenian, who was a graduate of the Imperial School of Military Engineering in Hasköy, Constantinople. Mihran Azaryan graduated from Sanayi-i Nefise Mekteb-i Âlisi (today Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University).[2] His military service was in Istanbul between 1914-1918 and it was during this period that he realized the Büyükada Pier.[2][3] After this time in Istanbul, he lived and worked in Izmit for a while and then moved to Samsun where he continued his profession.[2] In 1935 he returned to Istanbul and continued working as an architect. Azaryan died in Istanbul, in 1952.
References
edit- ^ Uyar, Ayda. "Ermeni Kaynaklarına Göre İstanbul ve Mimarları". Armenian Online Based News (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ a b c "Mihran Azaryan" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
- ^ Tigran Khzmalyan. Armenian Architects of Istanbul: Online Exhibition[permanent dead link], March 27, 2015