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Global Perspective,Local Know-How

A Strategic Partnership

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The Regional PartnershipThe strategic partnership between Gensler and AVCIARCHITECTS in Turkey offers a seamless integration of global thought leadership, across the board design excellence, and established local knowledge, presence, and delivery capacity.

Property Investment Development Management

Design, Architecture, Design Build

Architecture, Design, Planning, Consulting

Global reach and experience -Local presence and understanding

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Gensler is a global architecture, design, and planning firm with 42 offices and over 3,000 professionals in Asia, UK, and the Americas. The firm has over 3,500 active clients in virtually every industry and delivers projects from the scale of a city to a task light for an individual’s desk.

Gensler is distinguished by an unwavering commitment to our clients’ success. Everything we design, from the innovations we imagine to the value we deliver, reflects our clients’ priorities and their opportunities for sustained success.

3,000+ professionals and 42 locations

We are a global architecture, design, planning and consulting firm

No design firm in the world 19 out of the largest global companies are clients10

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Established in London in 1989, in its first year, Avcı Architects won the top prize in the European Union biannual Energy Efficient Buildings Competition, a culmination of years of experience in sustainability which set the tone for the direction of the practice. Although the practice specializes in many sectors in terms of programme, sustainability has become an underlying driving ethos, from the scale of regional masterplanning down to the design of a single product.

Avci Architects has designed projects in the UK as well as Italy, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, Ghana, Serbia, Czech Republic, Slovenia and more recently in Turkey. Currently active projects include commercial and institutional offices, retail centers, private residential developments, and educational and cultural buildings including exhibitions and museums.

“ We seek fully integrated perspectives that

build complete and sustainable solutions. “

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Urbanista was founded in 2007 by Markus Lehto and Selcuk Avci, with a development focus on London and Istanbul. The company currently has development projects in both cities, and has a consulting portfolio comprised of many of the leading projects and Clients throughout Europe and the MENA region.

Urbanista is a real estate company focused on discovering and unlocking a property’s unique potential. They dig hard and deep to get to the very core of the opportunity, with the view that any property worth investing in has to have a compelling reason for being built that makes sense today and for future generations.

Urbanista’s management experience and property know-how is aimed at maximizing upside and de-risking at every stage of the development process.

“ We are innovators and craftsmen, and our mission is

to produce properties whose unique value will stand out

from the start and garner even more financial and social appreciation over time. “

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As long-term proponents of green design, we know that a sustainable approach to design preserves our planet’s resources and produces results that matter to our clients: reduced energy and operating costs, brand advantages, longer property life-cycle, enhanced human performance, and overall better quality of life.

Our approach is grounded in key principles such as striving for integrated, whole building design; achieving innovation in products and technology tools; maximising natural features, siting and climatic conditions; and leveraging our firmwide and industry networks to learn new ideas and apply best practices.

Our combined approach brings world-leading sustainability experience together with the ability to execute with excellence on the ground

Sustainability Over 1000 environmentally-accredited professionals worldwide

Architects of the first LEED pilot project - Armstrong World Industries, Lancaster, USA

Winner of the U.S. Green Building Council Leadership Award

Johnson Controls will have more LEED rated buildings than any other campus in the world

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These Four WallsThe Real British OfficeBy Gensler, Architect of Ideas

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Gensler

Faulty TowersIs The British Office Sustainable?

Gensler Architect of Ideas

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Research

To determine how design really impacts productivity, creativity, innovation, profits and the environment, we have been engaged in a long-term research efforts.

WorkplaceGensler’s Workplace Survey of US and UK employees show that high-performance work settings correlate with better performance. We apply this knowledge to our work through our proprietary measurement tool, the Workplace Performance Index, which links business success to the provision of spaces that support the different work modes, allowing us to identify how our clients’ spaces can be improved and how they compare against the top companies worldwide and within their sector.

SustainabilityFaulty Towers: Is the British Office Sustainable? Based on a survey of the UK top developers and occupiers on their views on sustainability, the research highlights why unsustainable buildings are an investment time-bomb.

Thought LeadersWorkplace SurveyBenchmarking

TurkeyThe New WorkplaceGlobal knowledge in harmony with local conditions

D R A F T

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People

Deniz NarPartner, ArchitectAVCIARCHITECTS

Selçuk AvcıOwner, ArchitectAVCIARCHITECTS

Ian MulcaheyPrincipal Urban DesignGensler

Burak ÜnderPartner, ArchitectAVCIARCHITECTS Duncan Swinhoe

Principal, Commercial Office Buildings - Gensler

Markus LehtoOwner, Urbanista

A team that bridges global experience with leading on the ground execution.

We are here when you need us - and our process is co-creative with the project owners and client team.

We adapt ourselves to your needs.

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Services

Brand Design

Residential

Commercial

Hospitality

Masterplanning

Planning & Urban Design

Environmental Graphics

Consultancy

Interior DesignRetail

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Selected ProjectsOur collective view of design and excecution

ranges from branding and packaging through to the world’s most complex masterplans.

We are motivated by the unique design challenge and not distracted by scale. We apply our collaborative

and holistic approach to each and every project.

Masterplanning

London River ParkLondon, United Kingdom3,85 Acres

2010/11

Sölen Mixed UseIstanbul, Turkey90.000 m2

AqabaJordan, Israel25,900 hectares

Mixed Use Marina CommunityUnited Arab Emirates118 hectares

Kolkata Riverside RegenerationKoltoka, India29 hectares

Çubuklu VadiIstanbul, Turkey

Iskander International Financial DistrictSouth Jahore, Malaysia146 hectares

The Gate Building Currency House

Ritz-Carlton Hotel

Park Towers

Sky Gardens

Pacific Tower

DIFC Master PlanDubai, UAE50 hectares

Mecca MasterplanMecca, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Zizkov MasterplanningPrague, Czech Republic225,000sqm

TokiIstanbul, Turkey

Bio Istanbul DevelopmentIstanbul, Turkey7 hectares

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Visitor Center

University

Innovation Campus

St. Petersburg City ExtensionSt. Petersburg, Russia450 hectares

Doha Area 1 Concept PlanDoha, Qatar325 sq km

Saadiyat IslandAbu Dhabi, UAE2,680 hectares

Confidential Water Front Master Plan MoroccoMorocco120 hectares

Al Sowa IslandAbu Dhabi, UAE113 hectares

Confidential Resort CommunitySyria24,8 hectares

Istanbul Financial Centre Istanbul, Turkey68 hectares

Osmannoro MasterplanFlorence, Italy

Alemdag Master PlanIstanbul, Turkey

New Jeddah Master PlanJeddah, Saudi Arabia711 hectares

Land Mark Buildings

Shanghai TowerShanghai, PRC3.98 million sq ft

Turkish Contractor’sAssociationAnkara, Turkey5,000 sqm

90 High HolbornLondon, UK

KAFD Parcel 1.14GCC Bank HeadquartersRiyadh124,792 sqm, 254m tall

Naberezhnaya TowerMoscow, RussiaAvci Architects as consultants to RTKL(UK)1,500,000 sqft, 268m height

KAFD Parcel 1.15World Trade CentreRiyadh 136,500 sqm Height: 303m

Tameer TowersAbu Dhabi, UAE9 million sq ft

GCHQCheltenham, UK1,000,000 sq ft

Workplace / Retail / Residential

London Stock ExchangeLondon, UK140,000 sq ft

BT Openworld OfficeLondon, UK

New York TimesNew York, USA75,000 sq m

HP OfficeIstanbul, Turkey 2,500 sqm

Abu Dhabi Commercial BankAbu Dhabi, UAE230,000 sq ft

British TelecomWholeale HQ London, UK5,500sqm

BurberryLondon, UK160,000 sq ft

NokiaSilicon Valley, California, USA

SelfridgesLondon100,000 sq ft

USCE Shopping Center& HotelBelgrade, Serbia199,000sqm

AppleLondon21,000 sq ft

Giorgio ArmaniLondon10,000 sq ft

Zizkov Retail CenterPrague, Czech Republic90,000sqm

BarneysDallas, USA

Mosaic Retail CenterNovi Sad, Serbia90,000sqm

Neiman MarcusCalifornia, USA

The Ritz-Carlton Hotel & Residences and JW Marriott at L.A. LiveLos Angeles, CA 370,000 2 million sq ft

Ritz CarltonDubai, UAE1,500,000 sq ft

City CenterLas Vegas, USA18,600,000 sq ft

Bloom Central MarriottAbu Dhai, UAE315 keys

Angel RestaurantLjubljana, Slovenia400sqm

Burj Alshaya Four Seasons and Office TowerAbu Dhai, UAE315 keys

The Jacaranda EstateBodrum, Turkey3,600sqm

Villa Nirala London, UK10,000sqft

Palazzo DorottyaBudapest, Hungary20,000sqm

Nurol TowerIstanbul, Turkey

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