Our Editorial Team
illustrarch is produced by a small team of architects, engineers, and researchers. Every editor writes under their own name; their credentials and areas of coverage are listed below. How we select topics, verify facts, and handle corrections is documented in our Editorial Policy.
Editor-in-Chief · Bachelor's Degree in Architecture · LinkedIn
Bahattin Duran is the Editor-in-Chief of illustrarch. An architect by training with a B.Arch from Düzce University, he has led the publication's editorial direction since its early days, covering architectural education, design culture, and the tools architects work with. He also runs learnarchitecture.online, a learning platform for architecture students.
Site Editor · Bachelor's Degree in Architecture · LinkedIn
Sinan Ozen is the Site Editor at illustrarch. An architect with a B.Arch from Okan University, he manages the day-to-day editorial flow of the site and writes about architectural design and contemporary projects.
Senior Architecture Writer · Bachelor's Degree in Architecture · LinkedIn
Elif Ayse Sen is a senior architecture writer at illustrarch. A trained architect with a B.Arch from Altınbaş University, she covers interior design, architecture schools and education, and residential design, and has written hundreds of articles for the publication.
Architecture Content Editor · Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Doğuş University · LinkedIn
Begum Gumusel is an architecture content editor at illustrarch. She holds a B.Arch from Doğuş University and focuses on visual storytelling, turning projects and design ideas into articles, short-form video, and imagery for the publication's channels.
Architecture Writer · Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering · LinkedIn
Furkan Sen covers building technology for illustrarch. A mechanical engineer based in Istanbul with a degree from Altınbaş University, he works across construction and architecture projects and writes about structural systems, building services, and how buildings actually get built.
Muhammad Abdullatef – Tifa Studio
Architecture & Urban Design Researcher · M.Arch, Istanbul Technical University; PhD candidate in Urban Design, Hong Kong Polytechnic University · LinkedIn
Muhammad Abdellatif is the founder of Tifa Studio and an architecture and urban design researcher writing for illustrarch. He holds an M.Arch from Istanbul Technical University and is a PhD candidate in Urban Design at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, covering cities, parametric design, and the details most people walk past.
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