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.
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.
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.
Former editors and writers
These editors and writers contributed to illustrarch in the past. Their articles remain on the site under their names.
Former Site Editor · Bachelor's Degree in Architecture · LinkedIn
Sinan Ozen was the Site Editor at illustrarch. An architect with a B.Arch from Okan University, he managed the day-to-day editorial flow of the site and wrote about architectural design and contemporary projects.
Former Architecture Content Editor · Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Doğuş University · LinkedIn
Begum Gumusel was an architecture content editor at illustrarch. She holds a B.Arch from Doğuş University and focused on visual storytelling, turning projects and design ideas into articles, short-form video, and imagery for the publication's channels.
Former Architecture Writer · Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering · LinkedIn
Furkan Sen covered building technology for illustrarch. A mechanical engineer based in Istanbul with a degree from Altınbaş University, he works across construction and architecture projects and wrote about structural systems, building services, and how buildings actually get built.
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