Fatma Kahraman
The restored palace façade
Role
Lead Design Architect — Multi-disciplinary Coordination, Construction Documents
Typology
Hospitality
Location
Beşiktaş, Istanbul
Date
2001–2004
Company
TAM Architects
Architecture
TAM Architects — Turgut Alton
Operator
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts

The historic palace was renovated keeping the existing external walls, following the original planning scheme on the ground floor and returning the roof to its original slope, with attic rooms set within it. Two new bedroom blocks are handled with a contemporary approach and light materials so as not to compete with the old building.

The hotel provides 170 keys — 137 standard rooms, 16 Four Seasons suites, 12 suites and a presidential suite — with a 500-seat ballroom, a 110-seat junior ballroom, meeting rooms, a 200-seat restaurant and an 850 m² spa. At TAM Architects Fatma led the design and the multi-disciplinary coordination of all construction documents.

Area
32,000 m²
Keys
170 keys
Ballroom
500 seats
Pool terrace on the Bosphorus
Pool terrace on the Bosphorus
Suite living room
Suite living room
Guest room
Guest room
Bathroom with Bosphorus view
Bathroom with Bosphorus view
Pool and cabanas
Pool and cabanas
Watercolour elevation from the Bosphorus
Watercolour elevation from the Bosphorus