What STUDIO EVREN BAŞBUĞ does

Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects Co. Ltd. is a privately owned Turkish architecture and design studio founded in 2012 by Evren Başbuğ (M. Arch.), headquartered in İzmir (Cemal Gürsel Cad. 296/7, Karşıyaka) with a secondary presence in Ankara. The firm is a sub-10-person practice offering full-service capabilities across architecture (housing, cultural, public, educational, healthcare, commercial, religious, and industrial buildings), interior design, urban design (squares, coastlines, marinas, campuses), urban regeneration consultancy, landscape design (botanical and structural), and project advisory/feasibility services. Its project portfolio demonstrates a clear specialization in waterfront regeneration and public-space design, anchored by completed works including the Yeşilova Höyük Visitor Center (İzmir, 2014), Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge (İzmir, 2016), and Pavilion by the Sea / Papilio (İzmir, 2019), plus competition entries such as Haliç v5.1 (İstanbul), Apex Adana, and the Ulvi Cemal Erkin Concert Hall (Ankara).

The firm operates a project-based professional-services revenue model, generating fees through two channels: (1) winning national and national-invited architectural competitions, and (2) direct commissions, primarily from Turkish public-sector clients — metropolitan municipalities (İzmir, İstanbul) and municipal governments (Çankaya, Bayraklı), with one non-profit anchor (Adana Young Businessmen Association). Pricing is project-specific and not publicly disclosed. The go-to-market motion is event-driven: competition participation, award recognition (including Aga Khan Award nomination, East Centric Arhitext Award, World Architecture Festival finalist, and Turkish National Architecture Awards), and earned media coverage on Archdaily, Arkitera, and Arkiv serve as the primary demand-generation channels. Delivery relies on a network of strategic co-design partners (TEGET, SCRA Architects, Kıyıda Architects, TH&İDİL Architects, Kardelen Peyzaj Planlama) and engineering/lighting consultants (Planlux, Methal, Levay, Egetek, Proje Isı Engineers), with construction executed by third-party contractors such as Ladin İnşaat. The firm is privately held, founder-led, with no disclosed parent company, venture backing, or institutional investment.

Name

STUDIO EVREN BAŞBUĞ

Legal name

Studio Evren Başbuğ Architects Co. Ltd.

Website

https://studioevrenbasbug.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Studio Evren Başbuğ is a small İzmir- and Ankara-based Turkish architecture and design studio founded in 2012, offering architecture, urban design, landscape, and urban-regeneration services with a specialization in waterfront and public-space projects for Turkish municipal and public-sector clients.

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Product category

Architectural Design Services

NAICS

Architectural Services (54131), Landscape Architectural Services (541320), Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services (5413)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainable/Green Building & LEED Consulting (BPAHAKAG)

Keywords

• Architectural design services
• Urban regeneration
• Landscape architecture
• Waterfront design
• Cultural buildings

Headquarters

HQ city

İzmir

HQ country

Türkiye

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Architectural Design Services: Studio Evren Başbuğ operates as a professional architecture and design consultancy, generating revenue through project-based fees for architectural design, urban design, landscape design, and consultancy services. Revenue is derived from winning public competitions and receiving direct commissions from government and municipal clients (metropolitan municipalities, municipalities) as well as private sector organizations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Studio Evren Başbuğ provides professional architectural design and consultancy services covering architecture, interior design, urban design, urban regeneration, landscape design, and feasibility/advisory consultancy. The practice specializes in public space, waterfront regeneration, cultural and institutional buildings, with completed works in İzmir, İstanbul, Ankara, and Adana.

Product overview

Studio Evren Başbuğ is an architectural design practice offering a comprehensive portfolio of design services including architecture (housing, museums, cultural buildings, offices, public buildings, education buildings, religious buildings, healthcare buildings, and industrial buildings), interior design, urban design, urban regeneration, landscape design, and consultancy services. The studio's portfolio includes notable completed projects such as the Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge and Pavilion by the Sea (Papilio) in İzmir, urban design proposals like Haliç v5.1 in Istanbul and Apex Adana, and competition entries. The practice focuses on creating critical balance between experience and experimentation in architectural and urban-scale projects.

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Products and services

• Architectural Design Services Full-service architectural design covering single and social housing, museums, cultural buildings, office buildings, public buildings, administrative buildings, commercial buildings, education buildings, religious buildings, recreational buildings, tourism buildings, healthcare buildings, industrial buildings, and thematic temporary structures. Targeted at public sector clients, private developers, and competition juries.
• Interior Design Services Interior design services for display areas and showrooms, shops and stores, fair stands, kiosk designs, office spaces, and museum exhibition areas. Targeted at commercial and cultural clients.
• Urban Design Services Urban design services encompassing city squares, parks and recreation areas, coastlines, marinas, urban transformation areas, university campuses, housing premises, education and healthcare and administrative campuses, and industrial and military area transformations. Targeted at municipal and public sector clients.
• Urban Regeneration Consultancy Urban regeneration consultancy including structural analysis and structural reinforcement services for existing urban areas. Targeted at metropolitan municipalities and public sector clients undertaking waterfront and urban transformation projects.
• Landscape Design Services Landscape design services including botanical landscape design and structural landscape design. Targeted at public sector clients delivering waterfronts, parks, and urban regeneration projects.
• Consultancy Services Advisory and feasibility study consultancy services for various architectural and urban projects. Targeted at public and private sector clients requiring pre-design advisory reports.

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered secondary and core.

• Proje Isı EngineerssecondaryImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 October 2020Proje Isı Engineers (Mechanical Engineer Necdet Tunalı) provided mechanical engineering consulting for the Bayraklı Smryna Street urban design project.
• Kardelen Peyzaj PlanlamacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 June 2020Studio Evren Başbuğ collaborated with Kardelen Peyzaj Planlama (Kardelen Landscape Planning) as a co-design office for the Haliç v5.1 project submitted to the Haliç Waterfront National Invited Architectural Competition. Nuran Altun from Kardelen Peyzaj Planlama served as Landscape Architect alongside Evren Başbuğ as Lead Architect.
• PlanluxsecondaryTechnology or Integration · 1 May 2019Planlux served as the lighting design and expert consultant for the Pavilion by the Sea project, with Elif Ayalp as Lighting Expert. Also contributed as Interior Architect on the Haliç v5.1 project (Korhan Şişman as Interior Architect, Lighting Expert).
• Ladin İnşaatsecondaryImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 May 2019Ladin İnşaat served as the contractor for the Pavilion by the Sea project, responsible for the construction of the built coastal pavilion and public space.
• TEGETcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016TEGET served as the Lead Architect and Segment Coordinator for the 'Karşıkıyı' concept under the İzmirDeniz project, working alongside Studio Evren Başbuğ for the Karşıyaka coastline master plan and subsequent projects including Pavilion by the Sea. Mehmet V. Kütükçüoğlu was the lead architect from TEGET.
• Kıyıda ArchitectssecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Kıyıda Architects participated as a co-design office in the 'Karşıkıyı' concept development group for the İzmirDeniz project, contributing to the Karşıyaka coastline master plan.
• SCRA ArchitectssecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016SCRA Architects participated as a co-design office in the 'Karşıkıyı' design group for the İzmirDeniz / Karşıyaka coastline project. Also collaborated on the Ulvi Cemal Erkin Concert Hall project where Ramazan Avcı of SCRA served as Lead Architect alongside Evren Başbuğ.
• TH&İDİL ArchitectssecondaryStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016TH&İDİL Architects participated in the 'Karşıkıyı' Design Group for the İzmirDeniz / Karşıyaka coastline master plan, with architects Özlem Arvas and Düşra Korkmaz contributing to the project team. A. Tamer Başbuğ also served as a consultant.
• Methal EngineerssecondaryImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 December 2012Methal Engineers provided civil engineering and hydraulic expertise for the Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge project, with engineers Cemal Çoşak and Mustafa Şahin serving as consultants on the project.
• Levay Energy EngineerssecondaryImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 December 2012Levay Energy Engineers provided electrical engineering services for the Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge project, with engineers A. Levent Ünal and Mustafa Boz serving as consultants.
• Egetek EngineerssecondaryImplementation/ SI/ Consulting Partner · 1 December 2012Egetek Engineers provided mechanical engineering services for the Bostanlı Footbridge & Sunset Lounge project, with engineers Bülent Örün and Önder Demirdöven serving as consultants.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Snøhetta: Internationally recognized architecture and landscape practice with deep waterfront regeneration, cultural building, and public-space portfolio - the same design categories Studio Evren Başbuğ competes in, but at much larger scale.
• BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group): High-profile international practice with waterfront, cultural, and public-building portfolio that often competes in the same international invitation and award circuits (WAF, Aga Khan, Venice Biennale).
• David Chipperfield Architects: Established international practice with strong cultural/public-building portfolio and consistent presence in major architectural awards (Aga Khan, Mies van der Rohe, RIBA) - the same award ecosystem Studio Evren Başbuğ is breaking into.
• Mecanoo: Dutch firm with extensive public-building, cultural, and landscape architecture portfolio. Competes in the same design competition ecosystem (e.g., WAF) and addresses the same client brief categories.
• Hassell: International design firm with deep urban regeneration and public-realm portfolio across Australia and Asia - same waterfront/public-space design space as Studio Evren Başbuğ, though at much larger scale.

Direct peers

• Studio Gang: Practice with strong overlap in waterfront/cultural architecture and ecological urbanism; comparable design-led approach and competition-track record.
• KPMB Architects: Mid-sized design practice with cultural, civic, and waterfront public-building portfolio, similar founder-led model and competition/award orientation in the international architecture community.
• SANAL Architecture: Turkish architecture studio with comparable small-team, founder-led structure focusing on cultural, public, and urban design projects in Turkey, often featured alongside Studio Evren Başbuğ on platforms like Archdaily.
• Emre Arolat Architects (EAA): Istanbul-based architectural practice of similar age profile with strong public-sector and cultural-building portfolio in Turkey. Highly comparable in waterfront and urban regeneration focus, though at a larger scale.
• Han Tümertekin: Istanbul-based architect with award-winning waterfront, cultural, and public-space work internationally (Aga Khan Award cycle). Directly comparable in aesthetic and competition-driven approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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