Kamil Taner Architecture & Interiors is a multiple award winning Architecture, Interior Architecture and Product Design practice based in Istanbul that specializes in delivering custom projects and products for private and corporate clients.
Designing every piece of detail from buildings to interiors, from furniture to lighting is what makes this firm unique.
The combination of great design blending with high end craftsmanship using vast types of materials has been the manifest of this boutique design driven studio. The focus is neither the size nor the type of project but the opportunity to enrich lives and enhance the environment. The diverse portfolio of built work spans residential, hospitality, leisure, culture and commercial projects and products.
Kamil Taner – Bio
Kamil Taner, a designer that comes from a city which goes back 3000 years, a city that has been the metropolis of many great civilizations.
Istanbul, a city that embraces a vast diversity of cultures and arcitectural marvels left from the great empires of their time.
Growing up in Istanbul means is to grow up with most cultures of the world and Kamil’s childhood was no ordinary childhood. The son of a famous politician of his time, Kamil travelled around the globe starting from an early age, visiting a rich variety of historical, commercial and residential environments resulting in a diverse perception of design, spaces and materials.
Kamil received his Bachelor of International Business from George Washington University, Interior Design Diploma from IDI, Masters Degree in Architecture from San Francisco Institute of Architecture and mentored by Halit Dagcioglu, A Master Architect.
Kamil believes the architecture, interior, furniture and lighting of a space are not seperate but one. He sees interior as part of the architecture, furniture as the continuation of interiors and lighting as the completion of space. He designed numerous luxury buildings, residences and commercial spaces with this notion in mind. His specialization in designing steel structure buildings, his experience in creating interiors and furniture for high caliber clientele, precision detailing made him stand out.
Having lived such a multi-cultured life and his background in architecture shaped Kamil’s understanding of design.
When you delve into his work you can see and feel Istanbul. A uniqeness that results from the alignment of cultures. A personal touch that lies hidden in the hands of artisan craftsman that formed through generations of knowledge and practice passing from father to son, a legacy of hand made technique that comes all the way from East Roman Empire, Byzantium and The Ottoman’s.
In his designs, Kamil Taner brings together history and present, he blends different cultures and periods, he forms a bridge between the buildings and the interiors.
His comprehensive and meticulos way of designing projects, vast know how of natural materials, keen eye to details, his affection to work with artisan craftsman side by side, his love for architecture, interiors and furniture made him the multidisciplinary designer he is today.
Kamil Taner is the multi award winner of many awards both in interior architecture and product design. In a way these awards are a validation of his intercultural work and his unique design philosophy.
He teaches Interior Architecture and Product Design in Altinbas University in Istanbul. It is important for Kamil Taner to pass on the acquired knowledge through experience to the new upcoming generations.