Burak Pekoğlu studied architecture in USA and had worked in Denmark, Turkey and USA. Burak is a graduate of Harvard University, Graduate School of Design (GSD) with a MArch degree (2011). He received a BS degree, Cum Laude, in Architecture (2008) at SUNY Buffalo, where he also attended an exchange program at Aarhus School of Architecture in Denmark. He attended high school at Robert College.
Pekoglu worked as an architectural designer in international offices such as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in New York, Schmidt Hammer Lessen (SHML) in Aarhus, Denmark and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (PCPA) in New Haven. He has taught architectural studio as a visiting instructor at Bilgi University, Istanbul Technical University, Kadir Has University, Yıldız Technical University, MEF University and Boğaziçi University.
The architecture and research studio BINAA (Building Innovation Arts Architecture), founded by Burak Pekoglu in 2012, with the idea of bringing together innovative and artistic ideas within a collaborative platform. Burak Pekoğlu has won international awards and honors including “Architizer A+ Award in 2017, Young Architects Selection, GEMSS 2019, Europe 40 Under 40 in 2020 and Best Use of Stone at the SHARE Architecture Awards 2025”.
Pekoglu worked as an architectural designer in international offices such as Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) in New York, Schmidt Hammer Lessen (SHML) in Aarhus, Denmark and Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (PCPA) in New Haven. He has taught architectural studio as a visiting instructor at Bilgi University, Istanbul Technical University, Kadir Has University, Yıldız Technical University, MEF University and Boğaziçi University.
The architecture and research studio BINAA (Building Innovation Arts Architecture), founded by Burak Pekoglu in 2012, with the idea of bringing together innovative and artistic ideas within a collaborative platform. Burak Pekoğlu has won international awards and honors including “Architizer A+ Award in 2017, Young Architects Selection, GEMSS 2019, Europe 40 Under 40 in 2020 and Best Use of Stone at the SHARE Architecture Awards 2025”.
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BINAA TEAM
current people
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BURAK PEKOGLU
FOUNDER & ARCHITECT
SELMAN FARUK AGAVUR
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
İPEK ÖZÇAMUR
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
ZEYNEP NALAN AYDIN
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
ŞEVVAL YASLAMA
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
AYSU KARADUMAN
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
ERAY ÇELİKUS
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNER
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BINAA PEOPLE
In alphabetical order
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Ayşenur Kayabey Begüm Aydoğdu Beyza Özufacık Burcu Kara Buse Öztürk Cansu Sert Carlos Beghetti Cem Bölükbaşı Damla Soyseven Deniz Egemen Acar Ebru Nur Yavuz Ece Pekoğlu Ecenur Yavuz
Ildar Biganiakovv İbrahim Ethem Oktar Kemal Bal Kerem Bostan Kevin Westerbeck Onur Değirmenci
Özgür Öztürk Pushpender Chauhan Rumeysa Kalyoncu Süheyl Uçar Venkatesh Kalidoss Yavuz Selim Can Yiğit Işık
Ildar Biganiakovv İbrahim Ethem Oktar Kemal Bal Kerem Bostan Kevin Westerbeck Onur Değirmenci
Özgür Öztürk Pushpender Chauhan Rumeysa Kalyoncu Süheyl Uçar Venkatesh Kalidoss Yavuz Selim Can Yiğit Işık