Erdem Architects (Turkish: Erdem Mimarlar) is an international architectural firm founded in 1998 by Sunay Erdem and Günay Erdem brothers in Ankara, Turkey. Erdem Architects renders services of projects and counseling in architecture, urban planning, and landscape design.
Sunay Erdem and Günay Erdem started working together in the late 1990s. Their first major project was the proposal for Aristotelous Redesign of the Civic Axis of Thessaloniki Competition (1997). This project proposed a linear landscape structure, cutting through Thessaloniki like a knife. Erdem Architects since 90s to present designed projects to more than forty different countries, and fifty of them received awards.
Erdem Architects leadership is organized as a collaborative partnership. Erdem Architects current key partners are Günay Erdem and Sunay Erdem. Today, the architecture firm employs around 50 architects working on projects in more than 5 countries.
Erdem Architects maintains offices in Ankara, Istanbul and New York City.
Recognition Awards
Turkish National Landscape Architecture Awards (2009, 2010 and 2013) which were given by Chamber of Landscape Architects in Turkey
2010 Turkish National Architecture Awards and Exhibition/Category: Presentation of Ideas
Çanakkale 18 Mart University,Success Award, Turkey, 2011
Landscape Architecture 4 Congress, Profession Contribution Award, Turkey, 2010
Landscape Architecture 4 Congress, International Success Award, Turkey, 2010
TSMD Success Award, Turkey, 2010
Chamber Of Landscape Architects, Success Awards, Turkey, 2008
Awards in International Competitions
La Spezia Arsenale 2062 Open Competition, Italy, Winner, 2014
Regional Center for Educational Quality and Excellence Competition, Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 3rd Award, 2014
3C: Comprehensive Coastal Communities Ideas Competition, New York, USA, Wildcard Winner, 2013
ENVISION 2040, a Green Works Orlando Design Competition, Orlando, USA, Winner, 2013
ifac2013 International Festival of Art & Construction, Sunshade Competition, Spain, 1st Prize, 2013
Actıvate! Desıgn Competition to Redefine Public Space in Chicago, USA Honorable Mention, 2013
Sketch Showdown Competition, Mixed Media, Philadelphia, USA, Winner, 2013
Art In The Plaza, Minneapolis, USA, 1st Place, 2013
Home For Humanity Contest, San Francisco, USA, Winner, 2012
LifeEdited Apartment #2Challenge Competition, New York, USA, Winner, 2012
Recconect Riverton Pedestrian Bridge, Canada, Winner, 2011
Vancouver Viaducts & eastern core, re:CONNECT An Open Ideas Competition, Vancouver, Canada, Winner, 2011
The Old Harbour Along With Örfirisey in Reykjavik International Competition, Reykjavik, Iceland, Winner, 2009
Awards in National Competitions
Elazig Education Campus, National Competition, Mention, Turkey, 2013
Smart Sings Competition, Mention Award, Turkey, 2011
Zonguldak Lavuar Conservation Area And The Surrounding Urban Design Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2010
Memorial For The Sarikamis Operation National Architectural Competition, 3rd Award, Turkey, 2008
Adana Ziyapasa District Urban Design Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2008
Maltepe Regional Park Project Competition, 3rd Award, Turkey, 2007
Diyarbakir Valley Landscape Planning And Urban Design Competition, 2nd Award, Turkey, 2007
Teos Marina, 1st Project, Turkey, 2006
Çeşme Marina, 1st Project, Turkey, 2006
Kahramanmaras Town Hall Competition, 1st Purchasing, Turkey, 2006
Balikesir Çamlik Park National Architectural Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2006
Bursa Terminal Square National Architectural Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2006
Beylikduzu Cumhuriyet Street Design Architectural Competition, Mention, Turkey, 2006
Bursa Kaplikaya Valley Landscape Design Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2006
Uzundere Rekreation Valley Landscape Design Competition, 5th Mention, Turkey, 2006
Izmit Historical Centre Urban Renewal Design Competition, 1st Mention, Turkey, 2005
Van Besyol Time Square Design Competition, 3rd Award, Turkey, 2005
Trabzon Kalkinma Downtown Landscape Design Project, Purchasing, Turkey, 2005
Gaziosmanpasa City Hall And Environmental Design Competition, 2nd Award, Turkey, 2004
‘Former Fiume Veneto Cotton Mill Area’ International Competition, 9th Position, Turkey, 2004
Izmit Basiskele Environmental Design Competition, 1st Award, Turkey, 2003
Pananos Beach Landscape Design Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2003
Ottoman Empire Memorial Park Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2002
Damlatas Cave Restoration And Ataturk Park Competition, 1st Award, Turkey, 1999
Europe
Esertepe Park, Turkey, Ankara, 2014
Information and Communication Technologies Authority Building design Turkey, Ankara, 2012
Turkish Football Federation Riva Camp Landscape Design Project Turkey, Istanbul, 2014
The Old Harbour Along With Örfirisey in Reykjavik , Reykjavik, Iceland, 2009
La Spezia Arsenale 2062, Italy, 2014
ifac2013 International Festival of Art & Construction, Spain, 2013
North America
3C: Comprehensive Coastal Communities, New York, USA, 2013
ENVISION 2040, a Green Works Orlando, Orlando, USA, 2013
Actıvate! Redefine Public Space in Chicago, USA, 2013
Art In The Plaza, Minneapolis, USA, 2013
Home For Humanity, San Francisco, USA, 2012
LifeEdited Apartment #2Challenge, New York, USA, 2012
Recconect Riverton Pedestrian Bridge, Canada, 2011
Vancouver Viaducts & eastern core, re:CONNECT, Vancouver, Canada, 2011
Middle-East
Regional Center for Educational Quality and Excellence, Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 2014
Africa
A New Tahrir Square, Egypt, Cairo, 2011
Urban Park Project, Libya, Sirte, 2009
Cultural Center Environmental Design Project, Algeria, Oran, 2006
Port Malabo Renewable Project, Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, 2003, Algeria, Oran, 2006
Asia Pacific
Re-Thinking Shanghai 2012, China, Shanghai, 2012
Future Living For Unstable Delta, Thailand, Bangkok, 2012
Housing Complex, Ladscape Design Project, Russia, Moskow, 2006
Businnes Centre Design Project, Russia, Moskow, 2004
Baku Bilgeh Estate, Azerbaijan, Baku, 2009
Housing Complex Design Project, Turkmenistan, Ashkabat, 2001
Australia
Green Civic Square, New Zealand, Hastings, 2012
Hobart Waterfront Design Project, Tasmania, Hobart, 2007
