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 AwardsTurkish National Landscape Architecture Awards (2009, 2010 and 2013) which were given by Chamber of Landscape Architects in Turkey2010 Turkish National Architecture Awards and Exhibition/Category: Presentation of IdeasÇanakkale 18 Mart University,Success Award, Turkey, 2011Landscape Architecture 4 Congress, Profession Contribution Award, Turkey, 2010Landscape Architecture 4 Congress, International Success Award, Turkey, 2010TSMD Success Award, Turkey, 2010Chamber Of Landscape Architects, Success Awards, Turkey, 2008Awards in International CompetitionsLa Spezia Arsenale 2062 Open Competition, Italy, Winner, 2014Regional Center for Educational Quality and Excellence Competition, Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 3rd Award, 20143C: Comprehensive Coastal Communities Ideas Competition, New York, USA, Wildcard Winner, 2013ENVISION 2040, a Green Works Orlando Design Competition, Orlando, USA, Winner, 2013ifac2013 International Festival of Art & Construction, Sunshade Competition, Spain, 1st Prize, 2013Actıvate! Desıgn Competition to Redefine Public Space in Chicago, USA Honorable Mention, 2013Sketch Showdown Competition, Mixed Media, Philadelphia, USA, Winner, 2013Art In The Plaza, Minneapolis, USA, 1st Place, 2013Home For Humanity Contest, San Francisco, USA, Winner, 2012LifeEdited Apartment #2Challenge Competition, New York, USA, Winner, 2012Recconect Riverton Pedestrian Bridge, Canada, Winner, 2011Vancouver Viaducts & eastern core, re:CONNECT An Open Ideas Competition, Vancouver, Canada, Winner, 2011The Old Harbour Along With Örfirisey in Reykjavik International Competition, Reykjavik, Iceland, Winner, 2009Awards in National CompetitionsElazig Education Campus, National Competition, Mention, Turkey, 2013Smart Sings Competition, Mention Award, Turkey, 2011Zonguldak Lavuar Conservation Area And The Surrounding Urban Design Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2010Memorial For The Sarikamis Operation National Architectural Competition, 3rd Award, Turkey, 2008Adana Ziyapasa District Urban Design Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2008Maltepe Regional Park Project Competition, 3rd Award, Turkey, 2007Diyarbakir Valley Landscape Planning And Urban Design Competition, 2nd Award, Turkey, 2007Teos Marina, 1st Project, Turkey, 2006Çeşme Marina, 1st Project, Turkey, 2006Kahramanmaras Town Hall Competition, 1st Purchasing, Turkey, 2006Balikesir Çamlik Park National Architectural Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2006Bursa Terminal Square National Architectural Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2006Beylikduzu Cumhuriyet Street Design Architectural Competition, Mention, Turkey, 2006Bursa Kaplikaya Valley Landscape Design Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2006Uzundere Rekreation Valley Landscape Design Competition, 5th Mention, Turkey, 2006Izmit Historical Centre Urban Renewal Design Competition, 1st Mention, Turkey, 2005Van Besyol Time Square Design Competition, 3rd Award, Turkey, 2005Trabzon Kalkinma Downtown Landscape Design Project, Purchasing, Turkey, 2005Gaziosmanpasa City Hall And Environmental Design Competition, 2nd Award, Turkey, 2004‘Former Fiume Veneto Cotton Mill Area’ International Competition, 9th Position, Turkey, 2004Izmit Basiskele Environmental Design Competition, 1st Award, Turkey, 2003Pananos Beach Landscape Design Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2003Ottoman Empire Memorial Park Competition, Purchasing, Turkey, 2002Damlatas Cave Restoration And Ataturk Park Competition, 1st Award, Turkey, 1999EuropeEsertepe 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, 2009La Spezia Arsenale 2062, Italy, 2014ifac2013 International Festival of Art & Construction, Spain, 2013North America3C: Comprehensive Coastal Communities, New York, USA, 2013ENVISION 2040, a Green Works Orlando, Orlando, USA, 2013Actıvate! Redefine Public Space in Chicago, USA, 2013Art In The Plaza, Minneapolis, USA, 2013Home For Humanity, San Francisco, USA, 2012LifeEdited Apartment #2Challenge, New York, USA, 2012Recconect Riverton Pedestrian Bridge, Canada, 2011Vancouver Viaducts & eastern core, re:CONNECT, Vancouver, Canada, 2011Middle-EastRegional Center for Educational Quality and Excellence, Jubail, Saudi Arabia, 2014AfricaA New Tahrir Square, Egypt, Cairo, 2011Urban Park Project, Libya, Sirte, 2009Cultural Center Environmental Design Project, Algeria, Oran, 2006Port Malabo Renewable Project, Equatorial Guinea, Malabo, 2003, Algeria, Oran, 2006Asia PacificRe-Thinking Shanghai 2012, China, Shanghai, 2012Future Living For Unstable Delta, Thailand, Bangkok, 2012Housing Complex, Ladscape Design Project, Russia, Moskow, 2006Businnes Centre Design Project, Russia, Moskow, 2004Baku Bilgeh Estate, Azerbaijan, Baku, 2009Housing Complex Design Project, Turkmenistan, Ashkabat, 2001AustraliaGreen Civic Square, New Zealand, Hastings, 2012Hobart Waterfront Design Project, Tasmania, Hobart, 2007
