Kartal

The Kartal structures have a surreal, sand-castle quality.

Designer Cities: 2008

"Zaha's international standing played a role" in the judges 'decision to pick her plan, says Bülent Eczacibasi, chairman of Eczacibasi Holding, the largest landholder in the Kartal area.

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Ms. Hadid's 3-D drawings of the Kartal project are instantly recognizable as the work of the designer, who is known for buildings and furniture that capture a sense of movement.

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Sivu The Arabianranta development The plan, which will affect the industrial core of the Kartal district, involves constructing three clusters of curvaceous skyscrapers to serve as business and recreation centers, along with smaller residential buildings.

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Zaha Hadid Architechts Zaha Hadid's master plan for the Kartal area of Istanbul, with the Sea of Marmara at the top of the image.

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She says she hopes to "add or scoop out a civic space around every tower or building" in Kartal.

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The future will come rushing in to Kartal next year, when ground is expected to be broken on one of the world's biggest urban-renewal projects.

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As mapped out by Zaha Hadid, the London-based, Iraqi-born Pritzker Prize-winning architect, Kartal will be redeveloped according to a 555-hectare master plan that includes soaring skyscrapers, swerving thoroughfares and newly designed public spaces where 100,000 people will live and work and many more will come for shopping and entertainment.

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Ishak Kartal, 73, traveled to Ercis with a young relative in search of tents to take back to his village of Ulupamir, population 7,000.

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Ishak Kartal, 73, traveled to Ercis with a young relative in search of tents to take back to his village of Ulupamir, population 7,000.

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