The Architect · Yusuf · Istanbul
Dolmabahçe Palace
This is the empire deciding to look West, in stone. The scale is the argument, and it nearly bankrupt them.
The 1856 waterfront palace where the Ottomans traded courtyards for a single European baroque façade on the Bosphorus.
— Yusuf, The Architect
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