The Architect · Yusuf · Istanbul
SALT Galata
The best free interior in Beyoğlu, and a model retrofit — they kept the bank's guts and inserted a library into them.
The 1890s Ottoman Bank headquarters on Banks Street, reworked into a free cultural centre with its banking hall intact.
— Yusuf, The Architect
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