News & Stories
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ACE Architecture Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
ACE Architecture celebrated its 40th anniversary with a well-attended event. The experience and achievements gained through long-term professional expertise since the firm's founding in 1985 were shared at this special evening, which brought together professionals, academics, journalists, and industry stakeholders from the field of architecture.
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Artchifest – “Mixed-Use Buildings as an Architectural Tool: Reproducing Urban Space in the Toolbox”
As part of Artchifest, organized by the Architecture and Illustration Society of Gazi University, ACE Architecture Founding Partner Orçun Ersan shared his presentation titled “Mixed-Use Projects as an Architectural Tool: The Generative Reproduction of Urban Space (Mixed-Use Projects and Urban Environment: A Generative Tool for Cities)” with the participants.
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Open Lecture Series in Rome – Regenerating the Contemporary City
As part of the Regenerating the Contemporary City Open Lecture Series held at Sapienza University of Rome, Orçun Ersan and Sedef Yıldız Topçu gave a presentation titled ‘Rhythm Ankara: Mixed-Use Projects and Urban Environment – A Generative Tool for Cities’.
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Çankaya University ARCH 207 “Factors Guiding Architectural Design”
In the presentation given by Orçun Ersan, Sedef Yıldız Topçu, and Esra Toygar as part of the Çankaya University ARCH 207 “Factors Guiding Architectural Design” course, the factors guiding the architectural design approach, along with the ACE Architecture practice, were shared with participants through current projects.
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Arkance Turkey “Success Stories” Series: ACE Architecture
ACE Architecture is active in various fields, including residential projects, mixed-use buildings, commercial buildings, and office buildings, both in Ankara and in many different provinces across Turkey. The company aims to produce projects that have a real impact on people's lives, touch lives, and beautify cities and the built environment. To achieve this goal, it considers the use of the right technologies to be important.
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Vivada, Finalist in The Plan Award!
Vivada has been selected as a finalist in the international The Plan Award 2025 competition organized by the Italy-based Maggioli Group.
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Enada, Finalist in The Plan Award!
Enada has been selected as a finalist in the international The Plan Award 2025 competition organized by the Italy-based Maggioli Group.
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RST HAB, Finalist in The Plan Award!
RST HAB has been selected as a finalist in the international The Plan Award 2025 competition organized by the Italy-based Maggioli Group.
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Global Future Design Awards – Marus Ankara
Marus Ankara was awarded the Gold Winner prize in the Residential category of the international Global Future Design Awards 2025 organized by Architecture Press Release.
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Global Future Design Awards – Aura Bodrum
Aura Bodrum was awarded the Gold Winner prize in the Residential category of the international Global Future Design Awards 2025 organized by Architecture Press Release.
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World Architecture Community Awards Bodrum Tourism Complex with Architectural Design Award!
The Bodrum Tourism Complex has been awarded the Architectural Design Award in the 50th competition held in 2025 by World Architecture Community, an independent architecture platform.
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Architizer A+ Special Mention 2025 – RYHTYM Ankara
The Ryhtym Ankara project received the international Architizer A+ 2025 Special Mention award organized by New York-based Architizer.
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RYHTYM Ankara has been Awarded by World Architecture Community!
Ryhtym Ankara has been awarded the Architectural Design Award in the 49th competition held in 2024 by World Architecture Community, an independent architecture platform.
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RYHTYM Ankara is a Finalist in The Plan Award!
The Konya Yolu Mixed-Use Project Ryhtym Ankara has been selected as a finalist in the international The Plan Award 2024 competition organized by the Italy-based Maggioli Group.
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Santra Sales Office Wins BIG SEE Architecture Award!
The Santra Villa Sales Office won an award in the Public, Cultural Buildings and Infrastructure Buildings category at the international BIG SEE Architecture 2024 competition organized by Zavod Big, based in Slovenia.
As part of this award, we gave a presentation on our award-winning project and office at the Architecture – Award-Winning Projects and Perspectives Event held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Award: https://bigsee.eu/santra-villa-sales-office/
Presentations: https://bigsee.eu/category/ba24-winning-architecture-projects-presentations/page/4/
Orçun Ersan: https://bigsee.eu/orcun-ersan-ace-architecture/
Esra Toygar: https://bigsee.eu/esra-toygar-ace-architecture/
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Global Future Design Awards – Farilya
Farilya was awarded the Gold Winner prize in the Residential category of the international Global Future Design Awards 2024 organized by Architecture Press Release.
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Velux Ankara Wins Gold Award from Architecture Press Release!
Velux Ankara was awarded the Gold Winner prize in the Mixed Use category of the international Global Future Design Awards 2024 organized by Architecture Press Release.
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Galya Center Wins Global Future Design Awards!
Galya Center was awarded the Gold Winner prize in the Mixed Use category at the international Global Future Design Awards 2024 organized by Architecture Press Release.
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Gold Winner Award – Santra Villa Sales Office
Santra Villa Sales Office was awarded the Gold Winner award in the Commercial Buildings category of the international Global Future Design Awards 2024 organized by Architecture Press Release.
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RYHTYM Ankara Project wins award at Architecture MasterPrize competition!
The Konya Yolu Mixed-Use Project Rhythm Ankara was awarded an Honorable Mention in the Architectural Design / Mixed-Use category of the international Architecture MasterPrize competition organized by the Los Angeles-based Farmani Group.
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Good Things Multiply When Shared!
Every birthday is a personal celebration at ACE. We offer “Birthday Leave” so our team members can spend this special day with their loved ones however they wish.
We believe that well-being is not just about work processes but about life as a whole, and we see this approach as a natural extension of our office culture.
Wishing you many healthy, happy, and enjoyable birthdays...
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Ankara Şişecam 2021 Reference Projects
Yozgat Pool, Thermal, and Aquapark Building is among the Ankara Şişecam 2021 Reference Projects.
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Good Things Are Contagious!
Since August 2020, we have implemented a “Period Leave” policy to support the well-being and equality in the workplace of our female employees, who make up 83.3% of our team. We grant our female colleagues working in our office an additional 6 days of leave per year. We view supporting initiatives that make life easier for our female employees, whom we are proud of, as a corporate responsibility.
We extend our gratitude to the Zomato team for raising awareness on this issue.
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“How is the Future of the Construction Industry Taking Shape?”
The panel discussion “How is the Future of the Construction Industry Taking Shape?”, organized by Penta Technology and Autodesk, took place on August 12.
Moderated by Murat Tüzüm, Country Manager at Autodesk, the event featured presentations by İsmail Hakkı Polat, Deputy General Manager of Planning at IGA; Orçun Ersan, Founding Partner at ACE Architecture; and Mustafa Tolunay, General Manager at Prefabrik Yapı A.Ş.
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Architects in Conversation with Kalebodur
Architects in Conversation with Kalebodur Online features architect Orçun Ersan as the guest of Prof. Dr. Abdi Güzer.
Kalebodur's “Architects in Conversation with Kalebodur” interviews, launched in 2013 to establish an architecture archive in Turkey, are broadcast every month with different guests. The program's moderator, Prof. Dr. Celal Abdi Güzer, asks his guests questions about their own projects and their perspective on architecture.
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Arch+Dsgn Summit
ACE Architecture participated in the “Arch+Dsgn Summit Izmir” event held at the Izmir Architecture Center.
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Architecture Yearbook 2018 Exhibition
The Arkitera Turkiye Architecture Yearbook 2018 Exhibition, which features our Ordu University Emin Çetinceviz Central Library project, opens on June 17 at the Hom Design Center.
The exhibition will be open to visitors from June 17 to July 16.
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Bimfili II. Interaction Meeting
The “II. Interaction Meeting,” an event organized by the Building Information Modeling Value and Awareness Platform ‘bimfili’ in which ACE Architecture actively participated, took place on April 30 at the TSMD Architecture Center in Ankara.
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Bimfili I. Interaction Meeting
The introductory event for the Building Information Modeling Value and Awareness Platform ‘bimfili’, in which ACE Architecture actively participated, took place on March 21 at the TSMD Architecture Center in Ankara.
P'not Plenty of Notes on Thursdays
“Mimarlık söylemine ürünün dışında katkı sunmak mümkün müdür?”
ACE bünyesinde sürdürülen eleştirel tartışmaların, mimarlık tarihine, kuramına ve eleştirisine dayalı entelektüel bir zemin üzerinden ilerlemesi gerektiğine inanıyoruz. Bu yaklaşımın, mimarlık alanına daha nitelikli katkılar sağlayacağına dair inançla; ofis faaliyetleri kapsamında seminerler, konferanslar ve atölyeler düzenliyoruz.
In this context, the P’not [Plenty of Notes on Thursdays] seminar series was launched and is conducted with the participation of the entire architectural community.
Ankara’da Modern Konutlar: “Sivil Mimari Bellek Ankara (1930-1980)” Projesi Üzerinden Dönemsel Okumalar
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