Tabanlioğlu Architects was established by Arch. Murat Tabanlioğlu in collaboration with Dr. Hayati Tabanlioğlu in 1990 Arch. Melkan Gürsel Tabanlioğlu joined the group in 1995. Employing more then 80 architects and 20 administrative staff members, Tabanlioğlu head office is located in Istanbul, Turkey. During the first period of the company, 1956-1990, Dr. Hayati Tabanlioğlu accomplished major state buildings in Turkey. During the second period (1990 to present) the company’s scope and portfolio has enhanced, providing servicesm worldwide in architecture, consulting, master planning, interior design and coordination of related services such as engineering and restoration. Tabanlioğlu works comprise a wide range of building types including innovative mix-use projects. The office has been awarded several international and national prizes such as 2011 RIBA International Awards for "the excellent work being done by RIBA members around the world", Astana Arena is awarded by International PropertyAwards as the Winner of Public Section Asia-Pacific Region, Glass Leaf Awards, MENA 2010 Best Residential Built Development Award, Cityscape Award and so may other honors. Besides several architectural awards Tabanlioğlu ranks 79th in “BD World Architecture” top 100 list of year 2009. Murat Tabanlioğlu (RIBA, Chartered Member, AIA International Associate Member) studied architecture at Vienna Technical University and graduated in 1992. He founded Tabanlioğlu Architects in cooperation with Dr. Hayati Tabanlioğlu in Istanbul in 1990. Besides his atelier program at Istanbul Bilgi University, he lectures at universities and various international platforms Melkan Gürsel Tabanlioğlu studied architecture at Istanbul Technical University. After gratuating in 1993, she attended Polytechnic University of Metropolitan Catalonia for her Master of Architecture. She joined Tabanlioğlu Architects in 1995 as partner of the company.