Nishan Yaubyan


Nişan Yaubyan o Nishan Yaubyan is a prominent Turkish-Armenian architect and lecturer.

Life

Of Armenian descent, Yaubyan graduated from the Getronagan Armenian High School in the Karaköy district of Istanbul. After studying architecture at Istanbul Technical University, he continued his studies at the University of Michigan. After returning to Istanbul, he became an instructor and lecturer at the Yeditepe University in Istanbul.
Together with architects Güntekin Aydoğan and Osep Sarafoğlu, he designed the SSK Hospital in Beyoğlu. One of his most important projects was the Sakarya Hükümet Konağı, completed in 1956. Yaubyan worked alongside architects such as Rum architect Avyerinos Andonyadis, Turkish Armenian architect Harutyun Varpurciyan and Enis Kortan.

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