The Isbank Skyscraper: The Modern Office Block in Turkey

2004-09-26
Altan, Tomris Elvan
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/70664
VIIIth International DOCOMOMO Conference, Import-Export: Postwar Modernism in an Expanding World
Department of Architecture, Conference / Seminar

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T. E. Altan, “The Isbank Skyscraper: The Modern Office Block in Turkey,” presented at the VIIIth International DOCOMOMO Conference, Import-Export: Postwar Modernism in an Expanding World, 2004, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/70664.
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