Reha Günay

Reha Günay is an architect and author who documents traditional buildings through measured observation, photography, and conservation knowledge. Tradition of the Turkish House and Safranbolu Houses examines how domestic plans, materials, streets, and ways of living shape one another. Safranbolu Houses narrows the view to a settlement whose timber architecture can be read at the scale of both individual rooms and the urban fabric.

A Guide to the Works of Sinan the Architect in Istanbul follows another strand of Günay's work: making major monuments legible through location, design, and visual record. Sinan's Istanbul A Guide to the Works of Sinan the Architect in Istanbul : the Crowning of an Ottoman Capital extends that route across the city. Günay's books reward readers who want architecture connected to construction and place; Safranbolu offers the domestic lens, and the Sinan guides open the monumental one.