Mimarlık ve Yapı Sözlüğü / Dictionary of Architecture and Building - 12th Edition

The 12th edition of Doğan Hasol's Mimarlık ve Yapı Sözlüğü / Dictionary of Architecture and Building, an indispensable reference for architecture and design education in Turkey, has been published by YEM Yayın. Doğan Hasol is the first name that comes to mind in Turkey when "architecture dictionary" is mentioned.

The dictionary consists of two parts: the first part provides Turkish equivalents for English words and terms, and the second part provides English equivalents for Turkish words. The English-Turkish / Turkish-English Mimarlık ve Yapı Sözlüğü / Dictionary of Architecture and Building, whose content is reviewed and developed in almost every edition, consists of approximately 30,000 terms.

Doğan Hasol summarizes his reason for undertaking such an important and difficult work as follows:

“The widespread use of English throughout the world, and the fact that countries now use English as an indispensable tool to open up to the outside world, has increased the need for such a dictionary.

During this study, the English and Turkish words and terms in the old dictionary were reviewed once again, and new ones were added to them.

Developments in knowledge and technology, and innovations introduced into our lives, lead to the emergence of new words and terms. Thus, languages also develop. The age of communication and information we live in necessitates the compilation of equivalents of terms that form the basis of all kinds of technical, cultural, commercial, etc. relations in various languages. It is undoubtedly true that this work, which is a response to this necessity, will facilitate and accelerate the flow of information, help to better and more accurately understand texts in the relevant languages, and help technical people speaking those languages to better understand each other.

This dictionary aims to compile the words and terms of the professional language used by architects and people working in the construction sector in design and application. For this reason, along with words and terms from history, most of which are related to 'form,' 'function,' 'style,' and 'movements,' current technology and material terms are also given equal weight. For explanations and detailed information on words, Ansiklopedik Mimarlık Sözlüğü, which is the natural complement to this dictionary, can be utilized.

Hopefully, it will be useful to its users.”

Doğan Hasol is well known for his indispensable dictionaries of architectural and building terms, the first of which was Ansiklopedik Mimarlık Sözlüğü (Encyclopedic Dictionary of Architecture) published in 1975. This was followed by English-French-Turkish dictionaries of architectural and building terms.

This publication is the 9^th edition of his English-Turkish / Turkish-English Mimarlık ve Yapı Sözlüğü / Dictionary of Architecture and Building, which has been continuously expanded and revised over the years.

Doğan Hasol was prompted to undertake this important and challenging task because, as he explains, it is essential to understand the terms that form the basis of technical, cultural and commercial relations in this age of communication and information. This work is a response to this imperative.