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Vasil Vingas Archive
Itri Ülgenalp Villa in Emirgan, 1974
Salt Research, Vasil Vingas Archive
Salt Research, Vasil Vingas Archive
The archive of architect Vasil Vingas (1912-1981) can now be accessed at archives.saltresearch.org. Digitized and cataloged as part of Salt Research Architecture and Design Archive, the collection features design, construction, and renovation projects by Vingas, who spent his architectural career in Istanbul. Architectural drawings related to villas, apartment buildings, and waterside mansions in Bosphorus neighborhoods such as Tarabya, Yeniköy, and Emirgan are key components of the collection.
About Vasil Vingas
Vasil Vingas was born in Yeniköy in 1912 to a Greek family that immigrated to Istanbul from Chios Island. After graduating from the Greek-French High School in Beyoğlu, he worked as a math teacher at the Phanar Greek Orthodox College in the 1920s. In the early 1930s, he enrolled in the Department of Tezyinat [Ornamentation] at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul. He later transferred to the Department of Architecture and graduated in 1937. Vingas continued his professional career until the 1970s, primarily designing residential buildings. He passed away in Yeniköy in 1981.
Salt Research Architecture and Design Archive
The archive collections at Salt Research encompass over 2,000,000 unique digitized resources on “Art,” “Architecture and Design,” and “City, Society, and Economy.” The Architecture and Design Archive comprises more than 180,000 documents—including sketches, drawings, correspondence, contracts, reports, maps, photographs, audio recordings, and videos—sourced from the personal and professional archives of prominent figures active in 20th-century Turkey.
About Vasil Vingas
Vasil Vingas was born in Yeniköy in 1912 to a Greek family that immigrated to Istanbul from Chios Island. After graduating from the Greek-French High School in Beyoğlu, he worked as a math teacher at the Phanar Greek Orthodox College in the 1920s. In the early 1930s, he enrolled in the Department of Tezyinat [Ornamentation] at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Istanbul. He later transferred to the Department of Architecture and graduated in 1937. Vingas continued his professional career until the 1970s, primarily designing residential buildings. He passed away in Yeniköy in 1981.
Salt Research Architecture and Design Archive
The archive collections at Salt Research encompass over 2,000,000 unique digitized resources on “Art,” “Architecture and Design,” and “City, Society, and Economy.” The Architecture and Design Archive comprises more than 180,000 documents—including sketches, drawings, correspondence, contracts, reports, maps, photographs, audio recordings, and videos—sourced from the personal and professional archives of prominent figures active in 20th-century Turkey.
Salt Research Architecture Archive is supported by Kalebodur.
