Ercan Yener

Ercan Yener is a Turkish architect known as one of the designers of the Abdi İpekçi Sports Hall in Istanbul. He produced this building and many competition projects together with architects Ziya Tanalı and Ragıp Buluç.

Workshop A and competition projects

He founded the architectural office called Atölye A together with Yener, Tanalı and Buluç. Three architects worked together under this roof between 1974 and 1984; They both participated in architectural project competitions and carried out application works.

The team's most well-known work was the Abdi İpekçi Sports Hall. The project was chosen first in the competition in 1975. The foundation of the hall in Zeytinburnu was laid in 1979, the building was put into service in 1989 and hosted major sports organizations and concerts, especially basketball, for many years. The hall was demolished in 2018.

Other awards received by Atölye A in competitions can be listed as follows:

• 1978: Second mention in the competition of the General Directorates of the Ministry of Public Works in Ankara
• 1979: Second place in the MİT Housing and Social Facilities invitational competition in Ankara
• 1980: First place in the Constitutional Court building competition in Ankara
• 1983: Third place in the Central Bank building competition in Izmit
• 1983: Second honorable mention in the 200 Unit State Site competition in Ankara

Yener's name continues to be mentioned in the history of Türkiye's sports structures, especially through the Abdi İpekçi Sports Hall.