Han Tümertekin is a practicing architect based in Istanbul and Strasbourg. He is the founder of Mimarlar + Han Tümertekin in 1987 and Atelier Han Tümertekin in 2015. Tümertekin’s work includes projects primarily in Turkey, as well as in Netherlands, Japan, United Kingdom, France, China, Mongolia and Kenya. Tümertekin was trained as an architect at the Istanbul Technical University and completed his M.Arch at the University of Istanbul. In addition to his built work, he has a strong presence in the academic world and has been teaching architecture since 1992 at various universities such as; Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne; Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture, Paris. He is also among the founders of the graduate programme in architecture at Bilgi University, Istanbul.

Han Tümertekin’s work has been widely published in international architectural journals and a monograph of his work was published by Harvard University Press in 2006. His work has been exhibited in respectable galleries around the world.

Recipient of several architectural prizes, Tümertekin was presented a 2004 Aga Khan Award for Architecture for the B2 House. He served on the Aga Khan Awards as a master jury member for 2004-2007 cycles and a steering committee member from 2007 till 2015.