Mavi Boncuk |Deutsche Orient Bank (DOB), Eminonu, Constantinople (İstanbul) (1912). The whole building was made of reinforced concrete and the walls were covered with marble slabs on the ground floor and stone slabs on the upper levels. The bank offices were located on the ground level, the upper stories offices were to be rented. The building also known as “Germania Han”. M. Schütte, German architect, M. Adamantidis, architect; Agent: A. George. Contractor: Société anonyme ottomane de bois de construction (SAOC) [1]
Fonds Hennebique[2], CNAM/SIAF/Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine / Archives d'Architecture du XXe siècle / 76 Ifa 1562-02.
Deutsche Orient Bank More in Mavi Boncuk
[1] In 1913, the Istanbul associate concessionaire was Marcos Langas co-founder with G.Mongeri, E. de Nari of the Fabriques Unies de Ciment Arslan[*] and director of the Société Anonyme Ottomane des Constructions (S.A.O.C.).
[*] Aslan Cement was incorporated on 20 December 1910 with the title "Memalik-i Osmaniyye'de Sun'i Cimento ve Hidrolik Kirec Imalina Mahsus Arslan Osmanli Anonim Sirketi" and is the first cement plant of Turkey.
Established with an annual capacity of 20.000 Tons, the plant merged with Eskihisar Cement Plant nearby in 1919, and was named Aslan ve Eskihisar Cimento ve Su Kireci Anonim Sirketi. Following Turkish War of Independence, the company offered all of its shares to public, becoming a publicly-held corporation
(pictured) Hennebique agency in Turkey, Galata, Istanbul, Turkey. (1912). The caption at the back of the picture mentions that M. J. Darmi who is standing in the staircase, has built the building where the Hennebique engineer A. George lives at the following address: 14 Yuksek Kalderim(Kaldirim), Galata. During an earthquake, M. George has been able to measure the resistance of the concrete reinforced pillars.