View of the Taut house Ortaköy, Istanbul. Bruno Taut (4 May 1880, Königsberg, Germany – 24 December 1938, Istanbul), was a prolific German architect, urban planner and author active during the Weimar period. As a Jew, he was an exile of Nazi Germany and spent time in Japan, and this, his last residence and in designing this house he was inspired by the Far Eastern architectural elements. Further information:

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