AIA, LEED AP
Principal, Büro Koray Duman Architects
Koray Duman is the principal of B-KD (Büro Koray Duman), a research-driven architecture and design studio based in New York and Istanbul.
Established in 2013, the firm completed several art and non-profit spaces, including an artist studio and foundation master plan for artist Richard Prince, a cultural center for the American Society for Muslim Advancement and a temporary pavilion for the Finnish Cultural Institute NY. In 2017, the firm won an invited competition to design an Art and Archive Building for the Noguchi Museum. In 2017, Architizer honored B-KD as Emerging Firm of the Year for ‘its forward-thinking for the role of the architect and the desire to disrupt the stigma of the practice’. B-KD’s work has been featured in publications like the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Surface Magazine, Cultured Magazine, Interior Design Magazine, Architectural Record and Dwell.
Koray is originally from Turkey where he earned a BArch from Middle Eastern Technical University and furthered his studies at UCLA with a Master’s degree in Architecture. He previously worked as the lead architect on several US west coast museum projects. He was the chair of the New Practice Committee at AIANY between 2016-2019, a board member of the Clemente Center and chair of Leadership Council at Van ALen Institute. He is currently on the advisory board of American Sociaty for Muslim Advancement. He is an adjunct professor at Pratt and New School. He is a registered architect in New York State and Turkey.
Emerging Professionals - Young Architects Roundtable: International Professional Development
