Architecture & Extinction

Happy Friday Everyone! Took some pictures of a lovely home I was passing by a couple of weeks ago, and I wanted to share them with you. 

For those who know little about Turkey, housing and architecture in the olden days were unique to it's region. Stone was abundant near the Aegean, so the houses were made of stone. There was too much timber in the Black Sea region (the North), so your house was consequently built of it.  Now, unfortunately, there are not many of these traditional houses left; instead only apartment buildings made of cement with nothing to please the eye. I spotted this building and thought it should be part of some sort of endangered list of species. I was happy to see, though, that the building was newly renovated and ready to be used. So no extinction just yet!

Picture of the historical building as seen from a modern building's reflection opposite itself.

So, do you agree that unique, regional architecture can become extinct too? 

Enjoy your weekend!

all images by Handan Pusatcioglu, 2013