Alican Taylan is an architect, engineer, and researcher, currently doing doctoral research in architecture history at Cornell University, where he works on nineteenth-century environmental history.

From 2018 to 2022, he served as a visiting assistant professor at Pratt Institute's graduate architecture program. Alican contributed to various exhibitions, including co-curating "Confronting Carbon Form" (2023) at The Cooper Union, which explored innovative disciplinary approaches to addressing environmental concerns in architecture. He was a co-curator of the exhibition "Aesthetics of Prosthetics" (2019) at Pratt Institute's School of Architecture. In addition, Alican has contributed to the 2018 Turkish pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
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His design portfolio encompasses a wide array of projects, including the design and construction of single-family homes, renovations and conversions in landmarked buildings, and naval architecture. His expertise extends to art installations and public art projects. Furthermore, he has developed proposals for cultural and institutional projects, museums, office towers, and urban design initiatives.
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His work has been supported by grants from institutions such as the Architectural League, the New York State Council on the Arts, the Graham Foundation, the Institute for European Studies, and the Einaudi Center at Cornell University, as well as Pratt Institute. Alican's writing and work have been featured in various journals, periodicals, and co-edited volumes such as Log, Plat, Mimar.ist, NYRA, Metropolis Magazine, The Architect's Newspaper.

Throughout his career, Alican has gained experience working in the offices of architects Peter Eisenman, Shigeru Ban, and Thomas Leeser. He has also been actively involved in curating academic events hosted by Cornell University, Pratt Institute, Anyone Corporation, and The Cooper Union, and contributed to conferences internationally.   

Contact: at673@cornell.edu



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