Mr. Uğur Özer Özgüven completed his bachelor’s degree on architecture at İstanbul Yıldız Technical University, Faculty of Architecture (YTU) in 2003, and received his Master Degree in 2009 at İstanbul Technical University ( İTÜ) on Architectural Design. Besides, he is a lecturer at Kültür University.
He is a Registered Architect and member in the Union of Chambers of Turkish Engineers and Architects. (TMMOB)
He founded Özgüven INC. with his brother Mr. Özgür Onur Özgüven in 2004. During the last 16 years, the company has achieved tremendous amount of success, working with domestic and foreign investors, construction companies, private estate investors and government establishments. Moreover, along the way partnered with HOK, GENSLER and Perkins+Will for A+ projects in Turkey. Since 2007, Özgüven has successfully accomplished average 13 to 15 million square meters of various types of projects per year and became one of the fastest developing company nationwide.
The company currently operates with 70 multi-diciplined core staff, including planners, architects, engineers, BIM experts, building technologists and technicians governed simultaneously from İstanbul and Ankara offices. Providing solutions for master plans, urban design, architectural projects and implementations within the frame of integrity, Özgüven has been working on creative, research & development based and contemporary application experiences since it was founded. Ranging from mass housing to commercial buildings, large scale urban renewal projects to sacred architecture, Özgüven puts it’s signature under more than 50+ different projects per year.
