2nd GEN

Hüseyin Gündoğdu

1st GEN

İsmail Gündoğdu

It Takes
Generations To
Build Experience.

WE'RE THE THIRD-STILL BUILDING

3rd GEN

Barış Baran Gündoğdu

; In old Turkish means,

a builder, a life shaped by building.

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HOW WE WORK

WE DESIGN

We never start with a finished image. We start with site conditions, budget limits, and regulations.

Every detail is developed through close coordination with the client. Form comes later - once function, feasibility, and value are aligned.

WE BUILD

Most ideas do not survive the process.
They are tested against structure, construction realities, and long-term use.Only what truly works gets built.

With our own experienced team, we construct earthquake-resistant structures, combining engineering knowledge with hands-on execution.

WE DELIVER

We design for people who will live in and maintain these buildings. Every decision has a cost, and we take that seriously.

We deliver exactly what was promised - on time, and as designed.

BENNA

INDEPENDENT PARTS,

ENGINEERED WITH INTENT,

COME TOGETHER

TO FORM A STRUCTURE

THAT THINKS AS ONE SYSTEM.

EXPERIENCE

EXECUTION

PRINCIPLES

A CELESTIAL INTERVENTION

I’VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN SPACE AND IT WAS WHEN SCROLLING, DAYDREAMING, LOOKING FOR INSPIRATION IT CAME TO ME. I’D COMBINE MY PASSION FOR SPACE WITH SCROLLYTELLING. EACH SCROLL, LIKE A NEW DAY, WOULD PROMISE SOMETHING EXCITING AND BUILD ANTICIPATION.

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THREE GENERATIONS

Of thinking, building, and refining what lasts.

2000

Hüseyin Gündoğdu (ITU ’93) founds Benna Architecture Engineering Construction.

1985

MOVES TO ANTALYA. BUILDS AN ENTIRE STREET — LATER NAMED GUNDOGDU STREET.

2000s

Chief Engineer for the RIXOS Hotel Bodrum. Residential projects across Germany, Antalya, and Bodrum.

2020s

Third generation joins. Boğaziçi University (’21) & Stanford University MSc (’23).

Structural designer and consultant on prestigious U.S. projects.

1936

İSMAİL GÜNDOĞDU İS BORN. A MASTER BUİLDER WHO CONSTRUCTS MOST OF HİS VİLLAGE BY HAND.

Rixos Hotel Bodrum - Construction, Stanford University Welch Laboratory - Structural Design, Mesa Bodrum - Renovation, Bakraz Bodrum - Renovation, Turkish Airlines Living Complex - Full Design and Construction, University of California Santa Cruz - Structural Assessment, Mandarin Oriental Bodrum - Renovation.