Blog: Interior Architecture and Hotel Design Notes

This page groups the technical notes I write, from hotel investment and chain hotel design through to residential and industrial work in the Kocaeli region. Most of them came out of concrete decisions made on site.

Chain Hotel Design Criteria

Chain hotel design runs against the measurable thresholds of the brand design manual. These pieces set out what those constraints are and where design freedom remains.

• Chain Hotel Design Criteria: Brand Standards and Compliance — The design manual, FF&E certification, fire regulation and the guest journey.
• Hilton Design Criteria and the DTBH Afyon Design Process — The brand approval process on one project, start to finish.
• Chain Hotel Design Trends 2026 — Sustainability, biophilic design, wellness and local identity against brand criteria.
• Luxury Hotel Design: 7 Strategic Tips — Functionality, lighting and material decisions.
• How to Design a Hotel in Kocaeli — Business hotel versus resort, and region-specific decisions.

Kocaeli and the Region

Notes on residential, office and industrial work along the İzmit, Gebze, Kartepe and Başiskele axis.

• Choosing an Interior Architect in Kocaeli: 7 Questions — What an investor should ask when selecting a studio.
• Başiskele Luxury Residence Design — Level and view decisions on sloping plots.
• Kartepe Villa Interior Design Guide — Constraints of villa design in a mountain climate.
• Home Renovation in İzmit — When an interior architect should enter a renovation.
• Office and Administrative Building Design in Gebze — Office planning inside an industrial zone.

Industrial and Administrative Buildings

• Five Critical Decisions in Factory Office Design — Production boundary, fire compartmentation, visitor route, canteen capacity and lighting.

Marine and Residential

• Cruise Ship Interior Design — Cruise interiors under IMO/MED regulation.
• The 3 Golden Rules of Luxury Residence Design — Plan, light and material in upper-segment housing.

Method and Tools

• Successful Interior Design Presentations — Structuring a presentation that convinces the client.
• Artificial Intelligence and Design Education Leadership — Integrating AI into the design process.

For material-side technical notes see the wood veneer guide, and for completed work the portfolio.