Mark Butler

Butler was born in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. He received his B.Arts (Bachelor of Arts) and B.Arch (Bachelor of Architecture) from the University of Minnesota in 1972. In 1976, he received his M.Arch A.S. in Urban Settlement Design in Developing Countries program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. For a while Butler worked for an office in St.Paul. After working in İstanbul between 1976 and ‘80, focusing on urbanism, he worked as a faculty member at Iowa State University between 1981 and ‘86 and at Mimar Sinan University between 1987 and ‘90. In 1988, with his partner Nedret Butler, he founded M&N Butler Architects. Their projects include design and restoration of Üsküdar American High School and Robert College campuses, İnanç High School, Kemer Country and İş Koray Settlement. Owned by the partners, the design and construction of the Sumahan On The Water project was finalized in 2005 and the duo started managing it. In 2021, they became members of the Leading Hotels of the World.