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What Architecture School Doesn't Teach: Two Young Architects on Their First Luxury Projects
From the Sagist YouTube channel: two 23-year-old architects talk about shop drawings, master craftsmen and the lessons school never taught them.

Sagist Group Luxury
2 hours ago5 min read


Fire-Resistant Acoustic Panels: How to Specify Them for Hotels, Car Parks and Offices
From the Sagist YouTube channel: a short explainer on WELTISO, a two-layer composite panel that manages both fire and noise.

Sagist Group Luxury
9 hours ago4 min read


Metin Durmaz on Engineering Luxury: An Architect's Approach to Furniture, Risk and Craft
How an architect and physics engineer approaches luxury furniture: structure before ornament, materials as physics, risk managed by design, and warm, crafted interiors.

Sagist Group Luxury
7 days ago5 min read


Shopping Mall Design Review: Inside the Lagun Mall Project for Abidjan
From the Sagist YouTube channel: the Sagist Group design team reviews 3D renders and CAD drawings for Lagun Shopping Mall in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, plus how mall design reviews work.

Sagist Group Luxury
Nov 64 min read


Built Against Fire, Tuned for Silence: WELTISO Global Distributorships Are Now Open
We engineered WELTISO to solve three critical architectural challenges simultaneously. It provides absolute fire containment, rigorous acoustic control, and high-level thermal insulation. Manufactured in our advanced facilities utilizing nanotechnology and AI-integrated production lines, this composite acoustic and fire barrier panel strictly dictates European and global standards. Turkish manufacturing power meets European precision.
WELTISO operates as a highly specialized

Sagist Group Luxury
Nov 23 min read


Sagist Group Chairman, Architect, and PhysicsEngineer Metin Durmaz: "We are carryingTurkey's design and production accumulationto international investments."
Istanbul-based luxury furniture manufacturer and turnkey project firm Sagist Group is expanding its architecture, construction, and custom production experience through its own investments in Bulgaria. The Chairman of the company, which dedicates 100 percent of its furniture production to exports, architect and physics engineer Metin Durmaz states that they finance their industrial campus, villa, and hotel projects in Botevgrad entirely with their own equity; and they carry o

Sagist Group Luxury
Oct 2612 min read


Sagist Group Unveils Iconic 'Royal Falcon Stadium' Design for Saudi Arabia's FIFA World Cup 2034 Bid
Sagist Group, a leading international design and architecture firm, today proudly unveiled the breathtaking conceptual design for the "Royal Falcon Stadium," poised to become a centerpiece of Saudi Arabia's ambitious bid to host the FIFA World Cup 2034. The proposed stadium represents a fusion of cutting-edge architectural innovation with deep reverence for Saudi Arabian heritage and the transformative vision of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Sagist Group Luxury
Jul 14, 20252 min read


A Candid Conversation with Metin Durmaz, CEO of Sagist Group
Hello ELLE DECOR readers! Today, we have the pleasure of chatting with one of the world’s leading architects and interior design experts, Metin Durmaz. He is the CEO of Sagist Group, playing a significant role in the global success of Sagist Group Luxury Furniture Factory. Mr. Durmaz, it’s truly a pleasure to meet you. You’re recognized as one of the world’s leading architects and interior design experts. Where does this passion come from? How has the journey been? Metin Durm

Sagist Group Luxury
Apr 12, 20243 min read
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