PRACTICE
BUJU is an Istanbul-based interior architecture and design practice founded by Burcu Arkut Acun in 2016, delivering hospitality, restaurant, residential and commercial projects from concept and design development through to implementation and design oversight.
BUJU provides interior architecture, design development, creative direction, design consultancy and design oversight, bringing together creative vision with the technical and operational understanding required to carry a project from concept to realization.
Working across projects of varying ambition and scale, the practice navigates design, resources, implementation and multiple stakeholders while directing each decision towards a distinctive and fully resolved result. Resources are directed with precision — investing where they create impact while preserving the integrity of the design.
COMPLEXITY IS NOT REDUCED; IT IS COMPOSED.
At BUJU, true design lies in the relationships between the user, form, function, material, color, texture, light, craftsmanship, art and resources — all considered as parts of a whole.
BUJU's design intelligence is the ability to understand and finely calibrate these relationships — how one decision affects another, how delicate details shape the experience, and what ultimately strengthens the project.
BUJU's portfolio includes Manze Istanbul Restaurant, Four Seasons Hotel Bodrum Art & Style Consultancy, New Mellieħa Bay Malta Hotel, ESS Göktürk Villa, AMR Maslak Apartments and ROA Ataköy Home, alongside residential work with Aslı Kıvanç and projects in Türkiye and internationally.
The result is a considered, layered and deeply resolved space with a distinct identity of its own.
That invisible relationship between these parts is where BUJU lives.
FOUNDER&CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Burcu Arkut Acun
Burcu was born in Istanbul in 1986. She is an architect, designer, author and educator, and the founder and creative director of BUJU.
She graduated from Robert College in 2004 and received her degree from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture in 2008.
She began her professional career at Emre Arolat Architects before joining Metex Design Group, where she spent six years contributing to major hospitality projects in Türkiye and internationally. During this period, she also founded Designroom, expanding her creative practice into fashion and styling alongside architecture.
Her multidisciplinary background spans architectural design, fashion, styling and now writing.
In 2016, she founded BUJU, bringing together the experience she had gained over the years with her own design language and perspective. Through BUJU, she creates spaces that go beyond a predetermined style, allowing each project to develop an identity of its own.
Alongside her architectural practice, Burcu develops BUJU Collections — objects that create dialogues between your inner and outer worlds, soon to be available online.
Since 2020, she has been sharing her knowledge and perspective through workshops, masterclasses and mentorship programs on subjects including Interior Design Styles, Material Boards and Authentic Creativity.
Her writing and observations also extend into her social media, where she brings together design, everyday life, human behavior and self-reflection — often finding meaning in the seemingly ordinary and opening up new ways of seeing our surroundings and ourselves.
She is also the author of Ters Ayna, continuing her exploration of identity, perception and our relationship with the worlds we inhabit through writing.
She keeps designing spaces, inner worlds & a meaningful living. ✨
