Emre Arolat (born 1963) is a Turkish architect, best known for the Sancaklar Mosque. Born in Ankara, he studied architecture at Mimar Sinan University in Istanbul, graduating in 1986 and taking a master's degree in 1992 In 2004 he co-founded EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture with Gonca Paşolar. His İpekyol Textile Factory won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2010, and his firm has won World Architecture Festival awards in several categories, for religious, leisure, shopping, infrastructure and cultural buildings.
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The Zorlu Center in Istanbul (2013), a large mixed-use complex at the European end of the Bosphorus Bridge, was designed with Tabanlıoğlu Architects. The Sancaklar Mosque in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul (2012) is set into a slope behind rough stone walls, so that only its north side and roof can be seen; a courtyard with a teahouse and library over a shallow pool leads to a simple, cave-like prayer hall. It won its World Architecture Festival category in 2013. At The Museum Hotel Antakya (2019) the hotel floats above an archaeological site, leaving its ancient remains on view.
