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Dolunay Dogahan
Project Manager · CO—RE
Dolunay Dogahan is a Project Manager at CO—RE in Central London, having moved from architecture into development and project management.
- Current role
- Project Manager
- Practice
- CO—RE
- Location
- London, UK
- On the podcast
- 2 episodes · 2024 and 2020
The story so far
The path behind Dolunay's work.
Dolunay Dogahan is a Project Manager at CO—RE, a Central London development management business working in the super-prime commercial market. She studied Part 1 and Part 2 architecture at Cardiff University and worked in architectural practice in London before moving client-side into development and project management.
At CO—RE she helps run the delivery of large commercial schemes, coordinating design teams, contractors and the tender and construction process from the client's seat. She also founded INVOLVED Magazine.
Episode 0219 · Architecture Social · 56:00
Changing Careers from Architecture to Development, ft. Dolunay Dogahan
Moving from architecture into development or project management can make sense when you still care about buildings, but want to work closer to clients, budgets, strategy and delivery.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Introduction and welcome
- 02
00:53 · Meet Dolunay Dogahan
- 03
01:49 · Moving from architecture to project management
- 04
04:15 · Challenges and realisations in architecture
- 05
09:27 · Job market and interview lessons
- 06
18:15 · What a project manager does
More conversations with Dolunay
1 more episodeProfile in brief
The work and context behind Dolunay's conversation.
- Current role
- Project Manager
- Practice
- CO—RE
- Location
- London, UK
Continue exploring
Meet the practice behind the work.
CO—RE is a Central London development manager delivering super-prime commercial schemes for investors through its Collaborative Real Estate approach.
- Greater London
- Commercial
- Masterplanning
- Mixed-Use
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
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Meet Dolunay Dogahan
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Moving from architecture to project management
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Challenges and realisations in architecture
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Job market and interview lessons
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What a project manager does
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Architecture versus development management
Selected work from CO—RE
Three projects, one connected practice.
A closer look at the practice’s work
Stonecutter Court
A 13-storey Farringdon office and retail development with a 66% increase in net lettable area and low embodied carbon.
View project →20 Ropemaker
A completed 25-storey City workplace with 425,000 sq ft of offices, stepped terraces and achieved BREEAM Outstanding and WELL Platinum ratings.
View project →120 Fleet Street
A planned commercial, retail and cultural development that restores the Grade II* Daily Express Building and adds a public rooftop park.
View project →