Ali Burak is a Turkish architect and the founder of YNRDG. He graduated as valedictorian from the Faculty of Architecture at Erciyes University in 2012. Following his graduation, He worked with Emre Arolat, contributing to a diverse range of public and private architectural projects.In 2020, he founded YNRDG. Early in his career, Ali Burak received two prestigious prizes in 2024: the XIX. National Architecture Prize and the Young Architect Award.YNRDG’s work has since been published in several respected architecture platforms and journals and selected for exhibitions that explore the future of contemporary architectural practice. In 2025, he was invited to exhibit at the Venice Architecture Biennale as part of the “Time Space Existence” exhibition.YNRDG’s every project begins with a multi layered research process. During the design process of the project, known styles, architectural movements motivated by contemporary impulses and today’s design habits are suspended.In this way each design emerges as a unique solution that is a response to the discrete questions posed by each differing situation.