The main block consists of the combination of two four storey buildings with high ground floor and basement extending along the boulevard in a north-south alignment with two large blocks set perpendicular to them. The whole is lent a modern appearance by the asymmetrical entrance with rounded wall and single corner column.
The basement and first floor facades are in rusticated masonry while the middle storey façade is in regular cut stone. The wings are in a mixture of stone and brick. The back and side facades are plastered.
Bruno Taut made drew upon certain features of traditional Turkish art in his use of the stone and brick wall composition characteristic of the early Ottoman period and of turquoise tiles in the supports.
There are a number of interesting details, such as the concave cornices and the curve at the end of the protecting roof supported by a single column at the entrance. Taut himself was responsible for the design of the various iron elements as well as other details in the building.
Some writers have described the building as a synthesis of the Central European and Turkish architectural traditions.
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