Pür sits along the Aegean coast of Cunda, Turkey as both a retreat and recording studio, where hospitality and acoustics are woven into a single experience.
Designed by Istanbul- and Brooklyn, New York-based SOUR through a collaborative process with local and international musicians, the 24,000-square-foot project combines a 12-room hotel, restaurant, and music production facility.
Contributors included a co-design panel featuring musicians Erce Kaslioglu, Isil Yucel, Hasan Ozsut, Sven Faulconer, and Stuart Rau, alongside Level Acoustic Design, Indesign Engineering for studio engineering, Reid Williams for interior decoration, and Planlux for lighting design.
Traditional masonry and timber frame the low-slung exterior structure, while inside, the atmosphere shifts dramatically. Guests start their journey in a breezy, double-height restaurant before descending nearly 33 feet underground into the Musician’s Lounge and recording complex. Despite its cave-like atmosphere, the spaces remain tethered to the landscape through deep vertical openings and oculi that pull natural light into the core of the building.
The recording studio itself is engineered as a box-in-box acoustic system with live rooms, vocal suites, reverb chambers, mastering spaces, and a Dolby Atmos theater. The centerpiece is the main live recording room, scaled to host a 75-piece orchestra. “People are often surprised to learn that the building itself can be tuned exactly like a musical instrument,” says SOUR partner Inanc Eray. Rotating ceiling panels and adjustable wall partitions allow sound engineers to alter reverberation and reflection patterns depending on the recording needs, while integrated echo chambers further expand the sonic possibilities.
“We want guests and artists to leave with the realization that the environment in which creativity happens deeply shapes the creative output itself,” he adds. “As [Foo Fighters lead singer] Dave Grohl beautifully noted about recording, the memory of a song is inseparable from the place where it was born.”
This article originally appeared in HD’s May/June 2026 issue.