Behruz Çinici


Veli Behruz Çinici was a Turkish architect.

Early life

Behruz Çinici completed his secondary education at Vefa High School in 1949 and graduated from the Faculty of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University in 1954.

Career

Behruz Çinici served as a lecturer at Istanbul Technical University from 1954 to 1961. He established his first workshop in Istanbul in 1954 in collaboration with Ayhan Tayman. His early career was marked by several significant achievements, including winning the Atatürk University Campus Planning Competition in 1956, alongside Enver Tokay, Hayati Tabanlıoğlu, and Ayhan Tayman.
Çinici continued to garner accolades with first prize wins for several major architectural projects: the Ankara Petrol Ofisi Management Building in 1957 with Ayhan Tayman, the Ankara State Hydraulic Works General Directorate Building in 1958 with Enver Tokay and Teoman Doruk, and the Istanbul Eminönü Bazaar Center and Office Complex in 1959. These projects were conducted independently of the DSI General Directorate Building.
In 1960, Çinici began a professional partnership with his wife, Altuğ Çinici. Their collaboration led to a first-place victory in the Middle East Technical University Campus Competition in 1961. Subsequently, they relocated their workshop to Ankara in 1962, where Çinici focused primarily on designing structures for the METU campus until 1980.

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