Behruz Çinici was born in 1932 in Istanbul and graduated from Vefa High School in 1949. He was married to Altuğ Çinici, who was also a Turkish architect. He passed away on October 18, 2011. He graduated from ITU Faculty of Architecture in 1954 and started working as an assistant in the same faculty. While at ITU, he participated in numerous national and international competitions, receiving various awards. In the same year, he founded his first workshop with Ayhan Tayman in Istanbul. In 1960, he began collaborating with his wife, Altuğ Çinici. In 1961, after winning the METU (Middle East Technical University) Campus Competition, they moved their workshop to Ankara in 1962. From 1962 until 1980, he primarily designed structures for the METU Campus, covering an area of 500,000 m². He also designed and implemented the first science high school in Ankara. In 1966, he won first place in the competition for Istanbul Technical University. That same year, he was invited by the Presidency of India to attend conferences in India and Iran. Between 1972 and 1974, he served as a consultant for the Ministry of Tourism. In 1977, he was elected as a member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. During the 1970s, he designed and implemented mass housing projects in Central Anatolia, including the “Binevler” project in Çorum, which featured 3,000 housing units specifically designed for single and childless families. In 1993, he was appointed as the Chief Advisor to the Urban Planning and Architecture Office of the Prime Ministry. The state awarded him the title of “Embassy,” and his official responsibilities included planning and restoration projects in locations ranging from Edirne, Isparta, Izmir, and Şanlıurfa to Kazakhstan.

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