In 1997, Altuğ and Behruz Çinici, along with Prof. Dr. Aydan and Murat Balamir, attended an opening ceremony at the Faculty of Architecture

Designed by Altuğ and Behruz Çinici, the METU Faculty of Architecture, one of the first examples of brutalist architecture of its time, was built in 1961 as a result of a competition won by the duo. The foundations of Çinici Architecture, established in 1963 and now one of the leading architectural firms in the country, were also laid thanks to this project.