[citation needed] In 1982, Alp was invited to the College of Environmental Design at King Fahd University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where he taught for seven years.
During that period, he designed the Turkish embassy and staff housing complex in the Riyadh diplomatic quarter and supervised its construction.
In 1996, Alp was appointed professor and chairman of the School of Architecture, Gebze Technical University, Istanbul.
His proposals for the restoration of the disturbed ecology, history and urbanism of Istanbul received wide attention.
Alp was the recipient of the European Property Awards 2011 for his plans of ‘Malatya City Hall’ and ‘MHP Political Party HQS’, both in Turkey.