Christopher Charles Benninger
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| Christopher Charles Benninger | |
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| Born | November 23, 1942 Hamilton, Ohio, US |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Harvard GSD MIT |
| 💼 Occupation | Architect |
| 🏅 Awards | Great Master Architect of India |
| 🌐 Website | ccba |
Christopher Charles Benninger (born 1942, America) permanently migrated to India in 1971. He studied architecture at the University of Florida, doing his post-graduate education in urban planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and post-graduation in architecture at Harvard University, where he later taught. His design thesis at Harvard (1967) explored his original idea of Site and Services Shelter Systems, which he transformed into an on the ground project for the World Bank and the Madras Urban Development Authority in 1973.[1] Travels to South America in his youth, observing struggling communities and indigenous cultures, had an ever-lasting impact on his life's work. All of his post graduate studies focused on more inclusive, accessible, sustainable urban and regional systems, leading him to a Fulbright Fellowship to India (1968–1969) where he studied shelter systems, leading to his highly quoted article in the Ekistics Journal, "Models of Habitat Mobility in Transitional Economies".[2]
Career[edit]
Benninger studied under Josep Lluis Sert and worked in his studio. On the invitation of B. V. Doshi, in 1971 he resigned from his tenured post at Harvard and shifted to Ahmedabad, India as a Ford Foundation Advisor to the Ahmedabad Educational Society, where he founded the School of Planning.[3] In 1976 he shifted to Pune, India, where he founded the Center for Development Studies and Activities.[4] In 1983 Benninger wrote the Theme Paper for the United Nations Commission on Human Settlements 1984. In 1986 he was engaged by the Asian Development Bank to author their position paper on Urban Development, arguing successfully the case for extending financial assistance to the urban development sector. Benninger is on the Board of Editors of CITIES journal (UK).[5]
Architectural works[edit]
Benninger's designs include the Center for Development Studies and Activities, the Mahindra United World College of India, the Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies, the YMCA International Camp, Nilshi, India, the Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies and the International School Aamby.[6] The Centre for Life Sciences Health and Medicine in Pune is a radical departure from his earlier work.[7]
The Mahindra United World College of India won international recognition as the recipient of the Business Week/Architectural Record Award for Excellence in 2000. This award was sponsored jointly with the American Institute of Architects. Business Week called the Mahindra United World College of India one of the ten super structures of the world in 2000.[8] The project also won the Designer of the Year Award [9] in 1999.
Benninger's work in urban design, city management and town planning resulted in his principles of intelligent urbanism, which guided his planning of the new capital of Bhutan.[10]
Awards and recognition[edit]
Benninger is the sixth winner in India of the Golden Architect Award for Lifetime Achievement (2006), conferred in May 2007 by the A+D and Spectrum Foundation.[11] Six Indian architects had previously been honored with the Great Master's Award.[12] Over several years he was recognized as one of the top ten architects in India by Construction World Magazine.[13] He was conferred with the Singapore Lifetime Achievement Award by the Singapore-based Business Excellence & Research Group (BERG) in 2015.[14]
Awards[edit]
- 2000 | Top 10 Best Buildings of the World | The Business Week Architectural Record Awards of American Institute of Architects, USA for Mahindra United World College of India.[15]
- 2001 | The Aga Khan Award for Architecture for Mahindra United World College of India as the top 20 best projects of the world.[16]
- 2002 | The World Architecture Awards, Berlin for Mahindra United World College of India as a finalist.[17]
- 2006 | Recognition for Excellence in Design, U.K. - Lifetime achievement award.[18]
- 2006 | Golden Architect Award for Lifetime Achievement by A+D and Spectrum Foundation[19]
- 2010 | World Architecture Community, U.K. - Citation for Nabha House, Haryana Cultural Centre, New Delhi, India.[20]
- 2011 | Holcim Sustainability Awards, Switzerland for Lifecare Multi-specialty Hospital, Udgir - Certificate of Appreciation.[21]
Publications[edit]
- Letters to a Young Architect | 2009[22]
Letters to a Young Architect is a sensitive memoir of Christopher Benninger's life in India and his personal concerns about architectural theory and contemporary urban issues.[23]
- Architecture for Modern India | 2015[24]
This is a book about the practice of Architecture in South Asia and the kinds of artifacts CCBA Designs has produced over the past many years.[25]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ar. C.C. Benninger". ARCHITECTURE ICONS OF INDIA.
- ↑ "Models of Habitat Mobility in Transitional Economies". WorldCat.
- ↑ Lang, Jon T., A concise history of modern architecture in India, 2002, Page 45
- ↑ Archpresspk.com Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Elsevier.com
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ G-therapy.org Archived 2010-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Businessweek.com
- ↑ "Archlib.njit.edu". Archived from the original on 2010-08-05. Retrieved 2010-06-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Dudh.gov.bt Archived 2010-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "AESA HONOUR FOR BENNINGER". Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Expressindia.com". Archived from the original on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2010-06-04. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Constructionupdate.com Archived 2012-07-22 at Archive.today
- ↑ "'India should consider making 100 existing cities smart'". BLoC. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ↑ "Christopher C. Benninger Intl. Assoc. AIA - Profile | AIA KnowledgeNet". network.aia.org. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ↑ "Contact". UWC Mahindra College | Discover your Purpose. 2020-03-03. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ↑ "Architect Christopher Charles Benninger". www.surfacesreporter.com. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "legends of india lifetime achievement award News and Updates from The Economic Times - Page 8". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ Shaikh, Asseem (March 22, 2014). "Indian architects are receptive to new ideas, Benninger says". The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- ↑ "Nabha House, New Delhi". worldarchitecture.org. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
- ↑ "Journal of Indian Institute of Architects" (PDF). Journal of Indian Institute of Architects. 84 (7). July 2019. ISSN 0019-4913.
- ↑ "Letters To A Young Architect". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ↑ "Letters to a young architect". Architectural Review. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ↑ "Book: Christopher Benninger: Architecture for Modern India". Matter. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
- ↑ "Christopher Benninger: Architecture for Modern India (Hardcover) | The Book Stall". www.thebookstall.com. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
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