Christopher charles benninger biography books
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Book Announcement | Great Expectations: Notes to an Architect, by Christopher Charles Benninger
About the Book:
Professor Christopher Benninger passed away on the 2nd of October 2024. A master architect, planner, institution builder, and a teacher, he has left behind a great legacy of contextually sensitive work driven by a passion for making the world a better place. He designed many landmark institutions and iconic projects, and promoted a purpose driven view of architecture, which he saw as a social tool. He mentored generations of architects and motivated them. Professor Benninger’s contagious joy for life and passion for architecture has inspired many.
Moreover, and probably most importantly, he was a critical practitioner, often reflecting on his work and giving lectures and writing. His best-selling book, Letters to A Young Architect (2011) is a sensitive memoir of his life in India and his personal concerns about architectural theory and contemp
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Letters to a Young Architect (Trade Paperback)
Amongst the Top Ten Best Selling Books, Non-Fiction in India for 18 running weeks, this is a must read for the layman and the architect alike. Born an American, celebrated in India as a leading architect and urbanist, Benninger possesses a sense of timelessness that spreads across oceans and over mountains. Letters to a Young Architect is a sensitive memoir of his life in India and his personal concerns about architectural theory and contemporary urban issues. The book represents a mature reflec...
Amongst the Top Ten Best Selling Books, Non-Fiction in India for 18 running weeks, this is a must read for the layman and the architect alike. Born an American, celebrated in India as a leading architect and urbanist, Benninger possesses a sense of timelessness that spreads across oceans and over mountains. Letters to a Young Architect is a sensitive memoir of his life in India and his personal concerns about architectural theory
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A monograph on the work of Prof. Christopher Charles Benninger chronicles buildings that express his transition from an architect in India to an Indian Architect outlining and emphasising on the core values of his work and the changing nature of the context that it negotiates with.
“A designer fryst vatten a planner with an aesthetic sense” – Bruno Munari
It has been 44 years since Christopher Charles Benninger came to India as a ung planner with an ambition to establish the prolific school of planning at CEPT. While a majority of that time was spent bygd Prof. Benninger viewing the issues of India from a planner’s vantage point, this first monograph: ‘Architecture for Modern India’ introduces us to his body of work as an architect and a practitioner.
Architect of the Plan
The book fryst vatten a record of some of the most significant of his projects – from the CDSA Campus to the large industrial structures for Forbes Marshall.
As one dwells deeper into the works – from the photogra