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==Personal life and education==
Benninger was able to attend United Nations Security Council Meetings as an observer. [[Robert Jackson (UN administrator)|Sir Robert Jackson]], a friend of Benninger's uncle [[Adlai Stevenson II]] gifted Benninger a lifetime subscription
Benninger graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from the [[University of Florida]] in 1966. While at the University of Florida, he was a student founder of the Freedom Party. Under Martin Luther King's leadership, he and his sister, Judith Benninger Brown, actively supported the [[Congress of Racial Equality]] (CORE), entering segregated cinema halls and restaurants with their African-American friends, and forcing the owners to allow access to African-Americans into their establishments.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Debeljak |first=Aleš |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ao2DSDX5R3QC&dq=Christopher+Benninger+judith+brown&pg=PA255 |title=Reluctant Modernity: The Institution of Art and Its Historical Forms |date=1998 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-0-8476-8583-7}}</ref>
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Benninger completed his [[Master of Architecture]] from the [[Harvard Graduate School of Design]] in 1967. He studied under [[Josep Lluis Sert]], [[Jerzy Soltan]] and [[Mirko Basaldella]]. Benninger studied development economics under [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], past ambassador to India and author of ''[[The New Industrial State]]''. After this, he first visited India as a [[Fulbright fellow]] in 1968. He continued his post-graduate studies at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], under Horacio Caminos, working on the book ''Urban Dwelling Environments''. He received a master's degree in [[Urban planning|city planning]] from MIT in 1971.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Falvo |first1=Rosa Maria |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5BMrgEACAAJ |title=Christopher Benninger: Architecture for Modern India |last2=Akkisetti |first2=Ramprasad |date=2015 |publisher=Skira editore S.p.A |isbn=978-88-572-2687-3 |language=en}}</ref>
In early 2024, Benninger was awarded
Benninger is married to Aneeta Gokhale Benninger, an [[environmentalist]], and has one son.<ref>{{Cite web |title=People |url=https://cdsaindia.org/people/ |website=CDSA}}</ref>
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=== Planning ===
As a World Bank consultant, Benninger planned out the site and services, core housing, and slum upgradation programmes for the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority|Calcutta Metropolitan Development]] in 1974. In 1979, he was a part of the team to design and programme Indonesia's first National Rural Development Program, in collaboration with the newly established [[Ministry of National Development Planning|Urban Development Ministry]]. Later that year, under Christopher Benninger and Aneeta Benninger, CDSA developed India's pilot Integrated Rural Development Program.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Benninger |first=Christopher C. |date=1987-01-01 |title=Training for the improvement of human settlements |url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0197-3975%2887%2990044-0 |journal=Habitat International |series=Special Issue Land Use Control |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=145–160 |doi=10.1016/0197-3975(87)90044-0 |issn=0197-3975}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Settlements |first=United Nations Centre for Human |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a8QgHFBtQzsC |title=Women and Human Settlements Development |date=1989 |publisher=UN-HABITAT |isbn=978-92-1-131118-1 |language=en}}</ref> In this period, CDSA also prepared social inputs for Area Development Plans in Goa and Almora.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Economics, development, and the quest for alternatives: essays in honour of professor M. A. Oommen |date=1997 |publisher=Concept Publ. Co |isbn=978-81-7022-678-9 |editor-last=George |editor-first=Kolanjiyil Kuriakose |edition=1. publ |location=New Delhi |editor-last2=Oommen |editor-first2=Malayil A.}}</ref> With UNICEF, he led a CDSA team to prepare a plan of actionfor the development of Bhutan (1979–80).<ref name="Benninger 1988 12–30"/> He was engaged by the [[United Nations Human Settlements Programme|UNCHS]] to develop plans for six cities in Sri Lanka: [[Jaffna|Jafna]], [[Ratnapura]], [[Kalutara]], [[Hambantota]], [[Galle]] and [[Matara, Sri Lanka|Matara]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Benninger |first=Christopher C. |date=1988 |title=Seminar on urban management and finance for South Asian countries |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0264-2751(88)90008-x |journal=Cities |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=194–199 |doi=10.1016/0264-2751(88)90008-x |issn=0264-2751}}</ref> In 1986, Benninger worked on the development plan for [[Thane]] and [[Kalyan]] with a focus on [[urban management]] and poverty upliftment.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Centre |first1=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Development |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oZgtAAAAMAAJ |title=Register of Development Research Projects in Asia and the Pacific |last2=Centre |first2=Asian and Pacific Development |last3=Pacific |first3=Association of Development Research and Training Institutes of Asia and the |date=1989 |publisher=Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |isbn=978-92-64-03237-8 |language=en}}</ref> In 2001, Benninger was appointed to prepare the [[structure plan]] for [[Thimphu]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Benninger |first=Christopher Charles |date=2002 |title=Principles of intelligent urbanism: The case of the new Capital Plan for Bhutan
=== Architectural works ===
Benninger's designs include the [[Mahindra United World College of India]], the [[Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies]], the [[YMCA International Camp, Nilshi, India|YMCA International Camp in Nilshi, India]], the Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, [[Azim Premji University]], Bengaluru.<ref>[http://www.g-therapy.org/index.php/center-campus.html G-therapy.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100512195745/http://www.g-therapy.org/index.php/center-campus.html |date=2010-05-12}}</ref> [[Liane Lefaivre]] and [[Alexander Tzonis]] have noted Benninger's work as one of the first instances of critical regionalism in India.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Tzonis |first1=Alexander |title=Critical regionalism: architecture and identity in a globalised world |last2=Lefaivre |first2=Liane |date=2003 |publisher=Prestel |isbn=978-3-7913-2972-7 |series=Architecture in focus |location=Munich New York}}</ref>
Mahindra United World College of
== Publications ==
* Benninger, C. (2011). Letters to a Young Architect. {{ISBN|9788192156804}}
* Christopher Benninger: Architecture for Modern India. Italy, Skira editore S.p.A, 2015. {{ISBN|9788857226873}}
== Awards ==
=== 2024 ===
Baburao Mhatre Gold Medal - Indian Institute of Architects<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Awards |url=https://www.ccba.in/awards |access-date=2024-03-07 |website=CCBA Designs |language=en}}</ref>
=== 2024 ===
Honarary Doctorate of Philosophy in Architecture - CEPT University, Ahmedabad<ref name=":1" />
=== 2023 ===
India’s Top 10 Architects Awards - Construction World Architect and Builder (CWAB) Awards<ref name=":1" />
=== 2019 ===
Excellence in Architecture for Industrial category - Indian Institute of Architects<ref name=":1" />
=== 2017 ===
AD 50 Most Influential Architects & Interior Designers - Architectural Digest <ref name=":1" />
=== 2015 ===
Lifetime Achievement Award - BERG Awards for Real Estate(Singapore)<ref name=":1" />
=== 2014 ===
Excellence in Architecture for Industrial category - Indian Institute of Architects<ref name=":1" />
=== 2013 ===
Excellence in Architecture Green Architecture - Indian Institute of Architects<ref name=":1" />
=== 2000 ===
Excellence in Architecture for Public Building - Indian Institute of Architects<ref name=":1" />
==See also==
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