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'''Christopher Charles Benninger''' (born 23 November 1942) is an [[India]]n [[architect]] and [[urban planner]]. Born in the US, he permanently migrated to India in 1971. Benninger is noted
Following his departure from the position of professor at [[Harvard University|Harvard]] in 1971, Benninger came to [[Ahmedabad]], where he was appointed as a [[Ford Foundation]] advisor to the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CEPT University |url=https://cept.ac.in/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=[[CEPT University]]}}</ref> In collaboration with [[B. V. Doshi]], he co-founded the Faculty of Planning at [[CEPT University]], where he currently serves on the board of management.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Board of Management CEPT University |date=5 October 2017 |url=https://architecture.live/cept-university-academic-hub-ahmedabad-christopher-charles-benninger/}}</ref> He also founded the [[Center for Development Studies and Activities]] in 1976 with Aneeta Gokhale Benninger. In 2024, he was awarded a [[Honorary degree|Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa)]] in Architecture from [[CEPT University]]. <ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-02 |title=CEPT University: Honorary doctorates for noted urban planner Bertaud and architect Benninger |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/cept-university-honorary-doctorates-for-noted-urban-planner-bertaud-and-architect-benninger-9091080/ |access-date=2024-01-04 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
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=== Architectural works ===
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, [[Azim Premji University]], Bengaluru and the International School Aamby. The Centre for Life Sciences Health and Medicine in Pune radically departs from his earlier work.<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 |last=Tzonis |first=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>
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.<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/2000/00_45/c3706129.htm Businessweek.com]</ref> The project also won the Designer of the Year Award<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archlib.njit.edu/aboutus/benningerlecture.php |title=Archlib.njit.edu |access-date=2010-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805200851/http://archlib.njit.edu/aboutus/benningerlecture.php |archive-date=2010-08-05 |url-status=dead}}</ref> in 1999.
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