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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
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>
He has worked with various banks concerning policies, and with various countries and states to create development plans.
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Benninger's architectural studio CCBA Designs is based out of [[Pune]], which specialises in [[sustainable design]] solutions.
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▲His mother's sister, Roxane Eberlein, was in a relationship with [[Adlai Stevenson II]], a connection that allowed Benninger to attend United Nations Security Council Meetings as an observer. Stevenson's circle of associates brought Benninger close to people such as [[Robert Jackson (UN administrator)|Sir Robert Jackson]], chairman of the [[United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration|United Nations Relief Organization]]. Jackson gifted Benninger a lifetime subscription of the development journal ''[[Ekistics]]'', introducing him to a science of human settlement centered around [[Constantinos Apostolos Doxiadis]]'s theories. [[Barbara Ward]] became Benninger's lifelong mentor, inviting him to the 1967 [[Delos Symposium]] in Greece.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Christopher Benninger: Cyrus Jhabvala Memorial Lecture 2018|url=https://thinkmatter.in/2019/03/28/christopher-benninger-cyrus-jhabvala-memorial-lecture-2018/|website= THINKMATTER|date=28 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shoshkes |first=Ellen |date=April 2006 |title=Jaqueline Tyrwhitt: a founding mother of modern urban design |url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02665430600555339 |journal=[[Planning Perspectives]] |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=179–197 |doi=10.1080/02665430600555339 |issn=0266-5433}}</ref>
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?hl=en&lr=&id=ao2DSDX5R3QC&oi=fnd&pg=PA255&dq=Christopher+Benninger+judith+brown&ots=pEDRv23Dgc&sig=PrrzSisEorLfcKT5xY09UaYEfFY |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 |last=Falvo |first=Rosa Maria |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N5BMrgEACAAJ&newbks=0&hl=en |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 with an Honorary Doctorate of Philosophy from CEPT University, which he founded.
Benninger is married to Aneeta Gokhale Benninger, an [[environmentalist]], and has one son.<ref>{{Cite web |title=People |url=https://cdsaindia.org/people/ |website=
== Career ==
=== Academic and research work ===
In 1971, Benninger returned to India as a [[Ford Foundation]] consultant to the [[Ahmedabad Education Society]] to help set up the [[CEPT University|School of Planning]] in 1972 along with [[Yoginder K Alagh|Yoginder Alagh]] and [[B. V. Doshi|B.V. Doshi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cept School of Planning founders look back over 40 years |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-cept-school-of-planning-founders-look-back-over-40-years-1798697 |access-date=2024-01-06 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref> Benninger shifted to [[Pune]] in 1976 where he founded the [[Center for Development Studies and Activities]].<ref>{{cite web |first=Apurva Bose |last=Dutta|url=http://www.archpresspk.com/m10_interview.htm |title=Christopher Charles Benninger speaks on Architecture |website=Archi Times |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707160139/http://www.archpresspk.com/m10_interview.htm |archive-date=2011-07-07}}</ref> In 1983, Benninger wrote the theme paper for the [[United Nations Human Settlements Programme|United Nations Commission on Human Settlements]] 1984. In 1986, he
=== Early projects ===
One of Benninger's first projects was an [[Economically Weaker Section|Economically Weaker Section (EWS)]] township in [[Jamnagar]] developed with the Gujarat Housing Board in 1972. In 1973, he worked with the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority and developed a [[Site and services|site-and-services]] approach to EWS housing in [[Arumbakkam|Arunbakkam]]. In 1976, Benninger assisted [[Hyderabad Urban Development Authority]] in its first project, a 2000-unit township for government employees.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jain |first=AK |title=Housing for All |publisher=Khanna Publishing House |year=2019 |isbn=9789386173560 |pages=74, 78}}</ref> He designed the [[SOS Children's Villages]] in [[Bawana]]
=== 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]].
=== 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
Mahindra United World College of Indiat won the Designer of the Year Award<ref>{{Cite web |title=Christopher Benninger |url=http://archlib.njit.edu/aboutus/benningerlecture.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805200851/http://archlib.njit.edu/aboutus/benningerlecture.php |archive-date=2010-08-05 |access-date=2010-06-23 |publisher=New Jersey Institute of Technology}}</ref> in 1999. It also was the recipient of the ''[[Business Week]]'' ''[[Architectural Record]]'' Award for Excellence in 2000. B''usiness 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]{{dead link|date=January 2024}}</ref>
== Publications ==
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