Christopher Benninger’s new book—Great Expectations: Notes to an Architect—reflects on contemporary architectural practice and its role in improving the human condition. It gives direction to students and practitioners alike as Prof. Benninger notes his encounters with his gurus and the manner in which their personal passion for humanity shaped the lives of others.
In his tribute to Christopher Charles Benninger, Swapnil Joshi recounts personal accounts of his experiences with Christopher, sharing how Benninger’s guidance and teachings influenced his architectural journey.
Bimal Patel writes a tribute to Christopher Charles Benninger (1942-2024), sharing a few of his memories about Benninger.
B.V. Doshi has made a seminal contribution to the development of architecture, and its many facets, in the Indian Subcontinent and far beyond. His contribution must be considered in its many facets. Though they are integral to one another, to understand them to let us disaggregate them into several parts.
As CEPT University has grown and evolved from very informal teaching and learning methods, in an ashram-like atmosphere of small classes, gradually evolving into a
The Kirloskar group of industries is one of the oldest family owned industrial establishments in Western India. Over the past two decades, they have transformed into a cluster of global companies requiring new strategies and production processes. They aim to create an appropriate managerial style, suitable to this new business environment, and hence promoted the Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies.
Christopher Benninger, a celebrated architect and academcian from India, shares his views on the current state of architecture education in India and steps that must
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