India House Art Gallery, Pune hosts specially-abled children from the Badhir Mook Shikshan Kendra

Master Architect Prof. Christopher Charles Benninger of CCBA Designs (Architects and Planners) and India House Art Gallery, Pune, India hosted specially-abled (deaf and mute) children from the Badhir Mook Shikshan Kendra on Friday the 7th of February 2020 for a luncheon and awareness program where the architects were able to share the importance of Art, Design and Aesthetics with these special children who are gifted in Visual arts.

As part of CCBA’s silver jubilee (1995-2020) celebrations, such reach out activities are being hosted to engage with the society at large. We thank Vikas Patole (Principal), Shivkumar (Music Teacher), Hemant Sonowane (Parent), Laxmi Tatiraju (well-wisher) and more important Dr.Vasanti Deshpande and Smt. Anany Naik, officer bearers of the Suhrud Mandal Trust who helped host this interaction.


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Professor Christopher Benninger is the founder, mentor & principal architect of CCBA Designs.

With a post graduation in urban planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology & post graduation in architecture from Harvard University, Prof. Benninger emigrated to India in 1971 where he co-founded Faculty of Planning CEPT University as a Ford Foundation advisor. He later shifted to Pune in 1976, where he founded the Center for Development Studies and Activities (CDSA). In 1995, Christopher along with Mr. Ramprasad Akkisetti started his architectural practice ‘Christopher Charles Benninger Architects’. This was renamed to CCBA Designs Pvt. Ltd. in 2005 a name under which it continues to flourish till today.

Winning the Indian Institute of Architects Annual Awards for excellence six times, a feat unmatched by any other architect, Prof. Benninger is one of India’s great modernists. His undeniable talent and dedication to planning, urban design and architecture has created an array of renowned and award-winning projects both in India and abroad.

His portfolio includes creating urban development plans for prominent places like Goa, Thane, six cities in Sri Lanka, and five cities in Bhutan, along with numerous masterplans, award-winning institutional buildings, and benchmark housing developments. Under Prof. Benninger, CCBA Designs has the ability to produce outstanding work across all scales and typologies, irrespective of location. With his in-depth understanding of the cultural, social dynamics, and natural constraints Prof. Benninger’s designs artfully blend cultures and innovation creating timeless spaces that resonate with authenticity and purpose.

Today, he is considered as one of the best architects in India