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- Author: Christopher Charles Benninger
- ISBN: 978-8193232989
Timeless Living: Houses Under The Sun
The book takes you on a journey of 33 different but interesting residential projects across Singapore, Australia, the United States of America, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh with the inclusion of Plans, section and elevation, full-color photograph, and interview with architects each one of them distinct in their style and concept.
You will be taken by surprise in the journey by looking at not only contemporary style but also those offering a hint of traditional segments. you will see how a project is carved out of its own site, each differing in geography, bringing out the best of it. The book provides an insight into how the modern home looks like, how much still remains, so let’s together begin this journey and evolve together, creating a benchmark in architecture.
Timeless Living: Houses Under The Sun
Author
Christopher Benninger is one of India’s highly decorated architects. His well-known award-winning projects are the Mahindra United World College of India, the Samundra Institute of Maritime Studies, the “Suzlon One Earth” world headquarters, the National Ceremonial Plaza at Thimphu, Bhutan, and his own studio and residence “India House” in Pune.
Each project addresses the complex issues of design, context, climate, materials, sustainability, and technology, amidst the client’s programmatic needs. Benninger studied urban planning at MIT and architecture at Harvard where he later taught. He settled in India in 1971 founding the School of Planning at Ahmedabad as a Ford Foundation Advisor where he continues as a Distinguished Professor. His name appears alongside Geoffrey Bawa, Charles Correa, and Balkrishna Doshi as one of the six recipients of the Great Master Architect Award in India presented every three years.
His firm, Christopher Charles Benninger
Architects has recently been awarded India’s most sought after commissions:
the Azim Premji University at Bengaluru; and the Indian Institute of Technology
at Hyderabad, along with the Indian Institute of Management at
Kolkata. His city and regional planning works range from Sri Lanka, across
India to Bhutan.
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Format | Hardcover |
No. of Pages | 408 |
Item Weight | 2 kg 190 g |
Dimenstion | 25.4 x 3.8 x 30.5 cm |