Transcription: 1st Interview with Christopher Benninger (August 2012)

Interviewed by: Aliyeh Rizvi
Interview Place: CCBA Office, Pune
Interview Date: 20th August 2012

 Table of Contents:

  • Family background and early life.
  • Fulbright Scholarship; Coming to India.
  • Remembering Mr Doshi and Kamala Choudhury.
  • New environment, challenges and impact on work.
  • Working with Mother Teresa’s home; Impressions of Calcutta.
  • Coming together of various architects.
  • Architecture of IIM-C; Increasing its visual appeal.
  • Dissolving hiearchial boundaries; Enduring image of IIM-C.

     2012-08-20

     IIM Calcutta
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