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CCBA Designs founder-chairman Christopher Charles Benninger (second from right) and others at a conference in Vijayawada on Friday. | Photo Credit: CH_VIJAYA BHASKARmore-inRenowned American-Indian architect Christopher Charles Benninger has stressed the need for strictly following the urban planning processes to make Indian cities fit for many generations to live in and said that basic amenities could not be compromised. School of Planning and Architecture-Vijayawada dean Ramesh Srikonda, Indian Institute of Architects (IIA) Karnataka chapter past chairman Krishna Rao Jaisim, IIA-A.P chairman G.
Vivekananda Swamy and IMRF founder Ratnakar D.
Bala were present. Ramprasad Akkisetti, managing director of Pune-based CCBA Designs, of which Mr.
Benninger is the founder-chairman, said Amaravati had tremendous scope for implementing the best of concepts and a collective effort should be made towards that. Participating as chief guest at a conference on ‘Architecture, built environment and urban planning’ organised by the city-based International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation (IMRF) here on Friday, Mr.
Benninger said architecture was an art which could not be ignored if ‘growth was to be civilised’ and it has to be integrated into the planning processes from the beginning, lest the need for rehashing things, which entails huge expenditure, should arise at late stages..