Christopher Benninger is one of India's most highly decorated architects. Letters to a Young Architect is a sensitive memoir of Christopher Benninger's life in India and his personal concerns about architectural theory and contemporary urban issues. Through the medium of articles and lectures, this volume reflects on the role and direction of architecture in framing a new man and a new society in the new millennium. Benninger is a strong believer in tradition, in gurus and in students and in a lineage of values, ideals, principles and practices which have been matured from generation to generation. He is concerned with the nature of architecture and the role of urbanism and planning in the creation of a new society.