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Charles Mark Correa
Born 1930
Gender Male
Country of Origin India
ArchNet Party ID AN00011
Description/Biography
Charles Correa is an Indian architect, planner, activist, and theoretician who studied architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Michigan. He has taught and lectured at many universities, both in India and abroad, including MIT, Harvard University, the University of London, and Cambridge University, where he was Nehru Professor. Mr. Correa is known for the wide range of his architectural work in India and on urbanisation and low-cost shelter in the Third World, which he articulated in his 1985 publication, "The New Landscape". His architectural designs have been internationally acclaimed and he has received many awards including the Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal in 1984, the Indian Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 1987, the International Union of Architects Gold Medal in 1990, and the Praemium Imperiale for Architecture from the Japan Art Association in 1994.

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Associated sites
Site Location Country Images
Astronomy and Astrophysics Center Pune India 9
Bharat Bhavan Bhopal India 9
British Council New Delhi India 10
Jawahar Kal Kendra Museum Jaipur India 5
Ramkrishna House Ahmedabad India 4
Vidhan Bhavan Bhopal India 89

Associated publications
Author Title Year
Correa, Charles. Architecture in a Warm Climate 1982
Cidade de Goa Cidade de Goa 1982
Frampton, Kenneth. The Fate of Man and Architecture in the East 1987
Correa, Charles Kala Akademi 1987
Correa, Charles Lecture 2004
Correa, Charles. The New Landscape 1985
Ibrahim, Abdelbaki Mohamed (ed) Qatar Museum Competition 1998
Correa, Charles Scanning the Options 1989
Correa, Charles Sprituality in Architecture: Introduction 1988
Correa, Charles Urban Housing in the Third World: The Role of the Architect 1983
Davidson, Cynthia C., ed. Vidhan Bhavan 1998
Correa, Charles Vistara: The Architecture of India 1988
Correa, Charles. Vistas 1994

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