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'''Charles Mark Correa''' (1 September 1930 – 16 June 2015) was an Indian architect and [[urban planner]]. Credited with the creation of modern architecture in post-Independent [[India]], he was celebrated for his sensitivity to the needs of the urban poor and for his use of traditional methods and materials.<ref>[http://www.upenn.edu/ARG/archive/architecture/architecture.html An Architecture of Independence: The Making of Modern South Asia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603215030/http://www.upenn.edu/ARG/archive/architecture/architecture.html |date=3 June 2009 }} [[University of Pennsylvania]].</ref>

==Biography==

Charles Correa, a [[Goan Catholics|Roman Catholic of Goan]] descent, was born on 1 September 1930 in [[Secunderabad]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Charles Correa|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/138593/Charles-Correa|publisher=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]|access-date=5 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{citation|title=An Architecture of Independence: The Making of Modern South Asia |author= Kazi Khaleed Ashraf, James Belluardo|year=1998|publisher=Architectural League of New York|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=jwxQAAAAMAAJ&q=charles+correa+biography|isbn=09663-8560-8|page=33}}</ref> He began his higher studies at [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai]]. He went on to study at the [[University of Michigan]] (1949–53) where [[Buckminster Fuller]] was a teacher, and the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (1953–55) where he obtained his master's degree.<ref name="Britannica">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Correa|title=Charles Correa &#124; Indian architect|website=Encyclopedia Britannica}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/jun/19/charles-correa|title=Charles Correa obituary|first=Joseph|last=Rykwert|date=19 June 2015|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>

In 1958, Charles Correa established his own professional practice in Mumbai. His first significant project was the Mahatma Gandhi Sangrahalaya ([[Mahatma Gandhi]] Memorial) at [[Sabarmati Ashram]] in Ahmedabad (1958–1963), followed by the [[Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] in Bhopal (1967). In 1961-1966, he designed his first high-rise building, the Sonmarg apartments in Mumbai. On the [[National Crafts Museum]] in New Delhi (1975–1990), he introduced "the rooms open to the sky", his systematic use of courtyards. In the [[Jawahar Kala Kendra]] (Jawahar Arts Centre) in Jaipur (1986–1992), he makes a structural hommage to [[Jai Singh II]]. Later, he invited the British artist [[Howard Hodgkin]] for the outside design of the [[British Council, India|British Council]] in Delhi (1987–1992).<ref name="auto"/>

Later, Charles Correa designed the new [[Ismaili Centre, Toronto|Ismaili Centre]] in Toronto, Canada,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://the.ismaili/toronto/about-toronto|title=About the Ismaili Centre, Toronto|date=6 September 2014|website=the.Ismaili}}</ref> which shared the site with the [[Aga Khan Museum]] designed by [[Fumihiko Maki]],<ref name="ArchRecord">{{cite news|url=http://archrecord.construction.com/news/daily/archives/081006AghaKhan.asp|title=Correa, Maki Tapped to Design Aga Khan Center|date=6 October 2008|publisher=Architectural Record, The McGraw-Hill Companies|access-date=9 October 2008}}</ref> and the Champalimaud Foundation Centre in Lisbon, inaugurated by the Portuguese President [[Aníbal Cavaco Silva]] on 5 October 2010.<ref>David MacManus, [https://www.e-architect.co.uk/portugal/champalimaud-foundation The Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon], ''E-architect.co.uk'' 5 October 2010</ref>

He died on 16 June 2015 in Mumbai following a brief illness.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Architect-Charles-Correa-dies-at-84/articleshow/47697831.cms|title=Architect Charles Correa dies at 84 &#124; India News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref>

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| [[File:शिल्प संग्रहालय का प्रवॅश द्वार.jpg|125px]] || 1975–1990 || [[National Crafts Museum]] || New Delhi ||

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| [[File:Ismaili Centre, Toronto - Prayer hall.jpg|125px]] || || [[Ismaili Centre, Toronto|Ismaili Centre]] || Toronto, Canada ||

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[[Category:St. Xavier's College, Mumbai alumni]]