Charles Correa

For the Brazilian canoeist, see Charles Corrêa.

Charles Correa
Correa in December 2011
Born
Charles Mark Correa

(1930-09-01)1 September 1930
Secunderabad, Hyderabad State, British India (now Telangana, India
Died16 June 2015(2015-06-16) (aged 84)
Mumbai, Maharashtra India
Alma materUniversity of Mumbai
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
University of Michigan
Occupations
  • Architect
  • urban planner
Spouse
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(m. 1961)​
Children2
AwardsPadma Shri (1972)
Padma Vibhushan (2006)
Gomant Vibhushan (2011)
BuildingsJawahar Kala Kendra, National Crafts Museum, Bharat Bhavan

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.[1]

  1. ^ An Architecture of Independence: The Making of Modern South Asia Archived 3 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine University of Pennsylvania.