Charles Mark Correa was an Indian architect and urban planner.
15 Facts About Charles Correa
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Charles Correa, a Roman Catholic of Goan descent, was born on 1 September 1930 in Secunderabad.
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Charles Correa began his higher studies at St Xavier's College, Mumbai.
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Charles Correa went on to study at the University of Michigan where Buckminster Fuller was a teacher, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he obtained his master's degree.
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In 1958, Charles Correa established his own professional practice in Mumbai.
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In 1984, Charles Correa founded the Urban Design Research Institute in Bombay, dedicated to the protection of the built environment and improvement of urban communities.
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From 2005 until his 2008 resignation Charles Correa was the Chairman of the Delhi Urban Arts Commission.
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Later, Charles Correa designed the new Ismaili Centre in Toronto, Canada, which shared the site with the Aga Khan Museum designed by Fumihiko Maki, and the Champalimaud Foundation Centre in Lisbon, inaugurated by the Portuguese President Anibal Cavaco Silva on 5 October 2010.
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Charles Correa died on 16 June 2015 in Mumbai following a brief illness.
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Charles Correa designed almost 100 buildings in India, from low-income housing to luxury condos.
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Charles Correa rejected the glass-and-steel approach of some post-modernist buildings, and focused on designs deeply rooted in local cultures, all the while providing modern structural solutions under his creative designs.
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Charles Correa's style was focused on reintroducing outdoor spaces and terraces.
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Charles Correa's work is the physical manifestation of the idea of Indian nationhood, modernity and progress.
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Charles Correa's vision sits at the nexus defining the contemporary Indian sensibility and it articulates a new Indian identity with a language that has a global resonance.
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Charles Correa married Monika, an artist, in 1961.