Born in 1930 in the southern Indian city of Secunderabad, Mr. Correa studied at St. Xavier’s College in Mumbai and then went on to attend theUniversity of Michigan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the U.S. to study architecture.
“To work in India is the great advantage of life in the Third World. The issues are so much bigger than you are; they give you a chance to grow,” Mr. Correa wrote in his book ‘Housing and Urbanization.’
— blogs.wsj.com
Charles Correa died at home Tuesday night in Mumbai, after a bout of brief illness (according to BBC news). He is known for the diversity and far-reaching quality of his work in India and elsewhere, including affordable housing, master planning, and high-profile academic and diplomatic structures. In 2013, RIBA named him "India's Greatest Architect". Up until his death, he served as a consulting architect with the Goa government in India.
After studying at St. Xavier's College in Mumbai, Correa earned architecture degrees from the University of Michigan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Some of his best known architectural works include the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial in Ahmedabad, the Kanchanjunga Apartment tower in Mumbai, MIT's Brain and Cognitive Sciences Center in Boston, and the Parumala Church, as well as his master planning work for Navi Mumbai in the 1960s.
RIP Charles Correa, 1930-2015
↑ British Council, Delhi
↑ Mahatma Gandhi Memorial, Ahmedabad
↑ Kanchanjunga Apartment tower, Mumbai
↑ MIT's Brain and Cognitive Sciences Center, Boston
↑ St. Peter's and St. Paul's Orthodox Church, Parumala
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He was pretty great. I studied his residential developments extensively as a student...He will be missed.
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