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Charles Correa: Remembering the creator
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Charles Correa, popularly known as India's contemporary architect, has won various national and international awards for his hold over issues pertaining to urban planning and affordable housing. He died at the age of 84. (HT Photo)
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The most striking feature of the Ismaili Centre, Toronto is undoubtedly the prayer hall, with its crystalline frosted glass dome and elegant steel trusses. (Wikipedia Commons)
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Vidhan Bhavan is a public building which should say something very powerful about democracy. It must not be low-key. It should have a presence: Charles Correa on the Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha. (Wikipedia Commons)
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Charles Correa on the architecture of Champalimaud Centre for The Unknown in Portugal said, "Architecture as Sculpture. Architecture as Beauty. Beauty as therapy.” (Wikipedia Commons)
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Jawahar Kala Kendra (1986–1992) has two conflicting sets of mythic ideas and images: Ancient Navagraha and the newest myths of science and progress. (Wikipedia Commons)
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The Jeevan Bharati building, (Life Insurance Corporation of India building) at Connaught Place in New Delhi is designed by architect Charles Correa, 1986. (Wikipedia Commons)
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