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Charles Correa / with an essay by Kenneth Frampton

By: Correa, Charles, 1930-.
Contributor(s): Frampton, Kenneth.
Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson, 1996Description: 271 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 28 cm.ISBN: 0500092680.Subject(s): Correa, Charles, 1930- | Architects -- India | Architecture, Domestic -- India | Architecture, Modern -- 20th century -- IndiaDDC classification: 720.92
Contents:
The Work of Charles Correa. - Blessings of the Sky. - Projects. Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya, Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad. National Crafts Museum, Delhi. - Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. - JN Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. - JN Institute of Development Banking, Hyderabad. - Kala Akademi, Panaji, Goa. - Kovalam Beach Resort, Kerala. - Bay Island Resort, Port Blair, Andaman Islands. - Cidade de Goa, Dona Paula, Goa. - Dona Sylvia, Cavelossim, Goa. - MRF Headquarters, Madras. - Jeevan Bharati, Delhi. - Permanent Mission of India to the U.N., New York. - L.I.C. Centre, Mauritius. - Alameda Park Projects, Mexico City. - Kanchanjunga Apartments, Bombay. - Sonmarg Apartments, Bombay. - House at Koramangala, Bangalore. - Villas at Verem, Goa. - Incremental Housing at Belapur, New Bombay. - Titan Township, Bangalore. - Planning for Bombay. - Ulwe: New Bpmbay City Centre. - New Bagalkot, Karnataka. - Surya Kund, Delhi, - British Council, Delhi. - Vidhan Bhavan, State Assembly, Bhopal. - Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune. - Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur. - Appendices. - Chronology. - Biodata. - Bibliography. - Credits.
Summary: In the late 20th century, many of the world's greatest architectural challenges lie not in the West but in what India's best-known architect, Charles Correa, is happy to call the Third World. The architectural and urban planning solutions proposed by this brilliant Western-educated architect, who so effectively combines traditional spiritual and symbolic themes with the environmental and cultural demands of a modernizing society, have gained him a global following. His projects, fully documented in this comprehensive and superbly illustrated volume, have been as wide ranging as they are impressive: low-rise, low-cost, high-density housing, entire townships and extensions to major cities, but also many individual schemes and buildings, from the Gandhi Museum (1958-63) - 'one of the most compelling national monuments erected anywhere in this century', according to Kenneth Frampton - to the National Crafts Museum in New Delhi (1975-90). In addition to the architect's own presentation of his ideas, Kenneth Frampton provides an overall assessment of his achievement, and this model study of an increasingly influential figure is completed by a detailed chronology and bibliography. - Front cover.
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The Work of Charles Correa. - Blessings of the Sky. - Projects. Gandhi Smarak Sangrahalaya, Sabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad. National Crafts Museum, Delhi. - Bharat Bhavan, Bhopal. - JN Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore. - JN Institute of Development Banking, Hyderabad. - Kala Akademi, Panaji, Goa. - Kovalam Beach Resort, Kerala. - Bay Island Resort, Port Blair, Andaman Islands. - Cidade de Goa, Dona Paula, Goa. - Dona Sylvia, Cavelossim, Goa. - MRF Headquarters, Madras. - Jeevan Bharati, Delhi. - Permanent Mission of India to the U.N., New York. - L.I.C. Centre, Mauritius. - Alameda Park Projects, Mexico City. - Kanchanjunga Apartments, Bombay. - Sonmarg Apartments, Bombay. - House at Koramangala, Bangalore. - Villas at Verem, Goa. - Incremental Housing at Belapur, New Bombay. - Titan Township, Bangalore. - Planning for Bombay. - Ulwe: New Bpmbay City Centre. - New Bagalkot, Karnataka. - Surya Kund, Delhi, - British Council, Delhi. - Vidhan Bhavan, State Assembly, Bhopal. - Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune. - Jawahar Kala Kendra, Jaipur. - Appendices. - Chronology. - Biodata. - Bibliography. - Credits.

In the late 20th century, many of the world's greatest architectural challenges lie not in the West but in what India's best-known architect, Charles Correa, is happy to call the Third World. The architectural and urban planning solutions proposed by this brilliant Western-educated architect, who so effectively combines traditional spiritual and symbolic themes with the environmental and cultural demands of a modernizing society, have gained him a global following. His projects, fully documented in this comprehensive and superbly illustrated volume, have been as wide ranging as they are impressive: low-rise, low-cost, high-density housing, entire townships and extensions to major cities, but also many individual schemes and buildings, from the Gandhi Museum (1958-63) - 'one of the most compelling national monuments erected anywhere in this century', according to Kenneth Frampton - to the National Crafts Museum in New Delhi (1975-90). In addition to the architect's own presentation of his ideas, Kenneth Frampton provides an overall assessment of his achievement, and this model study of an increasingly influential figure is completed by a detailed chronology and bibliography. - Front cover.