Charles Correa

Charles Correa

1930-09-01
84 (2015-06-16)
Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Charles Mark Correa 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.

Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Charles Mark Correa 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.

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Black 2009 (5.263)

A Senegalese bank-robber born and raised in France is getting over a disastrous heist. As he considers going straight, his cousin calls him from Dakar with an easy opportunity.
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Dakar Trottoirs 2013

Tough gangster film from Senegal centering around a young dealer and his girlfriend.
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The Volume Zero: The Work of Charles Correa 2008

VOLUME ZERO is an hour-long documentary on the work and the ideas of Charles Correa, one of the world’s most important architects. It deals with his childhood, architectural training, formative years and the paradigm underlying his large and complex oeuvre spanning over five decades – as well as his pivotal role in addressing issues of urbanization in the Developing World. It uses first person narration by the filmmaker, combined with extended excerpts of interviews with Correa, live action, stills, diagrams, animation and archival footage to open up the thought processes that generate architectural space and form.
Charles Edouard Gomis Correa

Charles Edouard Gomis Correa

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Kirikou and the Sorceress 1998 (7.33)

Drawn from elements of West African folk tales, it depicts how a newborn boy, Kirikou, saves his village from the evil witch Karaba.
Charles M. Correa

Charles M. Correa

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You and Your Neighbourhood 1955

Correa’s MIT Master’s Thesis.
Charles Correa Foundation

Charles Correa Foundation

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Lost Songs of Sundari 2025

In Mumbai, once an island city linked by the sea, modern bridges and land reclamation have reshaped the landscape, disrupting the lives of its original communities.