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082			_aARCH _bCOR
100			_aCorrea, Charles
245		0	_aHousing and Urbanisation
260			_aIndia _bUrban design research institute _c2000
300			_a144 _c22.1 x 22.35 x 1.27 cm _rPaperback
504			_aThis book documents over forty years of the work of Charles Correa in Housing and Urbanisation. Illustrated with more than 450 photographs, drawings and original sketches. Charles Correa studied Architecture at the University of Michigan and at MIT. In private practice in Bombay since 1958, his works cover a wide range, from the Mahatma Gandhi memorial at the Sabarmati Ashram. to the Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur, and the state assembly for Madhya Pradesh - as well as townships and public housing projects in Delhi, Bombay, Ahmedabad. Bangalore and other cities in India. From 1970-75, he was Chief Architect for New Bombay an Urban centre of 2 million people. In 1985, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appointed him Chairman of the National Commission on Urbanisation. Architect, Planner, activist and theoretician, Correa has emerged as a major figure in contemporary architecture worldwide.
650			_aArchitecture
650			_aCharles Correa
650			_aDrawings
650			_aHousing
650			_aPhotographs
650			_aUrban planning
942			_cBKS
999			_c750 _d750