Famous Indian architect Charles Correa was born on September 1, 1930 in Secunderabad, Telangana.
Correa started studying at Saint Xavier’s College later he went on to study at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor (1949–53) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (1953–55). In 1958 he came back to India
The initial works of Charles Correa had a traditional touch in them. Traditional symmetrical spaces, modernist use of materials, exemplary concrete forms and sensitivity towards site were some major characteristics of his work.
Some of his notable buildings and structures are:
the McGovern Institute for Brain Research in Boston
the Kanchanjunga Apartments in Mumbai
the Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur
the Tube House , Ahmedabad
National crafts Museum
Bharat Bhavan
Champalimaud Centre for The Unknown in Lisbon, Portugal
Jawahar Kala Kendra, in Jaipur
LIC building, at Connaught Place, New Delhi
“Mahatma Gandhi Memorial”, at theSabarmati Ashram, Ahmedabad
Bernard Tschumi (born 25 January 1944) is an architect and educator who is commonly associated with deconstructivism. he works and lives in New York City and Paris. He studied in Paris and at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, where he received his degree in architecture in 1969.
His first notable project was the Parc de La Villette, a competition project he won in 1983. Other projects include the New Acropolis Museum, Rouen Concert Hall, and Bridge in La Roche-sur-Yon.
Adrian Smith August 19, 1944 Chicago, Illinois.He graduated in 1969 from the University of Illinois, Chicago
In 1960s Smith started working at a firm SOM as a young architect. He started designing Burj Khalifa while he was still attached with that firm.
The name of the firm -Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture (AS+GG) which focuses majorly on providing a platform to work for high-performance, energy-efficient and sustainable buildings on international level.
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