Charles Correa
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Charles Correa was a pioneering Indian architect and urban planner renowned for his climate-responsive, context-sensitive designs and major contributions to modern architecture in post-independence India.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Charles Correa canonical | 2 |
| Charles Correa Associates | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7499193 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Correa Context triple: [RIBA Gold Medal, hasNotableRecipient, Charles Correa]
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A.
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Paulo Mendes da Rocha was a renowned Brazilian architect celebrated for his bold modernist designs and influential contributions to contemporary architecture, including winning the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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B.
Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer was a pioneering Brazilian architect renowned for his curvaceous modernist designs and major contributions to 20th-century architecture, including landmark civic and cultural buildings worldwide.
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C.
Álvaro Siza
Álvaro Siza is a renowned Portuguese architect celebrated for his poetic modernist designs and influential contributions to contemporary architecture.
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D.
Ricardo Bofill
Ricardo Bofill was a renowned Spanish architect known for his bold postmodern and monumental housing complexes that blend classical forms with contemporary urban design.
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E.
Pietro Belluschi
Pietro Belluschi was a prominent 20th-century Italian-American architect known for his influential role in modernist architecture and numerous landmark buildings across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Charles Correa Target entity description: Charles Correa was a pioneering Indian architect and urban planner renowned for his climate-responsive, context-sensitive designs and major contributions to modern architecture in post-independence India.
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A.
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Paulo Mendes da Rocha was a renowned Brazilian architect celebrated for his bold modernist designs and influential contributions to contemporary architecture, including winning the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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B.
Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer was a pioneering Brazilian architect renowned for his curvaceous modernist designs and major contributions to 20th-century architecture, including landmark civic and cultural buildings worldwide.
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C.
Álvaro Siza
Álvaro Siza is a renowned Portuguese architect celebrated for his poetic modernist designs and influential contributions to contemporary architecture.
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D.
Ricardo Bofill
Ricardo Bofill was a renowned Spanish architect known for his bold postmodern and monumental housing complexes that blend classical forms with contemporary urban design.
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E.
Pietro Belluschi
Pietro Belluschi was a prominent 20th-century Italian-American architect known for his influential role in modernist architecture and numerous landmark buildings across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian person
ⓘ
architect ⓘ urban planner ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ Padma Vibhushan ⓘ Praemium Imperiale ⓘ RIBA Royal Gold Medal ⓘ
linked to:
RIBA Gold Medal
Royal Gold Medal ⓘ UIA Gold Medal ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | India ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-09-01 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2015-06-16 ⓘ |
| designed |
Bharat Bhavan
ⓘ
British Council building, New Delhi ⓘ Cidade de Goa hotel ⓘ Jawahar Kala Kendra ⓘ Kala Academy, Panaji ⓘ
linked to:
Kala Academy Goa
Kanchanjunga Apartments ⓘ LIC Housing, Belapur ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Museum at Sabarmati Ashram ⓘ
linked to:
Gandhi Memorial Museum Ahmedabad
National Crafts Museum, New Delhi ⓘ
linked to:
National Handicrafts and Handlooms Museum
Navi Mumbai urban plan ⓘ Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations, New York ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ⓘ
University of Michigan ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
architecture
ⓘ
urban design ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| founded |
Charles Correa Associates
ⓘ
linked to:
Charles Correa
|
| fullName | Charles Mark Correa ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation |
Goa
ⓘ
Mumbai ⓘ New Delhi ⓘ
linked to:
New Delhi, India
|
| influencedBy |
Le Corbusier
ⓘ
traditional Indian architecture ⓘ |
| knownFor |
climate-responsive architecture
ⓘ
context-sensitive design ⓘ post-independence Indian modern architecture ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ |
| movement |
critical regionalism
ⓘ
modern architecture ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
incremental housing
ⓘ
low-rise, high-density housing ⓘ open-to-sky spaces in housing ⓘ |
| occupation |
architect
ⓘ
urban designer ⓘ urban planner ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Secunderabad ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Mumbai ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the National Commission on Urbanization of India
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Chief Architect for Navi Mumbai ⓘ |
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Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Charles Correa