Charles Correa wins Riba Jencks award

The award is given annually to an individual who has recently made a major contribution simultaneously to the theory and practice of architecture internationally, it said in a statement.

The presentation of the award will take place at the institute on November 24 and will be followed by a public lecture by Charles Correa entitled ‘Theory into Practice Jencks Award: Visions Built 2009’.

In 1984, Correa received the Royal Gold Medal by Riba at Hampton Court Palace presented by the The Prince of Wales.

Correa is an architect, planner, activist and theoretician. He has done a wide range of work in India – from the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, the Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur and the State Assembly for Madhya Pradesh, to housing projects and townships in Delhi, Bombay, Ahmedabad and Bangalore.

He was a chief architect for Navi Mumbai, a city across the harbour of Mumbai, and was appointed by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi as the first Chairman of the National Commission on Urbanisation. Correa has taught at several universities, both in India and abroad, and currently spends part of his time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he is Farwell Bemis Professor in the School of Architecture and Planning.

He has been awarded honours including the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Premium Imperiale of Japan, the UIA Gold Medal and the Royal Gold Medal.

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