Sunday Feature

Charles Correa

Sunday 13 May 2007 21:35-22:20 (Radio 3)

David Adjaye profiles Charles Correa, the modernist architect whose ground-breaking work has helped forge a national identity in post-colonial India. This is a journey through that land, as David travels to Correa's milestone building projects, talks to political and religious figures and India's architectural elite, as well as the men and women who use the buildings and whose lives have been changed by his progressive philosophy.

Featuring interviews with Charles Correa, BBC journalist Sam Miller, Sen Kapadia, Dr Jyotindra Jain, Romi Khosla, Nalini Thakur, JC Kapur and Professor Doshi.

Duration:

45 minutes

Sunday Feature

Episode and Playlist Information

• 22 Jul 07 Courting the East
• 1 Jul 07 Sex, Books and Empire
• 24 Jun 07 Return to Beirut
• 10 Jun 07 HP Lovecraft
• 3 Jun 07 Elgar and Empire
• 20 May 07 The Splintered City
• 13 May 07 Charles Correa
• 6 May 07 Something in the Air
• 29 Apr 07 Ivan Blatny
• 22 Apr 07 Toru Takemitsu

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