Article
Red Stone, Invisible Legacy: Goan Aesthetics in Charles Correa's Design
Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians
Document Type
Article
Department/Program
English
Department
Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies
Pub Date
3-1-2024
Publisher
University of California Press
Abstract
Excerpt from publication: "The obituary for Charles Correa (1930-2015) in the New York Times hails him as an ''American trained" architect, who reached "deep into India's past for inspiration in producing work that is notable for its imagination and breadth."1 Of course, Correa's design practice drew from "Indian" traditions, including the use of the mandala, a sacred geometric configuration associated with Buddhism. The visibility of mandalas in the architect's designs questions the alignment of his legacy with an Indianness that can only be understood as heralding a mythic Hindu past..."
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2024.83.1.6
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Citation Information
Vishvesh Prabhakar Kandolkar and R. Benedito Ferrão. "Red Stone, Invisible Legacy: Goan Aesthetics in Charles Correa's Design" Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians Vol. 83 Iss. 1 (2024) p. 20 - 23 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/r-ferrao/40/
The article "Red Stone, Invisible Legacy: Goan Aesthetics in Charles Correa's Design" by Vishvesh Prabhakar Kandolkar and R. Benedito Ferrão is re-posted with permission of the authors in accordance to the author's right to share their work with an institutional repository, per policy of the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. The full issue can be found at: https://doi.org/10.1525/jsah.2024.83.1.6