City remembers master architect of modern era

Kolkata: Two leading architects, C Anjalendran from Colombo and professor KT Ravindran from New Delhi, delivered talks at the fifth edition of the Charles Correa Memorial Lecture to mark the death anniversary of the master architect of post-Independent India.
C Anjalendran is a celebrated Sri Lankan architect known for producing architecture that is a living embodiment of his unbiased and free thinking, inclinations to nature, and to the local idioms and cultural diaspora.His transcendence into Utilitarian Architecture, with an aesthetic appeal, has been hailed as revolutionary by his peers. His work has been exhibited worldwide and he has been decorated with several awards and citations, including the Golden Award for Global Contribution to Architecture in 2011.
Professor KT Ravindran is a stalwart of the industry. Popularly known as KT among his peers, contemporaries, students and admirers in India and beyond, he is an urban designer involved with several national and international institutions in various capacities. From being the chairman of the Architectural Heritage Advisory Committee of INTACH to being a member of the Advisory Board for the United Nations Capital Master Plan, New York, Professor Ravindran has held numerous such distinguished posts.
Ambuja Neotia Group chairman Harshavardhan Neotia said, “Charles Correa was ahead of his times. He had planned and designed City Centre Salt Lake many years ago inspired by the Indian open-space market. When architects across the globe are focusing on this open-space design in the wake of the pandemic City Centre not only has stayed relevant all through but also leads by example in terms of futuristic and functional design for a modern mall. That’s the hallmark of architect visionary.”