Charles Mark Correa (Hyderabad "Hyderabad (India)"), September 1, 1930-Bombay, June 16, 2015)[1]​ was an Indian architect, urban planner, activist, theorist and a fundamental figure in the global panorama of contemporary architecture.

He studied architecture at the University of Michigan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology after which he established a private studio in Bombay in 1958. His work in India shows a careful development, understanding and adapting modernism#Modernist_architecture "Modernism (art)") to a non-Western culture. In his early works he uses a local indigenous style within a modern environment. Land use planning and community projects continually attempt to go beyond typical solutions to third world problems.

In all his work - from the planning of Navi Mumbai to the carefully detailed memorial to Mahatma Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad - he has placed special emphasis on conserving resources, energy and climate as the main factors in organizing space.

Over the last four decades, Correa has carried out pioneering work in urban issues and low-cost shelters in the third world. From 1970-75, he was Chief Architect for New Bombay, an urban growth center of two million people, across the bay from the pre-existing city. In 1985, Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi appointed him Chairman of the National Urbanization Commission.

Charles Correa passed away at his residence in Mumbai after a brief illness at the age of 84 on June 16, 2015.[2]​.

He was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal for 1984. His acclaimed design for the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT was recently dedicated to him. He was a recipient of India's civilian awards, Padma Vibhushan (2006) and Padma Shri (1972). He was awarded the Praemium Imperiale in 1994.