Permanent Mission of India to the UN
New York
About PMI
The Permanent Mission of India in New York is housed in a 27-story red granite-clad building, with the main tower in shimmering redwood-colored metal panels and blue windows. It was built in the year 1993.
The building designed by Indian architect Charles Correa is located just off Second Avenue, between 43rd and 44th Street.
The red granite cladding of the building and the huge Rajasthani timber doors that grace the entrance to the Mission distinguishes the building from the surrounding glass and brushed stainless steel.
Late M.F. Husain's paintings add to the charm of the structure.
New York firm of architects, Bond Ryder, and Associates, were engaged and the construction contract awarded to Morse and Diesel, a major New York firm.
About the Architect
Charles Correa was born in Secunderabad on September 1, 1930. An alumnus
of St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, he studied architecture at the
University of Michigan and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
Boston.
As an architect, Correa was admired as much for his passion for
aesthetic beauty and perfection as for his love for tradition and
modernity. He designed cultural and civic monuments, luxury condominiums
and modest housing developments keeping in mind the needs of the urban
poor. He delighted in using traditional materials and methods; his
influence and style spread far beyond South Asia.
Correa's rich oeuvre include the museum and research center at Mohandas
K. Gandhi's memorial on the banks of Sabarmati in Ahmedabad and the
stunningly beautiful multi-arts centre Jawahar Kala Kendra in Jaipur.
Also notable are the British Council headquarters and National Crafts
Museum in Delhi, Kala Academy in Goa, Permanent Mission of India at the
UN, New York, Ismaili Centre in Toronto, Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Center at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge,
Boston, and Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon.
The late Charles Correa, the visionary modernist Indian architect who
designed many landmark buildings across the world, breathed his last at
Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on 16 June 2015. He was 84.
