Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture Unveils Proposal for Mumbai’s Tallest Tower

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Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture has unveiled a competition-winning prototype in which they hope will become ’s tallest skyscraper. Standing 400-meters about the crowded city streets, the 116-story Imperial Tower’s curvilinear form is aerodynamically shaped to “confuse the wind.” Its 132 “spacious and luxurious” residential units are punctuated by north- and south-facing sky gardens, which break up wind currents around the tower and provide unprecedented access to natural light and views of the Arabian sea.

CSMVS – Visitor Centre at the Prince of Wales Museum / RMA Architects

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Architects: RMA Architects
Location: Mumbai,
Year: 2011
Photographs: Rajesh Vora, Edmund Sumner

Slum Rehabilitation Promise to Mumbai’s 20 Million

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, shanty-towns, favelas - they are all products of an exploding migration from rural to urban areas.  Over the last half century, people living in or near metropolises has risen in proportion to the global population.  Migrations from rural areas to urban areas have grown exponentially as cities have developed into hubs of economic activity and job growth promising new opportunities for social mobility and education.  Yet, with all these perceptions holding fast, many people who choose to migrate find themselves in the difficult circumstances of integrating into an environment without the proper resources to accommodate the growing population.  Cities, for example, like Mumbai, India’s largest city and 11th on the list as of 2012 with a population of an estimated 20.5 million.  According to a New York Times article from 2011, about 60% of that number live in the makeshift dwellings that now occupy lucrative land for Mumbai’s developers.

More to come after the break.

Poona House / Rajiv Saini

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Architects: Rajiv Saini
Location: , Maharashtra,
Architect In Charge: Rajiv Saini
Design Team: Suprio Bhattacharjee, Kalyani Kale, Neeraj Singh, Ruchi Sharma
Area: 12,000 ft2
Year: 2008
Photographs: Courtesy of Rajiv Saini

361° International Architectural Conference

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Taking place in , from March 6th to March 8th, the 361° International Architectural Conference is an initiative by Indian Architect & Builder to create a truly relevant dialogue on architecture. One of the oldest and the most respected design forums in the country, the conference plans once again to host individuals such as Peter Zumthor, Charles Correa, and Fernando Menis, to lead the thought and practice of architecture and as an extension – design in the world. For more information, please visit here.

Concrete 0023 / studio eight twentythree

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Architects: studio eight twentythree
Location: Andheri, , India
Year: 2012
Photographs: Courtesy of studio eight twentythree

House on Pali Hill / Studio Mumbai

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Architects: Studio Mumbai
Location: Bandra, Maharashtra,
Principal Architect: Bijoy Jain
Project Team: Samuel Barclay, Jeevaram Suthar, Omprakash Suthar
Structural Engineer: Dwijen Bhatt
Photographs: Helene Binet, Studio Mumbai 

   

Today Studio-X Mumbai Event: “Paths Uncharted” / Dr. Balkrishna Doshi

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Tonight, Studio-X Mumbai is hosting a free event with architect Dr. Balkrishna Doshi. The Mumbai gathering will explore the architects life and work on the release of his book “Paths Uncharted”. Described as an evening of storytelling, Doshi will also share his thoughts on the future of architecture. The conversation will be moderated and discussed with professor Neelkanth Chhaya, architect Rajeev Kathpalia and architect Sen Kapadia. Continue reading for more event information.

Design Concept for Bollywood Museum in Film City / Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design

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Along with the and Toronto offices, the Los Angeles based Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design announces their conceptual design for the new world-class Bollywood Museum located at Film City in Mumbai, India. The design is the physical manifestation of an emotional response to Hindi cinema.

Location: Film City, Mumbai, India
Client: Maharashtra Film, Stage and cultural Development Corporation Ltd.
Architect: Yazdani Studio of Cannon Design in collaboration with Cannon Design International

Continue reading for more images and the project description.

ArchiCAD BIM Provides Competitive Edge for Conceptual Design

Sahana Tower - Orcutt|Winslow

Phoenix-based Orcutt|Winslow (O|W) has been hired to design a verdant, green residential tower that will soar into the sky above , . The project, currently in a conceptual phase, addresses ’s burgeoning housing demand by creating an alternative to ’s densely-packed extensive horizontal communities, which have erased the once-lush tropical landscape. Embracing a trend toward vertical development, the design provides opportunities to re- introduce nature at the ground plane and improve the quality of life for residents. Offering breathtaking views of the Bandra-Worli Sea Link to one side, as well as panoramic views of the city, Sahana Pride at Sion encompasses a challenging and compact footprint. O|W focused the building design on allowing residents to reconnect with nature, despite being located in the center of a bustling city such as . Rising from a strong base, surrounded with vegetation, the proposed building expands to provide a wide range of activity spaces.

AD Classics: Kanchanjunga Apartments / Charles Correa

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By developing climatic solutions for different sites and programs, Indian architect Charles Correa designed the Kanchanjunga Apartments. Located in , the U.S. equivalent of New York City in terms of population and diversity, the 32 luxury apartments are located south-west of downtown in an upscale suburban setting embodying the characteristics of the upper echelon of society within the community. The Kanchanjunga Apartments are a direct response to the present culture, the escalating urbanization, and the climatic conditions for the region. They pay homage to the vernacular architecture that once stood on the site before the development in a number of ways. More on Kanchanjunga Apartments after the break.

In Progress: The Capital / James Law Cybertecture International

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Architects: James Law Cybertecture International
Location: , India
Project Area: 66,347 sqm
Photographs: Courtesy of James Law Cybertecture International

Cybertecture is the ultimate expression of innovative art married with functional needs in consideration of the environment and humanity. The new commercial complex located in Mumbai, India ”The Capital” deliberately reveals her calmness, gracefulness and elegance. It is an extremely challenging work to develop a revolutionary design concept for an office with AAA- grading and achieving over 80% efficiency simultaneously. It integrated the sustainable concept, form and functionality that inspire the office building design and urban context in India like never before.

Parinee I / James Law Cybertecture International

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Architects: James Law Cybertecture International
Location: Mumbai,
Client: Parinee Developers Pvt Ltd.
Photographs: Courtesy of James Law Cybertecture International

Parinee I is a 21st century office tower designed by world renowned architect James Law of James Law Cybertecture International at the heart of Mumbai, India. Uniquely, this dynamic 160 meter tall tower is designed to provide ultra modern office spaces for a wide range of business occupants including the creative industries of the India movie business. Not only can the building form provide different views and experience from the office space inside, the diagonal façades are also installed with LED screen for film and graphic projection.

TATA Tower / Seth Ellsworth + JaYoung Kim

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Illinois Institute of Technology B.Arch students, Seth Ellsworth and JaYoung Kim have shared with us their traveling studio project, TATA Tower. Their project studies the infrastructural crisis regarding parking in developing regions such as and how to address such issues in a way that does not stifle economic expansion, increases housing density, produces clean energy and creates high quality outdoor space for . Additional images and a description by the architects after the break.

WEDGE-1 / Collaborative Architecture

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Architects: Collaborative Architecture
Location: Mumbai,
Project team: Lalita Tharani, Mujib Ahmed
Project year: 2009
Photographs: Lalita Tharani & Manish

In Progress: Tata Consultancy Service Banyan Park / Tod Williams + Billie Tsien

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British Architectural photographer Edmund Sumner just sent us some photographs he took on a trip to Mumbai on April this year of a new building designed by Tod Williams and Billie Tsien for TATA, showing some great Skylights on different storeys. More images after the break.

Antilia / World’s Most Expensive House

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We’ve featured quite elaborate projects on AD where project budgets that reach the millions seem almost normal.  Yet, this is something we haven’t seen: a house – yes, one house – priced at $1 billion dollars.  With a price tag like that, ’s richest man, and Forbes’s fourth richest man, Mukesh Ambani, along with his wife and three childen, will be calling the world’s most expensive residence “home.”

More about the house after the break.

Hinduja Hospital S2 / Nuru Karim

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Architect Nuru Karim, founding director of LIVE (Laboratory for Interactive Visionary Environments), shared with us his project Hinduja Hospital S2, located in , India. More images and architect’s description after the break.

ACE Pavilion / Sameep Padora & Associates

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Architect: Sameep Padora & Associates
Location: Mumbai,
Client: Galeecha India Pvt. Ltd.
Design Team: Sameep Padora, Shashank Srivastava
Cost: 3,500 USD
On-Site Assemblage: 36 hours
Drawings: Shashank Srivastava
Project Year: 2009
Photographs: Raju Shukla

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The Tote / Serie Architects

 

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and Kapil Gupta from Serie Architects have converted a disused building from ’s colonial past into a banquet hall, restaurant and bar called ‘The Tote’.  The site was covered with mature rain trees whose wide spread leaves shaded most of the spaces throughout the year, permitting almost the entire new program to occur outdoors.

More images and more about the project after the break.