Hafeez Sorab contractor | |
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Born | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | 19 June 1950
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Architect |
Spouse | Pearl Contractor (m. 1962) |
Children | 2 |
Parent(s) | Sorab Contractor Roshan Contractor |
Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Practice | H S Contractor Consultancy Pvt Ltd |
Buildings | |
Website | www |
Hafeez Sorab Contractor (born 1950) is an Indian architect. [1] He has designed many skyscrapers in India, primarily in the city of Mumbai. [2] As of 2019, he is the architect of the three tallest buildings in India - The 42 in Kolkata, [3] [4] and the twin towers of The Imperial in Mumbai. [5] [6] He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in January 2016 by the Government of India. [7]
Hafeez Contractor was born in Mumbai on 19 June 1950 into a Parsi family. [8] He attended Boys' Town Public School Nasik before moving on to the University of Mumbai's Academy of Architecture in 1975. He then won a scholarship to Columbia University, where he completed his master's degree. [9]
While pursuing his architecture degree, Contractor began working in 1968 as an apprentice under the supervision of his uncle and mentor Tehmasp Khareghat. [10] [11] He joined his uncle's company T. Khareghat in 1977 as an associate partner. [11]
In 1991, Contractor was enlisted to add buildings to Infosys' Bangalore campus. [12] [9] He went on to design that firm's first software-development park outside Pune, [13] [9] and its corporate educational facility near Mysore. [14] [9] His most famous project is Hiranandani Gardens, a township in Powai, a suburb of Mumbai. [9] In 2005, Contractor designed the twin-tower residential skyscraper, The Imperial, whose 254 metre-tall Tower I became the tallest residential buildings in India (with Tower II slightly behind) upon completion in 2010 - a distinction it held until it was displaced by One Avighna Park (266 metre) in 2017. That building was, in turn, displaced by The 42 in Kolkata, which was also designed by Contractor and architecturally topped out at 260m. [3] He also designed 23 Marina in Dubai, [15] which was briefly the world's tallest all-residential building, and is currently third behind the nearby Princess Tower and 432 Park Avenue in New York City.
Contractor's other projects include the domestic terminal at Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport [16] and the DY Patil Stadium, which serves as the home stadium for both the Mumbai Indians cricket team and Mumbai City FC football team. He also designed the Turbhe railway station in Navi Mumbai and in 2018 offered to 19 railway stations for free. [17] He was the architect for Chief Minister of Telangana’s official residence, Pragathi Bhavan completed in November 2016. He has been assigned to design the campus of Indian Institute of Petroleum & Energy, Visakhapatnam. An interview of his was published in the official [18] Class 8 English book.
Contractor has referred to the standardized ratings used in Western countries for certifying green buildings as a "joke". [19] In his view, conditions in India require a rating system that takes into account the unique problems faced by that country, such as the loss of farmland. [19]
In a New York Times profile he was described as Bollywood's "Starchitect". The article described Contractor's style as having "no signature, save a penchant for glitz." Contractor said of his own work, "[Y]ou definitely like a woman with lipstick, rouge, eyelashes. So if you make your building more beautiful with some appliqués, there’s nothing wrong." [9]
Name | Year completed | Image | City | Notes | Ref |
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Apollo Hospital, Indraprastha | |||||
Sarala Birla Academy | |||||
DY Patil Stadium | 2008 | Mumbai | |||
The Imperial | 2010 | Mumbai | Tallest building in India between 2010 and 2018 | [5] [6] | |
23 Marina | 2012 | Dubai | |||
One Horizon Center | 2014 | Gurgaon | [20] | ||
Mantri Pinnacle | 2016 | Bangalore | Tallest building in Bangalore | [21] | |
The 42 | 2019 | Kolkata | Tallest building in India between 2018 and 2019 | [3] | |
Lokhandwala Minerva | Mumbai | [22] | |||
Turbhe railway station |
The Imperial is a modernist style twin-tower residential skyscraper complex in the billionaires row of Mumbai, India. It was the tallest skyscraper in India from 2010 to 2019 when it was overtaken by Lodha The Park which again was overtaken by Palais Royale Mumbai. It has been home to several high-net-worth individuals.
Chu-yuanLee is a Taiwanese architect born in Guangdong, Republic of China. He received his bachelor's degree from National Cheng Kung University (Tainan) and his master's from Princeton University in the US. He directed the design of Taipei 101, the world's tallest skyscraper at the time of completion, in 2004.
Palais Royale is an under-construction residential supertall skyscraper in Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. At 320 metres (1,050 ft), it is the tallest building and third tallest structure in India. The building was topped-Out in 2018 but the facades and interior of the skyscraper are still currently under construction. It is expected to be completed by 31 December 2023.
World One is a 280.2 m (919 ft), 76 floor skyscraper in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. As of 2023, it is the second tallest completed building in India..It is on the 7.1-hectare (17.5-acre) site of the defunct Shrinivas Mill. The site also houses two other towers: World View and World Crest. The complex was developed by the Lodha Group.
Turbhe railway station is on the Harbour Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network near Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a junction station and is located in the node of Turbhe. The station is accessible from the Thane–Belapur road on the eastern side and the NMMT depot on the western side.
Three Sixty West is a skyscraper complex in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It comprises two towers, joined at ground level by a podium. Tower B, the taller of the two, rises to 260 metres (853 ft) with 66 floors and Tower A rises to 255.6 metres (839 ft) with 52 floors. Tower A is a hotel, and Private residences are located in Tower B. The podium accommodates amenities such as restaurants and ballrooms.
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