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The Imperial (Mumbai)
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. Location Designed by architect Hafeez Contractor, The Imperial is built in Tardeo, South Mumbai and is perhaps Contractor's most recognisable project to date. The project's use of the modern urban redevelopment model in which the building firm provides free land and rehabilitation to slum dwellers in exchange for rights for property development was the first implementation of this model on a large scale. See also *List of tallest buildings in Mumbai *List of tallest buildings in India This article list ranks the tallest buildings in India that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This means that spires and other architectura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tardeo
Tardeo or Tardeo Road () is an elite residential and commercial locality of South Mumbai, from Nana Chowk to Haji Ali Junction. Tardeo is one of Asia’s most expensive residential and commercial locality and house to India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani - Antilia. Tardeo Road is also an important arterial road of the city of Mumbai. The road is currently known as Javji Dadaji Road from Nana Chowk to Taddeo Circle with post code 400007 and Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya Road from Taddeo Circle to Haji Ali with post code 400034. Post codes 400007 are served by Grant Road post office and 400034 are served by Tulsiwadi post office. It lies from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. It is connected by railway through the Mumbai Central railway station as well as by buses operated by BEST, MSRTC, and NMMT. Taddeo houses the Regional Transport Office of Mumbai city. It also has some of Mumbai’s most important commercial offices located in the AC Market Building, Arun Chamber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Park (residential Project)
Lodha Park is a 18.5-acre luxury residential skyscraper project which has been developed by the Lodha Group in the upscale Worli neighborhood of Mumbai, India. The land for the project was purchased from DLF Limited in 2012 for 2,800 Crore approximately. Lodha Park consists of 5 towers which stand at a height of 268 meters with 76 floors each. Developer The Lodha Group is a real estate development company into residential and commercial construction projects in Mumbai, Pune, and Hyderabad. They are the developers of World One, a residential skyscraper in Mumbai, and is the tallest completed building in India. Location Lodha Park is located on the Pandurang Budhkar Marg in Worli. Bandra Kurla Complex and Nariman Point the Mumbai business districts are in close proximity. High Street Phoenix, shopping malls, and PVR Cinemas are with in a driving distance. Project launch In September, the real estate company announced that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is the brand ambassador f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Postmodern Architecture In India
Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by skepticism toward the " grand narratives" of modernism, opposition to epistemic certainty or stability of meaning, and emphasis on ideology as a means of maintaining political power. Claims to objective fact are dismissed as naïve realism, with attention drawn to the conditional nature of knowledge claims within particular historical, political, and cultural discourses. The postmodern outlook is characterized by self-referentiality, epistemological relativism, moral relativism, pluralism, irony, irreverence, and eclecticism; it rejects the "universal validity" of binary oppositions, stable identity, hierarchy, and categorization. Initially emerging from a mode of literary criticism, postmodernism developed in the mid-twentieth century as a rejection of modernism and has been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Residential Buildings Completed In 2010
A residential area is a land used in which houses, housing predominates, as opposed to industrial district, industrial and Commercial Area, commercial areas. Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family residential, or mobile homes. Zoning for residential use may permit some services or work opportunities or may totally exclude business and industry. It may permit urban density, high density land use or only permit low density uses. Residential zoning usually includes a smaller FAR (floor area ratio) than business, commercial or industrial/manufacturing zoning. The area may be large or small. Overview In certain residential areas, especially rural, large tracts of land may have no services whatever, such that residents seeking services must use a motor vehicle or other transportation, so the need for transportation has resulted in land development following existing or planned transport infrastructu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Buildings In India
This article list ranks the tallest buildings in India that stand at least tall, based on standard height measurement. This means that spires and other architectural details are included in the official height, but not antenna masts, as it is defined by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Only habitable buildings are ranked, which excludes radio masts and towers, observation towers, temples, chimneys, and other tall architectural structures. The era of skyscrapers in India began with the completion of the LIC Building in Chennai in 1959. With 12 floors initially, it was the first skyscraper in the country and remained the tallest building in the country until 1961 when it was surpassed by the 25-storied Usha Kiran Building in Mumbai. Many taller buildings appeared in various cities in the country ever since. Palais Royale structurally topped out in 2018 as the tallest building in the country with a height of 320 meters but the building is still under cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Buildings In Mumbai
Mumbai, the commercial and financial capital of India, has the highest number of skyscrapers and high-rise buildings in India. More than 200 skyscrapers and 4,000 high-rise buildings have already been constructed in the city of Mumbai. (A skyscraper is defined as a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors and is taller than approximately 150 m or 492 ft according to international standards.) The first skyscrapers in Mumbai were constructed during the 1970s, when Usha Kiran and Matru Mandir were developed and stood at about , or 25 floors, each. After a significant lull, construction projects since the mid-1990s began taking the skyline upwards, with a major acceleration in the pace of development since 2000, when the Lower Parel area began developing. Palais Royale structurally topped out in 2018 and is the tallest building in the country with a height of 320 meters. List of tallest buildings in Mumbai This list ranks the tallest com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Mumbai
South Mumbai, colloquially SoBo from South Bombay in Anglo-Indian English, administratively the Mumbai City District, is the city centre and the southernmost precinct of Greater Bombay. It extends from Colaba to Mahim and Sion neighbourhoods, and comprises the city's main business localities, making it the wealthiest urban precinct in India. Property prices in South Mumbai are by far the highest in India and among the highest in the world. Notably Cumballa Hills, Cuffe Parade, Malabar Hills, Breach Candy, Altamount Road-Kemps Corner as well as some parts of Worli are constantly ranked in the Global Property Index. Taj Mahal Hotel, Gateway of India, Victoria Terminus, Ballard Estate, and the Bombay Harbour are some of the most iconic landmarks of South Bombay. Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's $1.5 billion home Antilia is located here and is now a part of the iconic skyline. Most residents of South Mumbai belong to old money business, law, trade and fashion families. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palais Royale Mumbai
Palais Royale is a residential supertall skyscraper project in Worli, Mumbai. At , it is the tallest building and third tallest structure in India. The building sits on land previously owned by Shree Ram Mills Ltd. Permits for construction were granted in 2005, and construction began in 2008. The project's progress has been stalled due to multiple public interest litigation lawsuits filed by NGOs Janhit Manch and UHRF, Delhi. These litigations were disposed of by the Supreme Court of India in October 2019. In its judgement, the Court observed that the lawsuits lacked consistency and bonafides. The promoters of the project have contended the lawsuits to be motivated and sponsored by private interests of rival builder Mufatraj Munot of Kalpataru Builders. The site was put up for auction in May 2019 without any buyers. Another auction was held in mid 2019, and the incomplete site was bought by a company named Honest Shelters for 705 crore. On completion, the building would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyscraper
A skyscraper is a tall continuously habitable building having multiple floors. Modern sources currently define skyscrapers as being at least or in height, though there is no universally accepted definition. Skyscrapers are very tall high-rise buildings. Historically, the term first referred to buildings with between 10 and 20 stories when these types of buildings began to be constructed in the 1880s. Skyscrapers may host offices, hotels, residential spaces, and retail spaces. One common feature of skyscrapers is having a steel frame that supports curtain walls. These curtain walls either bear on the framework below or are suspended from the framework above, rather than resting on load-bearing walls of conventional construction. Some early skyscrapers have a steel frame that enables the construction of load-bearing walls taller than of those made of reinforced concrete. Modern skyscrapers' walls are not load-bearing, and most skyscrapers are characterised by large surface ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mumbai
Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — List of renamed Indian cities and states#Maharashtra, the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the List of cities in India by population, second-most populous city in India after Delhi and the List of largest cities, eighth-most populous city in the world with a population of roughly 20 million (2 crore). As per the Indian government population census of 2011, Mumbai was the list of cities in India by population, most populous city in India with an estimated city proper population of 12.5 million (1.25 crore) living under the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. Mumbai is the centre of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world with a population of over 23 million ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Tallest Twin Buildings And Structures In The World
The term twin towers in architecture refers to two tall structures with nearly identical characteristics and similar height, usually constructed close to each other and part of a single complex. The charts below lists most twin and other multi-column structures with similar characteristics. Buildings and structures shorter than are not included. Twin buildings Completed or topped-out buildings The following list includes only twin buildings that are continuously habitable. Proposed, under construction, destroyed, or cancelled Buildings and structures with more than two identical columns List by continent The following list shows the tallest completed twin buildings located in each continent: See also * List of tallest buildings * List of tallest structures The tallest structure in the world is the Burj Khalifa skyscraper at . Listed are guyed masts (such as telecommunication masts), self-supporting towers (such as the CN Tower), skyscrapers ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
