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Answered by Mashalbaigo
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Hafeez Contractor is an Indian architect born in a parsi family in 1950 in Mumbai. He got his graduate diploma in architecture in 1975 from the University of Mumbai followed by bachelor’s degree from the Academy of Architecture in Mumbai and master’s degrees in Architecture from Columbia University, New York on a Tata scholarship.

Hafeez Contractor commenced his architectural practice in 1968 as an internee at his uncle, T. Khareghat’s office while studying to get his architecture degree. After working for a while he became the associate partner in the same firm in 1977 and between the years from 1977 to 1980, he served as a visiting faculty member at the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai.

He set up his own architectural firm in 1983 with a staff of two and today his firm has grown to one of the largest architectural firms in India with around 500 employees. He has built a vast variety of buildings all over India but gained large chunk of success and fame due to his residential projects. He also owns the credit of making a couple of buildings with magnificent heights, The Imperial I and II being the tallest among them all. Other than that he has also designed one of the tallest residential buildings in the world, the 23 Marina in Dubai. Apart from tall towers, Hafeez also gained enough fame for his exuberant cricket stadium designs, railways stations, educational institutes, hotels, hostel blocks and majestic airport terminals with modernistic approach.

Hafeez shows great concern regarding the lack of greenery in India and rejects the idea of going behind western techniques and following their footsteps blindly as they don’t go in accordance with the climatic conditions and other demands of this region. He proposes the installment of green spaces and public parks at walking distance from residential zones and other urban centers to minimize the scarcity of greenery and other natural resources.

Following are the major projects done by Hafeez Contractor:

Sky Garden [Greater Noida (West)]

Mahagun Meadows Noida

The 42in Kolkata (under construction)

DY Patil Stadiumin Nerul, Navi Mumbai

Seawoods Estate (or NRI complex) in Nerul, Navi Mumbai

DLF Aralias, Gurgaon

One Indiabulls Center, Mumbai, India(Ongoing)

Morya Regency in Bandra, Mumbai

Rodas – An ecotel in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai

Hiranandani Gardens

Multiple Buildings, DLF City, Gurgaon

Mumbai Airport redesign

Infosys – Bangalore, Mangalore, Mysore, Trivandrum, Pune

AV Birla Training center

Aditya Birla Corporate Headquarters

Russi Modi Centre of Excellence, Jamshedpur

Rajneesh Osho Ashram, Pune

NICMAR, Pune

Mangal City Mall, Indore

Empress City, Nagpur

ONGC Green Buildings – Multiple Locations

Turbhe railway station, Navi Mumbai

Low Income housing schemes, Navi Mumbai

MP Mill Slum Redevelopment Project

Thapar House, Worli, Mumbai

ITC Grand Central, Mumbai

Hyatt Regency, Mumbai

Sarla Birla Academy, Bangalore

ILFS Building, Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai

Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur

Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli

Birla Institute of Technology and Science

Sahara Hospital, Lucknow

Hostel # 12, 13 & 14, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai

Manipal University Jaipur campus

Lokhandwala Minerva, Mahalaxmi, Mumbai

GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Delhi Public School, Navi Mumbai

The Alexandria, Mangalore

Hafeez Contractor has also been selected amongst the top 50 powerful Indians by India Today Magazine survey.

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Answered by shreya5475
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Hafeez 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 Sorab Contractor

Born

19 June 1950 (age 70)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nationality

Indian

Alma mater

University of Mumbai, Columbia University

Occupation

Architect

Spouse(s)

Pearl Contractor (m. 1962)

Parent(s)

Sorab Rustom Contractor (father)

Awards

Padma Bhushan

Buildings

23 Marina

The Imperial

BITS Pilani Goa Campus

Infosys Training Centre

The 42

DY Patil Stadium

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