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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
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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