India

18 October 2016

CTBUH 2016 China Conference - Session 7a: Urban Environmental Issues Q&A

Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Christine Bruckner of M Moser Associates; Dan Kaplan of FXFowle; Jay L. Berman of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners...

18 October 2016

Sustainable (Vertical) Urbanism, Grounded - Three Case Studies

Tuesday October 18, 2016. Shenzhen, China. Jay L. Berman of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, presents at the 2016 China Conference Session 7a: Urban Environmental...

17 October 2016

Megacities: Setting the Scene

The rise of the megacity presents unprecedented opportunities to understand the human urbanization project, and to observe the effects of multi-core, polycentric cities growing together...

26 October 2015

Logistical and Structural Design Challenges of the World’s Tallest Statue

The Statue of Unity, a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, is slated to be the world’s tallest statue at 182 meters in height. It will...

26 October 2015

Interview: Daniel Jones

Daniel Jones of DB Realty is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. Daniel discusses...

26 October 2015

Interview: Raman Sapru

Raman Sapru of Omkar is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2015 CTBUH New York Conference at the Grand Hyatt New York. Raman discusses the...

16 September 2014

All Things are Not Equal: Responsive Façades for Tall Buildings

This presentation explores how data-driven parametric design enables the creation of enclosures that respond to highly specific environmental, behavioral and urban inputs. In the wake...

16 September 2014

Interview: Mehdi Jalayerian

Mehdi Jalayerian of Environmental Systems Design is interviewed by Chris Bentley during the 2014 CTBUH Shanghai Conference at the Jin Mao Tower. Mehdi discusses the...

21 September 2012

The Design and Construction of the Palais Royale, Mumbai, India

India, with its relatively young tall building industry, is now beginning to experiment with the supertall, a handful of which are now under construction in...

10 October 2011

High Rise SKY Towers, Mumbai - Construction Challenges

Sky Towers consists of four high rises - Sky, Sky Forest (Twin Towers) and SKY Suites, 257 to 300+ meters height, under construction in Mumbai,...

10 October 2011

Iconic, Luxurious, Supertall, Safe, Sustainable (and Conventional)

Prior to 2009, high-rise residential towers in Mumbai mostly comprised the extrusion of mid-rise typologies to their maximum limit at approximately 50-55 storeys. Planning an...

10 October 2011

Transit Management - Beyond the Individual Building

At CTBUH, Mumbai in February 2010 a new holistic approach to the planning and subsequent management of the transportation of building occupants was presented. Transit...

04 February 2010

Community as Partners in Urban Redevelopment

The Dharavi Redevelopment project, under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority, is an attempt to convert a large informal settlement into an integrated township and its integration...

04 February 2010

Integrated Approach to Slum Redevelopment

About 60 percent of Mumbai's population of 12 million are classified as urban poor and live in slums. A public-private partnership redevelopment model is being...

04 February 2010

Remaking of The C-Ward

This presentation emphasizes the clear strategy of rebuilding the inner city of Mumbai on self financing basis vide cluster approach. A CPMC (City Planning and...

04 February 2010

The Re-making of Mumbai: Search for an Appropriate Skyscraper Response

In the early part of 2009, twelve students from the Illinois Institute of Technology, under the tutelage of Professor Antony Wood and working together with...

03 February 2010

City, Multiplicity and Specificity

The city is a turf on which different sectarian interests fight and negotiate for space and presence. Aside from the obvious divide between the planned...

03 February 2010

Decentralizing Cities: Lavasa City

India has the second largest urban system in the world with 310 million living in 5161 cities and towns. Most Indian cities today are reeling...

03 February 2010

Design and Construction of Taller Towers in India

Over the last 10 years, India has seen the growth of ever taller buildings. The main growth center has been Mumbai, but taller structures are...

03 February 2010

India: High Rise & High Density

Charles Correa, perhaps more than any other Indian architect, has devoted a life’s work to exploring appropriate architectural responses for Indian buildings that work to...

03 February 2010

The Re-making of Mumbai in the Sustainable Age

India, along with China, is widely recognized as one of the largest emerging / developing markets in the world. Indian cities are witnessing massive growth...

03 December 2009

The Remaking Sustainable Cities in the Vertical Age

CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood gives a presentation in Pune, India to promote the 2010 Mumbai Conference (3-5th February 2010) and present the intentions behind...

01 December 2009

ET Think Turf Round-table Discussion

CTBUH Executive Director Antony Wood participates in a round table discussion at the Times of India headquarters in Mumbai, India to promote the 2010 Mumbai...

23 October 2009

The Remaking of Mumbai in the Sustainable Age

India, along with China, is widely recognized as one of the largest emerging / developing markets in the world. Indian cities are witnessing massive growth...

03 March 2008

Addressing India’s Concerns With A Sustainable Approach To Building Tall

Sudhir Jambhekar and Peter Weingarten, FXFowle, discussed Mumbai’s proposed 60-story world-class hotel, retail and residential tower (India Tower) to illustrate the inherent variableness of building...

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