India Tower

FXFowle Architects’ India Tower, to be built in South Mumbai to house a new Park Hyatt Hotel will be India's answer towards green architecture. Its designers claim that India Tower will be the greenest skyscraper in the entire country with rainwater harvesting, green materials, and a possible US LEED Gold rating.

Coincidentally reminisces Tianjin’s ‘Pile of Boxes’, the 60 story, 301 meter tower is divided into different modules, each slightly rotated to the next. Each module manifests a change in function of the tower namely a hotel, high rise residential units, a retail component and so on. Among its green features include shaded windows, natural ventilation, ideal site orientation, rainwater harvesting and eco-friendly building materials.

Imperial Tower

The Imperial Tower designed by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture will be Mumbai’s tallest building, a slender 116-story, 400-meter residential skyscraper. Sky gardens of the tower are designed to "dampen" wind force around the tower helping the structure to stand strong against any lateral movements. 

The skyscraper is designed to incorporate environmentally friendly features such as rainwater harvesting, gray water recycling and exterior cladding that can limit solar heat gain. The design also includes the possibility of the apartments’ kitchens and bathrooms to be prefabricated by a local factory.

Traditional Graphics On Modern Skyscraper

 

A classic example of architect as the mother of all art. This building shows us that graphic design can be utilized by architects as a powerful tool in enhancing the aesthetics quality of their building. Architects should indeed collaborate with graphic designers to create more interesting buildings that benefit the society as a whole. Architects have been to egoistic and arrogant for far too long that they refuse to acknowledge the important works of other designers that have their immense values in their own right. Let's work together to create more great architecture!