X-posted from my thread in the international forum (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=20563588)

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Raheja Legend -- Worli, Mumbai


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The 40-story residential Raheja Legend is one of the first modern skyscrapers to come up since the Indian economic boom. Not to be confused with the similarly sized and named "The Legend" at Walkeshwar, Raheja Legend is a developed by K Raheja Universal and designed by P&T Group of Singapore, and is one of Raheja Builders's first major skyscraper projects in the city.


Like most of Raheja Universal's buildings the design has been changed repeatedly through the last couple years to a far more glassy and classy design, reflecting Indian economic growth and the increasing expectations of the Indian consumer.

It's first design was a very ho-hum concrete tower, painted with what would have been an atrocious shade of blue:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8803/rahejalegendelevej1.jpg

In Feb, 2007, a new design was suddenly being promoted all over Mumbai. Raheja Universal seemed not to even acknowledge the older design, as seen in this photo by nervi1 @ flickr:
http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/60/2332627040061416106sgmxze0.jpg
^ The first time the new rendering of Raheja Legend is revealed above the Worli placename, on a hoarding in South Mumbai

This new design was a far better, but still not eye-catching, semi-glass cladded design. The height was also scaled upwards some. The newer design reflected the trend towards art deco-throwback architecture in Mumbai, popularized by its neighbor RNA Mirage.
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/4164/rahejalegendlarge16gg.jpg
^ The second design at night

The latest (and final) design came late last year. According to the architects, this new iteration of Raheja Legend is "inspired by the billowing wind-filled sails of boats along the Bombay coastline." The building is one of the forebearers of what I unscientifically term the 'swooshy' trend in many new buildings in Mumbai, with its glass cladding and crown. The design has won Raheja the Best Developer - Residential Award (Future) design at Cityscape India 2007 last december:
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/4665/rahejalegenddy2ri6.jpg
^ The finalized design

It is worth noting that the design was finalized after construction had actually started. Hence the podium of the tower is similar in structure to the second design.


Raheja Legend is one of the first groundbreaking skyscrapers to come up at Worli, paving the way for increasingly taller buildings that have culminated in the numerous supertalls proposed in the area today. It is located next to RNA Mirage, also u/c:

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^ The next door RNA Mirage

The location and design of both towers will ensure commanding views and a greater funkiness to the growing Worli skyline.

-Jai

Some u/c pics...

From Jan, 2007; by rarz @ flickr:
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/1234/worlirahejatowerbw4.jpg
^ Raheja Legend in foreground left and RNA Mirage in background left

From Apr, 2007; by mailophobia @ webshots:
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/3465/465326983a9afa33d38o6f8kx8.jpg
^ Sheth Beaumonde on left, Raheja Legend second-to-rightmost u/c, RNA Mirage rightmost u/c

From May, 2007; by Mahesh Tibekar:
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/7460/mumbaitowersmahesh4mk2.jpg


From Feb, 2008; by xrimpy @ flickr
http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/7780/mumbaitowerxrimpykv1.jpg
^ Raheja Legend

Wow! I like these two buildings..very Maimi like structures and the Art deco style suits Mumbai quite well.

Cant wait for more updated photos.

from the BWSL thread, a shot of Raheja Legend taken in April -

It's the one on the right
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/7950/worlivw7.jpg

IU

thanks. great shot.

Getting taller all the time!

Thanks for the update.

worli is coming up nicely, though i really wish they'd move that grussome looking TV tower some place else

lol yeah me too!

I think its high time someone proposes a new tv tower for mumbai like the innovative one at gangzhou. That will really mark the coming of the skyscraper age in india.

May 16
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The TV does look kinda odd there now with all the new towers springing up everywhere.

Great pictures...!!

There's a video (http://www.ibnlive.com/videos/66184/bandra-replacing-south-mumbai-as-property-hotspot.html) about high profile people moving to Bandra from south Bombay on CNN-IBN's video list. In that they show Raheja Legend u/c while showing Worli :

brNIgMBrzCM

Lol.. the way the reporter is screaming (and pausing after each phrase literally- Indian Ish-style :lol:) about the news makes me wonder if she's even reporting or scaring!!!

great pics.bombay a go go

May 24
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Nice pic

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2819/01pr01lz2.jpg

what's the difference between the old render and the new one?

new one is clearer

Great updates!

i dont get it, looking at the UC pics and the renderings it seems IMPOSSIBLE for the building to actually turn out like the renderings cuz the building is concrete and shitty like most buildings in mumbai but the rendering is nice and glassy

Because it's still under construction.

I thought that this tower was 38 floors

But 40 floors even better

i dont get it, looking at the UC pics and the renderings it seems IMPOSSIBLE for the building to actually turn out like the renderings cuz the building is concrete and shitty like most buildings in mumbai but the rendering is nice and glassy

Typically, they clad the towers.

Anyway, from what I've seen so far Legend looks like one of the most attractive Skyscrapers in Mumbai U/C atm

i dont get it, looking at the UC pics and the renderings it seems IMPOSSIBLE for the building to actually turn out like the renderings cuz the building is concrete and shitty like most buildings in mumbai but the rendering is nice and glassy

??

Its taking a while for the cladding to start

Legend has topped out!

January 6
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cropped and maximized:
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^^Hmm why dose it have a curve on the top of it like in the render of RNA Mirage?


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It doesnt look like the shape of it in the render.

^ I see no curve. The steps like top perfectly jives with what's shown in the render.

If this is any help for you to visualize, the picture shows the back and right side while the render shows the front and left side of the tower.

Oh yes. Your right.

Legend has topped out!

January 6
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cropped and maximized:
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2508/miragelegend3tc0.jpg
gr8 pic..with two onter fantastic landmarks of mumbai..
the crompton greaves bldg and the BWsea link pylon!

copyright Mihir

Jan 25th 09
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oh !!! i shd have known !

February 8
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the 2nd of March

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^ Nice pic. Did you notice any cladding at the base of the tower?

WOW!

I hope this ones cladding is of a high quality unlike imperial towers.

^ Nice pic. Did you notice any cladding at the base of the tower?

No cladding yet, IU, but they've begun testing various shades of blue glass (for the facade).

What about Mirage did that have more cladding or windows in?

^^
Dunno dude, I'll check for cladding progress (if any) the next time I travel north. :)

On the right.

Here's one that I took about an hour ago...

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the 2nd of March

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Well to be honest, this side-profile is the best look of this building, otherwise it's a very ordinary stapled-up design like the Suraj building in Prabhadevi. Albeit that one is unique because it was a first of it's kind in the late 90's and also it's pencil thin shape gives it some more unique reference.

Don't know what sort of cladding has been chosen for Raheja Legend, so maybe the verdict is still not out until that is done and over with.

Im sorry but is it just me that thinks it looks absolelutly nothing like its render? Seems like a different building, dont know if its been asked but theres no crown?!

Thats because it isn't finished yet.

The construction has finished but works on the exterior and interior are still to be done.

Thats what I think anyway.

Im sorry but is it just me that thinks it looks absolelutly nothing like its render? Seems like a different building, dont know if its been asked but theres no crown?!

both the pics shows different sides of the building and tis very much the same!

UPDATE as on the 27th of March, '09

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Hey KB, when you were saw this building was there any cladding on it?

In this pic of yours from the cityscapes thread it looks like it.

Cropped and maximized.

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/6754/rahejal1.jpg

Original pic.

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9154/p1010008n.jpg (http://img142.imageshack.us/my.php?image=p1010008n.jpg)
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Hey KB, when you were saw this building was there any cladding on it?

There is NO cladding on this building yet.

India101, What looks like cladding is actually the sky viewed through the skeletal structure of the building. Check this pic out to see what I mean-

http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/4821/p1010025gyf.jpg

Oh damn! Had my hopes up. Oh well just need to wait a bit longer.

May 17 - still no signs of any cladding
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What happend to K.Raheja Universals website. I can't find it.

http://www.krahejauniversal.com/

It's being revamped for the last year or so. It had a virus till about June. About a week ago they took down the whole website and now they've put up an U/C banner again.

View of the tower from the BWSL. When it opens up to traffic, we will be guaranteed a constant stream of updates.

June 21
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Ah nice. More the people drive through the road, more developers would think about the possibility of making a wonderful skyline.

When will the cladding start on this :rant:

BTW, whats those twins U/C on the right?

I think they are the 3x45 Floors Mahalakshami Vivarea that are u/c.

Vivarea is further south, in this case on the right.

Those are the Ashok towers in Parel.

IU I think Bhargav is right. Just look at this pic posted by Sun in Mumbai Ciyscapes. The Ashok Tower a few kms north and Vivarea is just about inline with Mirage & Legend.

http://img3.imageshack.us/img3/2786/bandraworlihcc.jpg

Red Square: Ashok Towers - Yellow Arrow: Location of Vivarea - Orange Square: Mirge & Legend

boss, the worli exit ramp hits the sea face at 90 degrees making the cars point east. Parel lies to the east of Worli so those are the Ashok Towers.

Your right. The angle of the photo confused me. Thanks.

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on the 24th of July...
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Looking nice. I can't wait to see a unique structure once it gets cladded with the crown..

what is the height of the building?i checked all the pages but could not find it.

Around 160 meters.

took these on Jan 3. Work still hasn't resumed.

http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/5483/img1151a.jpg

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/1746/img1152t.jpg

Whats the reason for the stoppage of work?

Whats the reason for the stoppage of work?

I'm not sure but I think there's a litigation case filed against its development.

Thats all we need!

On the 21st of February...
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Fantastic to see work has resumed on the facade.

Cant wait to see the exterior finished & its crown, looking promising.

Fantastic images KB. Good to see they've restarted work.

btw Kraheja Universal is now just Raheja Universal. Their website is in the same condition as it was an year ago - under construction :no:

http://www.rahejauniversal.com/

^^ lol.. never seen someone removing 'K' from the name.. when there is a fashion to add extra 'K' wherever possible... :lol:

Finally! After a freakin year that ugly thing will at last be over in a nice shiny facade.

February 24
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Man, that was quick.

Why does the shape of RNA Mirage look retarted?

Looks fine to me!

This is a great picture and I like the cladding of Legend.

I mean the curve is not straight.

a curve is not supposed to be straight lol!...but yes the curve is not uniform,there seems to be a small dent.

See what you mean now...dont it make you angry.......the attention to detail and quality isn't upto the mark!

great pic...anyone has detail pic of legend???

new and final design of the tower from Kraheja's website -

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9673/45624766.jpg

From what they've constructed, this seems to be the final design. Also, the glazing work in the render seems to be lighter than what they're putting up.

Looked better before.

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/2819/01pr01lz2.jpg

I actually liked the original one. Looked better.

April 1
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First, I thought it was render. But its coming up nicely.

A 6-month old picture:

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Source: Atulchugh

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Yes. A few more months and we can see a beautiful building.

Coming along nicely, cant wait to see it completed. :okay:

the construction has been stalled, right?

waiting to see what stuff will they install on the top as in rendering. anybody any idea??

The construction has been completed. A few months ago they were in the process of putting up glass cladding. They should be close to completing it.

but yes the curve is not uniform,there seems to be a small dent.


Thats not a dent and there is nothing wrong with the curve. The curve doesn't look uniform from one angle because, its actually curvy and tapering towards the top. Look at the pic by Hamed, you should notice :)

Looking excellent.

August 3
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this is gonna be hott

Nice Nice. Jaldi Khatam karo kaam.

Love the density !!! Go Mumbai... faster... faster.. .

Love the density !!! Go Mumbai... faster... faster.. .

I hate this comments.....go Mumbai...huh.

What density? There is no density here, its an optical illusion.

Hey guys, sorry to be prodding, but is the cladding going on? Gonna look amazing when finished

August 3
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Looks like a big foundation adjacent to Legend in the Night shot!! Any idea whatzit?

Has this building come to a stand still?

^I think work is still going on, but at a really slow pace.

Looks like a big foundation adjacent to Legend in the Night shot!! Any idea whatzit?

^We had a discussion about this in the Mumbai projects thread. No one knows whats coming up. I head down to the site one of these days and check it out.

Also, get all the latest updates for the major supertalls.

Looks like a big foundation adjacent to Legend in the Night shot!! Any idea whatzit?

There was a building earlier which housed a MNC pharmaceuticals ofiice called Raptakos brett & co., they wanted to redevelop the building so they demolised it, but that was long time back. Its been stuck ever since.

There was a building earlier which housed a MNC pharmaceuticals ofiice called Raptakos brett & co., they wanted to redevelop the building so they demolised it, but that was long time back. Its been stuck ever since.

Looks awfully bright for a hole at night. Something's going on down there. 101 - would be good if you can make out what they're upto!!

Work does seem to be going on. Here is the site in March, you can see equipment there -

IU, BB or does anyone else know what is coming up between Raheja Legend and Glaxo in Worli?

http://img685.imageshack.us/img685/8873/a3cc.jpg

Raheja Legend it still alive. Few workers here and there. Looks like this has Alucobond cladding like DSK Durgamata and the Imperial Towers.

December 2
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Yay :cheers:

great update 101.....:cheers:

Badhiya hai, mer101.

One worker without shoes and the other worker has pair of sandals and no helmet. Pretty sad.

One worker without shoes and the other worker has pair of sandals and no helmet. Pretty sad.

I think he does not have shoes because it is easier to stand there with better grip and Sandals are something like pseudo shoes in India ... even I used to hardly wear shoes in India .. always those sandals :)

BTW I see he has at least good safety equipement to protect from falling !!

IN India we lack sense of safety .. home it is improving !!

One worker without shoes and the other worker has pair of sandals and no helmet. Pretty sad.

One of them got called in to work when he had a day off and he forgot his work gear. Hence they shared it. :)

I think he does not have shoes because it is easier to stand there with better grip


If that were the case, work shoes wouldn't have been invented.

:lol:

I guess there is hardly a concept of shoes in those laborers let alone "working shoes"

anyways my point was that they mostly wear sandal and then its easier to climb if u open ur sandals ... we need more stringent safety rules though !!

my friend works in NTPC and he said that in 6 months he worked there 4 labors burnt to death in same way but still they keep on doing the work all the same .. no changes !! :(

as December 5, 2010
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Looks like a big foundation adjacent to Legend in the Night shot!! Any idea whatzit?

^I think work is still going on, but at a really slow pace.



^We had a discussion about this in the Mumbai projects thread. No one knows whats coming up. I head down to the site one of these days and check it out.

Confirmed news about the construction site adjacent to legend
It was caught in a legal issue earlier but now construction has commenced which will house the pharmaceutical MNC's headquaters plus a 5 star medical centre. Proposed year of completion is 2012.

^^ I guess its too early to speculate on its height. Hope its not a 5 or 10 storeyed "dwarf"! But the "5 star" medical center sounds promising :)

I think it may be around 20fls.

is the cladding work still going on or is it finished ?

It is still going.

Lower Parel - Raheja Legend

One of my favourite looking buildings, is now almost fully cladded from the front and looks stunning......check this out

9th, July 2011

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del

^:lol:

The cladding is looking great on this one, good updates Savz...

Awesome update.

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The TV tower is just messing up with whole skyline o worli, mahalaxmi, prabhadevi and major south mumbai
it must be replaced by something like tokyo sky tree or Berliner Fernsehturm

:delete:

Easy there, my friend. You don't want to be posting such sarcasms online.

true... please edit ur post and removed quoted message by me...

pkalein @ please edit ur post and removed quoted message by me...

yea its just messing up with whole skyline o worli, mahalaxmi, prabhadevi and major south mumbai
it must be replaced by something like tokyo sky tree or Berliner Fernsehturm

Yeah True....We need a TV tower like the CN Tower or the new Canton tower in Guangzhou since mumbai is very populated so more tvs, only much taller...wishful thinking is always good.

true... please edit ur post and removed quoted message by me...

pkalein @ please edit ur post and removed quoted message by me...


:cheers:

Thanks guys

This one looking good now with those temporary boundary walls tore down and cladding for parking lot completed too. For those who dont know, the top portion is lit up at night, color is similar to RNA building in the background.

Waiting for the crown to be added.

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This article (http://www.deccanherald.com/content/151852/now-luxury-living-mangalore.html) and Raheja's IPO prospectus (http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=7&ved=0CEcQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sebi.gov.in%2Fdp%2Frahejauni.pdf&ei=7f9qTuTPNtLE0AGb1vz_BA&usg=AFQjCNGmOF7THTUnTB3V9nq_ER5kLNtVnQ&sig2=Hm5JAwf1oTY2cWGyAbZO0w) say the tower is 547 feet high -->166.72 meters

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Nice.

Taken today, 25th Sep 2011
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Nice pic Savz

Guys, Is this one gonna have a crown or did they remove it from the design.

Sept 30th 2011

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26-10-2011:

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Very Nice...also who thinks Its time Mumbai gets a new communications tower??

^^ +1 and a great big one too like pearl oriental. They should build it in a prominant location for a great skyline.

+111
Have been saying this for long time .. its time we get our own Sky tree , KL tower , Pearl Tower or watever name just a tall awesome tower !!!

They should build it in a prominant location for a great skyline.

They can just build it in the same site of the present tower cuz It stands right in front of the Bandra Worli Sea Link....Which would be a beautiful sight from the bridge.

And yeah, its gotta be tall and unique/futuristic. None of the present towers are futuristic except for the one in china (don't remember its name). If we ever get one, we gotta beat that.

A new communications tower can just increase the beauty of Worli, one of the most famous areas of Mumbai to a great extent. We should take examples from Guangzhou, Tokyo, Shanghai etc..

5 Jan 2011.

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Looks great!

Will look better with its crown.