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Feb 29 2012.
Photo copyright: Vikas Amarjit Singh

Peninsula business park, Lower parel.


Spire is taking its shape on one of the tower.
 
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Planet Hollywood to launch with a 21 storey 5-star

In Mumbai, we are obsessed with Bollywood. Taking a cue from this, a company promoted by top American film stars has drawn up an ambitious plan to mark its presence in India by constructing a Hollywood-theme five-star hotel overlooking the Arabian Sea in Mumbai.

The plot chosen by the company is just a few hundred metres away from the landmark Hotel Taj Mahal and Tower, which is located near the Gateway of India.

Planet Hollywood, whose promoters include actors Demi Moore, Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone and which runs a chain of theme restaurants and resorts in several countries, plans to construct a 21-storey five star hotel at the end of Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba on a 5,470 sq mt plot owned by Shubh Hospitality Private Limited.





The hotel is to be built jointly with M/s Shubh Hospitality. The existing building, a heritage structure owned by Shubh Hospitality, will be brought down with permission from the heritage committee.

Milind Samel, who is working on the project along with fellow architect Vikasani Hemandi, says, "We have submitted the proposal to the urban development department and the BMC for approval.

The hotel will be constructed as per the rules laid down by Maharashtra Tourism and Development Corporation (MTDC).


We need additional floor space index (FSI) for construction of staircases, escalators, elevators and other such facilities.” A senior official at Mantralaya said that M/s Shubh Hospitality Private Ltd has sought additional FSI of 5.32.

The official says, “The state government’s policy does have provision for additional FSI for new five star hotels being constructed in Mumbai. As per the company’s proposal, the hotel will have 150 rooms.

There will be 12 rooms each on 13 floors. The remaining floors will house restaurants, pubs, banquet halls, conference rooms etc. Each room’s size will vary from 236 sq ft to 332 sq ft. We are scrutinising the proposal, which will be approved on a priority basis.

”When contacted, Siddharth Mobar, who owns Planet Hollywood India, confirmed that the company has submitted a proposal to the state government. “I cannot part with more information as of now given the location of the hotel,” he said.
Source: Mumbai Mirror
Five years later and a render surfaces. From Architype3D -



 
#13 ·
Also, work has begun on Neptune's Evolution Business Park in Kurla. This is one of the three confirmed Foster + Partner projects in the city:

(view on google maps)

-Man infra got the contract last year in June.

Render:


more renders here
The work on above project is happening at good rate,wil take a pic tomorrow
 
#22 ·
^^
You forgot one thing , the multitude of rickshawallas who will be waiting outside the entrance of the F1 Track to ferry spectators back to the nearest suburban railway station . I wont be surprised if the Railways launch a special local for this event .
The biggest joke in that article is that they possess just 100 acres of land for a project that needs 400 and the rest they are dreaming of buying at 20 crore per acre the rate which the villagers are demanding for the Navi Mumbai airport .

MSRDC has to be told to stick to its core responsibility of building state roads and highways and not venture into fantasies
 
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The Bandra-based project is one of Mumbai's first buildings intended to be truly public
http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=23181













Approaching the Lilavati Hospital in Bandra, Mumbai from the Bandra-Worli Sealink, one is soon met by a brown-hued, asymmetrical and softly curved new building. Ingeniously simple and persuasive in its presence, this is Sanjay Puri Architects’ Bombay Arts Society, housed right opposite Rang Sharda. The building is surrounded by open areas and swaying trees in a quaint Bandra lane.
There is something special about this project - it is one of the first buildings in Mumbai truly meant as a public facility. It is intended to serve the arts and the artist community in a completely public space and, hopefully, this will pave way for many more facilities such as public libraries for all Mumbai citizens.

Bombay Arts Society stands on an extremely small plot of 1,300 sq m and is designed as a mixed-use building. It houses art galleries, a small auditorium, a cafeteria and artists’ studios, all incorporated into a modest 1,000 sq m of space. As you enter the building, there is a swaying reception to your right with a curvilinear staircase as the backdrop. At the summit of the stairs you will find fluid and softly punctuated spaces which inherit the curved exterior form of the building.

This merges well with what the building’s architect Sanjay Puri said in an earlier interview with WAN: “The fluidity of form seen externally - with a concrete skin encapsulating spaces while undulating in both the horizontal and vertical planes - is carried through to the interior volumes making the entire experience as that of moving through a sculpture.” Indeed, the building appears a lot like a soft sculpture in form, yet somehow remains understated thanks to its colour and exterior material, which feels very empowering in a subtle way.

People often tell Puri that the Bombay Art Society resembles Henry Moore’s cubist sculptures. To create an illusionary sense of space, Puri used a wire mesh for the structure of the building as well as floating columns, which is why there are no straight beams that run directly from the top to the bottom of the building meaning that the interior spaces are free of corners, sporting only fluid lines and the merging of curves.

After almost three years, the Bombay Arts Society building is now getting ready to open its doors to the public in a month’s time. Established nearly 122 years ago, the Bombay Art Society was based in Jehangir Art Gallery and has been serving art and artists ever since. The move to a more centrally located facility in the city is a welcome one and Bandra continues to prove its central location is something of a strategic benefit which the linear city could have hinged its development on.

Architect Sanjay Puri’s design philosophy is simple and fluid as is evident in this project. It stands distinct in form and stature from any other building that he has designed in the past. Perhaps, as he says, designing for and within context is important.

That said, yes, context is important and this is often repeated by practitioners; however, I continue to remain befuddled as a resident of Mumbai as I no longer know what the true architectural context of the city is. Old colonial remains, newer changes wanting to surface in the built environment or half-way between the old and the new? These questions may not result in comfortable answers which work holistically for the entire city and its aspirations.

For now, we should celebrate this significant new building for the city's creative blood and proclaim the idea of public spaces that truly belong to people. The Bombay Arts Society building is a welcome step in that direction.
 
#27 ·
Nice catch! Piramal group will build a luxury residential tower there.

They bought out a 5 storey resi building on that plot called Bishops Gate in 2011 - clicky

Sorry to throw a damp squib, but the new tower will look like this:


- from Peninsula's Oct '12 Investor Presentation

Looks similar to Nishika Terraces on the Worli seaface? That's 'cause Talati & Panthaky have designed both of them.
This looks like another proposal for the project at Bishop Gate on Warden Road? Hopefully it is, as it looks a helluva lot more appealing, plus a red building on the seafront would look sleek.

Breach Bishop Tower, Breach Candy

The building is a new residential tower of luxury apartments (5,000 sq ft each, one per floor) located at Breach Candy, a niche top-market residential and semi-commercial locality of South Mumbai. The apartments are oriented towards the sea and have very spacious layouts. The building’s façade, a second skin that changes depending on the floor, makes the structure a landmark in contrast with the dry buildings of the skyline of Mumbai. :)lol:)

The building is designed to be fully Vastu compliant, an Indian ancient science used in most buildings throughout the country. This fact makes the building very prism-like and gives special attention to the orientation of all spaces inside the apartments and their entrances.




Location:


Abiboo Architects


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Speaking of Breach Candy, just a few meters away from the above project, another thin, bland building is making it's way up on the seafront skyline. This one is bang up against JK House, and they will probably be the closest highrises in the city.

Ashford Palazzo, Breach Candy:



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