Usha Kiran
Bombay
1964-67
A twenty-six storey apartment building using shear walls can be classified as the pioneer in high-rise structures in India.
Architect: Karim Noorani & Co.
Design Engineer: D S Parikh
Tara Apartments
New Delhi
1978-80
A group housing scheme in exposed concrete and brickwork with 160 two-and-three-bedroom flats. Cantilever rooms, inter-connecting bridges and exposed stairways provide a pleasant welcome home to the owner.
Architect: C M Correa
Design Engineers: Ashok Nanda DS Ganeshan
Arbita
Tehran
Judicious and selective locationing of shear walls to support flat-plate floor slabs enabled the architect to optimise layout of the 580-living units provided in these cascading groups of 20 apartment blocks, on a sloping site, which merge beautifully with the mountainous background of Tehran.
Architect: Raj Rewal
Design Engineers: Dr K K Ganguly MB Singh P Singh
Other Projects
Laburnum
Gurugram
1994-97
Architect: Arcop Associates
Malibu Towne
Gurugram
1996-98
Architect: RC Gulati
Hamilton Court Housing
Gurugram
1996-98
National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
New Delhi
1981-83
Architect: Raj Rewal
Indian Embassy
Kuwait
1991-92
Architect: Ranjit Sabikhi
British Council Library
New Delhi
1989-91
Architect: Charles Correa