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