[Alliance]

Woah. Thats an original design.

[STR]

^Yeah. I noticed it doesn't have a diagram yet. I think I might take this one on, since myriad angles are less of an issue for a model than a 2D artwork. Before anyone gets too excited, you'd be looking at a 2 week turnaround given my schedule right now, and that's if I can fit it in.

[Zapatan]

I don't see this on the diagram, do we not know the final design and it's already UC?

[RobertWalpole]

MAGNIFICENT!!:cheers:

[whiteford]

Sir Norman Foster's tower blows the others away. If they build that tower, well then you would have the world’s ultimate skyscraper then wouldn’t you.

[whiteford]

This building doesn’t seem to belong in that place at all. If it were to be built there, I would consider it a shame. Something like that foster tower deserves a much better gallery, such as Chicago or New York. I mean no insult; however, this is just too much tower for an address that seems desolate at best.

[pman10]

This building doesn’t seem to belong in that place at all. If it were to be built there, I would consider it a shame. Something like that foster tower deserves a much better gallery, such as Chicago or New York. I mean no insult; however, this is just too much tower for an address that seems desolate at best.

That's quite a silly comment. If you did a little bit of reading online, you would realize that the building is being built adjacent to Marine Drive, which is Bombay's equivalent of Sunset Blvd in LA or 5th avenue in New York. You would also learn that there are something like 50+ buildings over 40 stories currently under construction, and so the skyline will be dramatically different in just 5-10 years.

For those of you who think this is being built in the 'slums', I'm quite shocked. Property prices along Marine Drive are amongst the highest in the world, with rates reaching $1,000/sq. ft . Most of the buildings in this area were built in the 1950's, giving it an "Art Deco" look.

Please do investigate and research before posting such comments. Cheers

[scalziand]

Youngest billionaire on list and partner of Vinod Goenka (No. 54) in property developer DB Realty and telecom startup Etisalat DB Telecom (formerly Swan Telecom) of which he is vice chairman. Launched its Cheers mobile service in March, bagging Bollywood star Aamir Khan as brand ambassador. Eitisalat was recently denied approval to raise holding to over 50%. Also looking to buy stake in another firm. Interests include unlisted hospitality arm which owns two Le Meridien Hotels and is building 11 more, including the 135-story India Tower in South Mumbai, that will house a Park Hyatt Hotel due to open in 2015.

http://www.forbes.com/lists/2010/77/india-rich-10_Shahid-Balwa_XZ4I.html

Maybe just a typo, but you never know.:shrug:

[Lecom]

I agree. I doubt that there is enough need and enough money. It's not China...

...huh? Mumbai's economy is skyrocketing so fast that even CNN did a piece on its rapidfly emerging skyline and the most expensive residential tower ever built that they just completed. What makes you think thetre's not enough need and money, aside from possible preconceived notions about India?

[mannu12]

New update- April 21
Photo Copyright- Coolguyz

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/7814/img1104n.jpg

[scalziand]

Originally Posted by Soroban from SSC

http://gingert.net/images/indiatower/02.jpg

http://gingert.net/images/indiatower/03.jpg

http://gingert.net/images/indiatower/04.jpg

I think these ought to help STR make his model.

[scalziand]

Here's a bigger cap of the profile:

http://gingert.net/images/indiatower/01.png
http://www.4shared.com/get/rzzGD9xp/LIGHTING_ARRESTOR.html

Overall height: 705.3m
Roof height: 523.4m @L126

[Soroban]

New render (v-8ras):

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5066/5642517524_9260939be2_z.jpg

[brian.odonnell20]

They'll might as well make this taller than Burj Dubai if they're gonna build over 2300 feet.

[phillyskyline]

WOW, now that is an iconic design. I'll be curious to see how close the real thing will look compared to this image.

[Wills]

Work on the tower has been suspended

[Soroban]

Work on the tower has been suspended

Source?

The crane is moving and workes are in the third wing.

[Troubadour]

The surrounding material looks like loose soil or crumbly grit rather than bedrock.

[Wills]

was associated with the contractor for the project

[twintowersII-2011]

holy shit what a tower love it

[N830MH]

holy shit what a tower love it

Yeah, I want see it!!

[Zapatan]

freaking awesome! :cheers:

[djlx2]

What happens next

[djlx2]

What happens next

Meaning, I wonder. Maybe people here have inside information, but this is just a forum, and no one's on the ground. If someone stalled it it seems they were waiting for some design to be better or more correctly rendered. Even if that person changes their mind, that doesn't mean it will happen, you stall a project and you just let weather ruin the foundation. Anyone who returns to the site while it's stalled notices the ways all the wood in the base mountings has been rotted, and then the designer, whomever's in charge, might just complain about the weather. Wait some more, for the process to be perfect. Is the thought there that if it gets sunny enough and there's less rain, suddenly all of the rot in the wood will reverse itself? I don't know. You're ruining the foundation, it's been like that for awhile. You've waited or left it alone so long that all of the work is damaged enough that it just needs to be knocked down, and if you don't see why that's happened, you can't ask anyone else to do it; Towers don't just magically happen, they don't happen faster if you wait for them to happen perfectly. But I know we don't talk about that here, or we can't, and we won't, because this is a web forum.

[Tower X]

it completely dominates the area, like a tall apartment block in a suburban area. Will definitely become one of the most iconic skyscrapers, with it's modern design.

[STR]

Did some basic massing today.
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/8687/53632047.jpg

[Onn]

^
Honestly, really? You think they're building that?

[Troubadour]

Design-wise, it falls short of what I'd call "iconic," even though it's distinctive. It doesn't communicate anything about India the way ESB and Sears Tower does about the US, Petronas Towers about Malaysia, and Jin Mao about China. But it does look beautiful, interesting, and would serve as an upward thrust in Mumbai that would probably lead to another project that might be iconic.

[scalziand]

^^You have a point there. Something like the Namaste Tower is more iconic of India.

http://decoratingdesigninterior.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Namaste-Tower.jpg
http://decoratingdesigninterior.com/namaste-tower-tower-of-luxury-with-unique-architecture-in-india.html

[WillPostPix]

:previous: I like that one! Look, there's all these little holes in the building to let sun shine in through to the other side. Looks like one of those paper cut-out snowflakes.

[Soroban]

^
Honestly, really? You think they're building that?

No. Is a mirage.

[djlx2]

:previous: it is impossible to say. however having the weaknesses of the process pointed out in such a graphic and detailed way has likely been what created so much chaos and will likely not be remotely conducive to future development.

[gmgmarshall]

No. Is a mirage.
Ahh sarcasam...

Not feelin this tower though.

[Troubadour]

^^You have a point there. Something like the Namaste Tower is more iconic of India.

http://decoratingdesigninterior.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Namaste-Tower.jpg
http://decoratingdesigninterior.com/namaste-tower-tower-of-luxury-with-unique-architecture-in-india.html

Oooo, nice. :tup:

[shakman]

Has construction commenced on this structure? Any photo updates?

[Kanto]

I wonder, what is the roof height of this tower?

[Mazrim]

I wonder, what is the roof height of this tower?

According to the drawing posted on the last page, it appears to be 523m.

[Kanto]

According to the drawing posted on the last page, it appears to be 523m.

That's not good news. There are many buildings that will surpass that.

[OneWorldTradeCenter]

Bad news:

Stop work on Marine Lines project: Govt

MUMBAI: The state government on Monday instructed the Wakf Board and the BMC to immediately issue a stop-work notice to a project being constructed by the D B Hospitality at Marine Lines in south Mumbai.

This is the second major D B Hospitality project that the state has put the brakes on. A few days ago, the government cancelled the extra FSI granted to a D B project in Pune.

Officials said the work has been stopped because the project did not have the go-ahead from the Wakf Board. "State minorities minister Arif Naseem Khan has instructed BMC officials to ensure that constructions at the south Mumbai project are immediately stopped," a senior Mantralaya official said. The directive was given at a Mantralaya meeting attended by a Wakf Board representative, the charity commissioner and BMC and law and judiciary officials. They were reviewing the sale or lease of 130 Wakf properties in the city for which the charity commissioner's office had allegedly granted clearance in violation of rules. Though the south Mumbai project was not part of the 130 properties, but the matter cropped up during the meeting. A D B spokesperson, however, did not comment on whether the plot was a Wakf property or not.

He also denied that there was any illegality. "The property in question was bought in 1994 in a Bombay HC auction. The bids were submitted in the HC on September 28, 1994, and the highest bidder, Suresh Estate Pvt Ltd, deposited the amount on October 4, 1994. The property was transferred to Suresh estate on October 11, 1994. D B bought the land in 2005 from Suresh Estate Pvt Ltd and the conveyance deed was signed in 2006. D B Hospitality has all the necessary documentary evidence to support it," the spokesperson said, though he had nothing to say about the government's main contention that it was a Wakf property.

"The B Hospitality project is coming up on the Mohammed Ali Mohammed Hussain Roagi Trust land. The BMC's building proposal department gave the go-ahead for the construction despite no permission from the Wakf Board," a Mantralaya official said.

"On March 15, 2011, the Wakf Board wrote to the BMC commissioner, urging him to immediately stop the work on its plot. But the BMC did not take any action," he added. TOI was the first to report on how the charity commissioner's office, ignoring the rule book, granted permission to nearly 130 Muslim trusts to sell or lease their properties.

Khan, at the meeting, also instructed the Wakf Board to invoke Section 52 of the Wakf Act that empowered the board to cancel irregular deals and take back property. "The law has given powers to the board to acquire back its land. An inquiry has been ordered in the irregularities by the office of the charity commissioner. Disciplinary action will be taken against erring officials," Khan added.

Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-17/mumbai/29551518_1_wakf-board-wakf-act-wakf-property

[Crolo]

W:yes:W that will be a tower! Fantastic work!

[scalziand]

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/473/20110520102037.jpg
Coolguyz (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?p=78101960#post78101960)

[Innsertnamehere]

that photo really gives a sense of scale, look at the little pink worker in the bottom right.

[UrbanImpressionist]

Ummm where are the I-beams!? For a building as big as a skyscraper aren't giant I-beams supposed to be anchored well within the concrete foundation? Not just re-bar?

[colemonkee]

^ Not necessarily. Burj Khalifa was a steel-reinforced concrete building, and used a similar triangular massing as this tower.

[scalziand]

The torrential rains of the monsoon are delaying the project a bit.

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/9849/20110628115952.jpg
Coolguyz (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/838/20110628115952.jpg/)

Oh, and for those worried about the 2G sprectrum issue:
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/3394/44719659.jpg

[scalziand]

Little visible progress.

They have dug a hole on the site which was under blue wraps. they have it seems started to concretise the side wall on the left with stairs

http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/2714/20110722112343.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/89/20110722112343.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=81909030&postcount=1229

[India1]

All projects in Mumbai have slowed down significantly due to the monsoon rains. This project should pick up speed once the rains slow down in October.

[whiteford]

That's not good news. There are many buildings that will surpass that.

they are not trying to build the worlds tallest. how can a 500 plus meter building not be good news.

[brad.dourif]

It a great thread, I liked all the information shared here. The pictures and designs of the new projects are awesome.

[scalziand]

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/post-2g-db-realty-finds-its-projects-scrapped-delayed/824903/0

[Jai]

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/post-2g-db-realty-finds-its-projects-scrapped-delayed/824903/0

At least five projects of the company linked to the government sector have been scrapped, put on hold or are struggling for approvals, while 10 of their own 13 projects are behind schedule.
India Tower isn't one of the projects that has been scrapped.

[scalziand]

Here's a little bit of info on this season's monsoon.

According to the India Meteorological Department, by September 1, the monsoon usually begins to retreat from northwest India and southeastern Pakistan. That hasn't happened this year, and the monsoon rains are forecast to continue at least for the remainder of this week--well into the 3rd week of September. This very unusual monsoon season also started a week earlier than normal.
http://classic.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1929

http://www.imd.gov.in/section/nhac/dynamic/withdrawal_normal.jpg

[scalziand]

Here's what might be the real reason for the delay:

BMC stops work on DB’s 125-floor Charni Road hotel

Nauzer K Bharucha
Oct 1

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has put the brakes on DB Hospitality’s upcoming 125-storey luxury hotel at Charni Road in south Mumbai.
Touted as the tallest hotel building in India, work on the iconic India Tower (Park Hyatt Hotel) project was halted after the civic building proposals department issued a stop-work notice on May 25 last and demanded a premium of around Rs 200 crore from the developer. The project cost is Rs 2,800 crore.

During Praful Patel’s tenure as aviation minister, the Airports Authority of India sanctioned a height of 424m for the hotel. So far, only the basement work has been completed.

Trouble started about six months ago when the civic body demanded that the company pay premium and development charges running into a few hundred crores for the various building concessions it had sought.

The BMC has issued a stopwork notice to DB Hospitality’s hotel project at Charni Road for failing to pay Rs 200 crore in arrears. Civic sources said the demand of Rs 460 crore was reduced to Rs 212 crore when portions of the building were included in the floor space index (FSI), the ratio of total built up area vis-a-vis plot size.

http://ressex.blog.com/files/2011/10/TOI01Oct2011P1.jpeg

Since India Tower will exceed the allowable FAR/FSI for the site, DB has to pay a fee for that. The disagreement over the size of this fee is what caused the work stoppage.

[chicagoisepic]

this is really nice building. But judging from how much work theyve done, id say they got a lot more to do.

[jessica.n]

This is a fantastic proposal! One of the best designs I have ever seen!

[Ed007Toronto]

Looking forward to seeing it rise.

[hunser]

This one has been put on hold indefinately and should be moved. As far as I know the developers have to deal with some legal issues (some got arrested etc.).

[Dylan Leblanc]

this tower seemed too good to be true

[THE BIG APPLE]

If this is actually being built that's great, although I don't follow this thread. Good to see one of the world's first civilizations climbing back. Although I think the seasonal monsoons will affect this building becuase KEYWORD: Seasonal.

[scalziand]

The monsoon ended a while ago... and work didn't restart.

DBRealty has some issues to work out if they want to continue working on the tower.

-Resolving the massive airrights payment
-Waqf board issue
-Criminal charges against some of the executives of DB

[FTP]

Man look how trashy the infrastructure is around the pit of this supertall.

[blacktrojan3921]

Man look how trashy the infrastructure is around the pit of this supertall.

It's India ^_^;; It's kind of notorious for it's slums and horrendous infastructure in big cities.

[Surrealplaces]

I'd like to see this get built. Hopefully it's not on hold permanently.

[Ed007Toronto]

Why is it on hold?

[scalziand]

Slight design change?

http://pdamepconsultants.com/data1/images/image03.jpg
http://pdamepconsultants.com/high-rise-building.html#

[ThatOneGuy]

^^ Lol, that's Palais Royal

[scalziand]

No no no, look closely at the India tower render; the bottom of each tier is now flat, they used to be pointy.