Kohinoor Hospital

Kohinoor Hospital is Asia’s first green hospital building, and only the second in the world to receive LEED Platinum rating. This multidisciplinary hospital has a built area of 20,000 square metres occupying five floors and two basements. Green features include: water recycling, sewage treatment, demand controlled ventilation, solar water heating and an offsite wind energy farm. Efficient intelligent lighting, a central atrium and large windows give the hospital access to daylight and fresh air.

Kohinoor City is the surrounding green development. The township includes 1000 apartments, commercial, recreation and education facilities, a boutique hotel, and a large shopping mall housed in a LEED Goldcertified building. Architects Sandeep Shikre Associates designed Kohinoor Hospital as a keystone project to initiate this large sustainable neighbourhood, and to support a healthy life quality for the populace.

Palais Royale

Palais Royale is currently under construction and is over 300 metres tall, making it the tallest structure in India. Constructed by the Shree Ram Mills group, the project and its features are creating new milestones in India’s construction sector, including: innovations in environmentally-friendly and earthquake resistant design, the deepest girders, fastest elevators, and new benchmarks in water conservation, energy efficiency, waste management, overall building management and safety standards.

This project is also the first super high-rise in the country to achieve pre-certified LEED Platinum rating for a green residential building. Architects Talati Pantakhy Associated have developed the project according to principles of vaastu shastra, a set of ancient Indian construction tenets, and worked with a host of consultants including Joseph Colaco of CBM Engineers, and Prem C Jain, Chairman of the Indian Green Building Council.

TCS House

The headquarters building of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was formerly known as Rallis House. Built in 1922, it is a heritage building in the colonial area of the Fort precinct. The Malad stone used to build it is native to Mumbai’s suburbs, now scarce after the closure of stone quarries within city limits. After an extensive renovation in 2005, TCS House features a contemporary interior and all the modern technology.

The renovation was designed by the architectural firm, Somaya and Kalappa, and required the removal of the original interior and the complete restructuring of the building, retaining only the external walls. The renovation process was made more complex since the plot stands along a busy road in a densely-populated heritage neighbourhood. The new interior is contemporary, functional and energy efficient, but the resulting building remains true to the surrounding historical context.

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