HAFEEZ Contractor’sProfile

Man of architect

Born1950 (age 62–63)Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Nationality Indian

Alma mater

University of Mumbai, Columbia University

Practice Zoroastrianism

HAFEEZ CONTRACTOR

• Hafeez Contractor was born in Mumbai in a Parsi family. He earned his graduate diploma in architecture from the University of Mumbai in 1975 and completed his graduation and MS in Architecture from Columbia University, New York City on a Tata scholarship. He studied at the Academy of Architecture in Mumbai and then went on to pursue a post graduation degree from Columbia University in New York, USA.

EARLY LIFE

• Hafeez Contractor started working in 1968 as an apprentice with his uncle T. Khareghat even while working toward his architecture degree. In 1977, he became the associate partner in the firm. Between 1977 and 1980, he was a visiting faculty member at the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai.

HIS CAREER

ARCHITECT HAFEEZ CONTRACTER He started his firm, Architect Hafeez Contractor,

in 1983 with two people. One of his first success stories was the Vastu building at Worli Seaface. He then bagged projects in Pune for Karia Builders and a lot of residential buildings. He has also designed The Imperial I and II, the tallest buildings in India.

His projects are spread across India.

His work is controversial from the perspective of social impact and originality. His design approach is often thought of as uninspiring by architecture academics. Despite being one of India's most successful commercial architects, he publicly stated that "Green-buildings are a joke"where he was not trashing the idea of sustainable construction but actually ridiculing the blind faith that members of his fraternity place on Western standards and practices.

PROJECTS OF HAFEEZ CONTRACTOR

1.DY Patil Stadium in Nerul, Navi MumbaiSeawoods Estate (or NRI complex) in Nerul, Navi Mumbai2.DLF Aralias, GurgaonOne Indiabulls Center, Mumbai, India (Ongoing)3.Morya Regency in Bandra, Mumbai4.Rodas - An ecotel in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai5.Hiranandani GardensMultiple Buildings, DLF City, Gurgaon

PICTURES OF BUILDINGS MADE BY HIM

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