Featured Architecture Work: India Tower: Park Hyatt Tower/Dynamic Balwas Tower by Foster + Partners

India Tower: Park Hyatt Tower/
Dynamic Balwas Tower
 Foster + Partners

Quick Facts:

Status: Under Construction

Type: Hotel, Residential, Retail

Location: Marine Lines Mumbai

Height: Roof 720 metres (2,362 ft)

Estimated Completion: 2016

Architect: Foster + Partners

Developer: Dynamic Balwas (DB) Realtors

India Tower (previously known as Park Hyatt Tower; also known as Dynamix Balwas Tower or DB Tower) is a supertall skyscraper under construction in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. If completed as proposed, the tower would become the second tallest man made structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa, which stands at 828 metres.

Some Construction Photos of  India Tower: Park Hyatt Tower/Dynamic Balwas Tower:

India Tower: Park Hyatt Tower/Dynamic Balwas Tower  
Photography © Foster + Partners

India Tower: Park Hyatt Tower/Dynamic Balwas Tower
Photography © Foster + Partners

India Tower: Park Hyatt Tower/Dynamic Balwas Tower
Photography © Foster + Partners

Dynamix Balwas realtor group first proposed the project with the skyscraper named Park Hyatt Tower in 2008, with 85 floors and a height of 301.1 metres (988 ft).The project was subsequently dropped and later revised in 2010. In January 2010, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation gave the official go ahead for its construction on a site located at Charni Road, Marine Lines, just north of the city's historical district. Read more at wiki

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