Posted in Bombay, Calcutta, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, India, Infrastructure, Infrastructure: Aviation, Infrastructure: Expressway, Infrastructure: Flyover, Infrastructure: Highway, Infrastructure: Metro Rail, Kolkata, Madras, Mumbai, Worli on 26 August, 2007| 14 Comments »
Hello everyone!
I am sorry I couldn’t provide updates last week as I was busy at work. This past week including the weekend has been nothing different than the last one . So here’s a quick short update with limited commentary.
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Posted in Architecture, Calcutta, Hotels and Hospitality, India, Kolkata, Kolkata: Biswa Banga Shikhar - World Bengal Tower, Real Estate, Skyscraper on 12 August, 2007| 4 Comments »
Biswa Banga Shikhar (World Bengal Tower), Kolkata (Calcutta), India
…a beautiful shard of a building, planned to be Kolkata’s tallest skyscraper
Kolkata is slowly but surely undergoing urban transformation. For years stifling under democratically-elected communist government, now not even they can stave off the Indian urban development phenomenon. Malls, multiplexes, townships, highrises and commercial towers are starting to sprout up in the city, slowly but surely getting a little bit taller with each project. It’s where Mumbai was 8 years ago.
Now, while the change isn’t as visibly dynamic as in other cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad or Bangalore, it’s certainly there, and, owing to its large population size and economic inertia, Kolkata has the potential to become a a true skyscraper city.
With that being said, although a supertall hotel proposal has been floated about, the Biswa Banga Shikhar, or “World Bengal Tower” in the Bengali language is Kolkata’s tallest officially proposed skyscraper.
To be developed by Unitech Group, one of India’s largest property developers, the Biswa Banga Shikhar with rise up to 42 stories in height. It will be one of the centerpiece towers of a massive residential-commercial township developed by Unitech.
Read on for more information about this proposal, originally posted by me on Skyscrapercity.com!…
Posted in Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Hyderabad, India, Infrastructure, Infrastructure: Aviation, Infrastructure: Expressway, Infrastructure: Highway, Infrastructure: Metro Rail, Kolkata, Madras, Mumbai, Noida on 12 August, 2007| 13 Comments »
Hello everyone!
Along with the regular updates from the past week, we’ll have a look at some of the expressways being planned and executed in Indiyeah. 🙂
Just in case you didn’t check the previous post , I added info+pics of the new Nivedita Bridge that was opened in Kolkata last month.
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Posted in Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Hyderabad, India, Infrastructure, Infrastructure : Bridge, Infrastructure: Aviation, Infrastructure: Expressway, Infrastructure: Flyover, Infrastructure: Highway, Infrastructure: Metro Rail, Kolkata, Mumbai, Worli on 5 August, 2007| 14 Comments »
Hello everybody!
This is the first Infrastructure update covering updates from the past week! In this first update allow me to digress from the happenings of last week and post relevant stuff from the weeks before it.
Here’s an outline of the topics covered in this weeks update –
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Posted in Calcutta, Hotels and Hospitality, Kolkata, Kolkata: Vedic Hotels, Real Estate, Skyscraper on 17 July, 2007| 7 Comments »
Vedic Hotels Towers, New Town, Kolkata (Calcutta), India
…A Beautiful skyscraper proposal for a the old city!
Hi
Kolkata is slowly but surely undergoing urban transformation. For years stifling under democratically-elected communist government, now not even they can stave off the Indian urban development phenomenon. Malls, multiplexes, townships, highrises and commerical towers are starting to sprout up in the city, slowly but surely getting a little bit taller with each project. It’s where Mumbai was 8 years ago.
Now, while the change isn’t as visibly dynamic as in other cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad or Bangalore, it’s certainly there, and, owing to its large population size and economic inertia, Kolkata has the potential to become a a true skyscraper city.
Most Kolkata developers try to keep out of the limelight, fearing the Red Party’s red tape, but there are several significant/tall tower proposals that have been announced. Probably the farthest along of any of these capital projects is Shristi Infrastructure/InterContinental Hotels’s hotel project, to be branded “Vedic Hotels”, located at the major “New Town Kolkata” development.
The principal architect is Delhi-based C.P. Kukreja Associates. The team of international architects includes Cervera & Pioz, Spain; King Roselli Architetti, Italy, and Ruben Anderegg, Switzerland.
The project will comprise of two towers of 150m in height and will be a state-of-the-art, green “biostructure”, designs of which are Cervera & Pioz’s specialty. The taller will be the hotel, the smaller will be residential, and will be surrounded by a major shopping and entertainment arcade that is modeled on the Universal Studios CityWalk concept, featuring an eclectic mix of live entertainment, fun and fine dining establishments, specialty shops and state-of-the-art cinemas. Those are the other buildings you see surrounding the towers in the rendering. Also worth noting are the residential buildings in the background of the rendering, which comprise other projects in the New Town development.
Read on for more information about this proposal, originally posted by me on Skyscrapercity.com!…
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