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The 42 (Kolkata) in Ward No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, India
The 42 (Kolkata)

Unknown · Ward No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Ward No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, India

The 42 (Kolkata) image

Residential skyscraper in West Bengal, India

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The 42 (Kolkata)

Ward No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Ward No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, India · Exact work coordinates

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The 42 (Kolkata)The 42 (Kolkata)

Unknown · Ward No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Ward No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, India

Arthur Erickson ArchitectsArthur Erickson Architects

1963 · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Typeworkbureau
Year / yearsUnknown1963
PlaceWard No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Ward No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, IndiaVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Place contextWard No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Ward No. 63, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, IndiaRepresentative site: Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada
Climate28°C · 12.8h daylight · 8 km/h wind14°C · 14.1h daylight · 8 km/h wind · via Museum of Anthropology at UBC
FocusHousing14 works in corpus
Architects
  • Hafeez Contractor
  • Arthur Erickson
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Architect Hafeez Contractor

Notable works

  • Museum of Anthropology at UBC
  • Cedarvale station
  • Yorkdale station
  • 1 Cal Plaza
Typologies
  • housing
  • museum
  • education
  • campus building
  • house
  • performance venue
  • building
  • civic building
  • landscape
Materials

Not recorded yet.

  • brick
  • glass
Carbon signals

housing gives us a typology starting point even though the work does not have a recorded material palette yet.

No dominant drivers yet.

Brick and Glass look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Brick
  • Glass
Lower-carbon levers

No levers surfaced yet.

  • Review masonry extent, reuse opportunities, and alternate assemblies where the design language allows it.
  • Compare system-level facade options, reduce overspecification, and pair glass choices with structural reductions.
AccessibilityAccess not recorded8 of 8 recorded works are publicly accessible
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