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Express Towers in Mumbai, India

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Express Towers

1972 · Mumbai, Mumbai, India

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25-storey building in Mumbai, India

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Express TowersExpress Towers

1972 · Mumbai, Mumbai, India

Herzog & de MeuronHerzog & de Meuron

Zürich, Switzerland

Typeworkbureau
Year / years1972Unrecorded
PlaceMumbai, Mumbai, IndiaZürich, Switzerland
Place contextMumbai, Mumbai, IndiaRepresentative site: Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Climate29°C · 12.7h daylight · 4 km/h wind23°C · 13.0h daylight · 4 km/h wind · via Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
FocusArchitecture6 works in corpus
Architects
  • Joseph Allen Stein
  • Herzog & de Meuron
  • Jacques Herzog
  • Pierre de Meuron
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Joseph Allen Stein

Notable works

  • Tenerife Espacio de las Artes
  • Tate Modern
  • Beirut Terraces
  • Elbphilharmonie
Typologies
  • tower
  • house
  • performance venue
  • museum
  • adaptive reuse
  • cultural building
  • housing
  • residential tower
  • high-rise
Materials
  • stone
  • brick
  • steel
  • glass
  • concrete
  • stone
  • wood
Carbon signals

Stone look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Stone

Concrete, Steel, and Brick look like the main embodied-carbon drivers in the current palette.

  • Concrete
  • Steel
  • Brick
Lower-carbon levers
  • Check source geography, fabrication intensity, and whether stone is structural, cladding, or finish-only.
  • Look for lower-clinker mixes, reused structure, and scope reductions before fine-grained product swaps.
  • Prioritize recycled content, efficient sections, and procurement-specific EPD comparisons.
  • 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 recorded3 of 4 recorded works are publicly accessible
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