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Express Towers in Mumbai, India
Express Towers

1972 · Mumbai, Mumbai, India

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25-storey building in Mumbai, India

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Express Towers

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Express TowersExpress Towers

1972 · Mumbai, Mumbai, India

Philip JohnsonPhilip Johnson

1949 · New York, New York, United States

Typeworkbureau
Year / years19721949
PlaceMumbai, Mumbai, IndiaNew York, New York, United States
Place contextMumbai, Mumbai, IndiaRepresentative site: Boston, Boston, United States
Climate29°C · 12.7h daylight · 2 km/h wind7°C · 13.7h daylight · 22 km/h wind · via Boston Central Library
FocusArchitecture42 works in corpus
Architects
  • Joseph Allen Stein
  • Philip Johnson
Linked context

Bureaus

  • Joseph Allen Stein

Notable works

  • Boston Central Library
  • Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute
  • Glass House (New Canaan, Connecticut)
  • Rockefeller Guest House
Typologies
  • tower
  • library
  • museum
  • education
  • house
  • landscape
  • performance venue
  • gallery
  • campus building
Materials
  • stone
  • glass
  • brick
  • steel
  • concrete
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 recorded21 of 21 recorded works are publicly accessible
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