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Express Towers

The Express Towers is a 25-storey building located on Marine Drive in Nariman Point, Mumbai, India. Upon its completion in 1972, the 105 metres (344 ft) building was the tallest building in South Asia for about two years. The building serves as the corporate headquarters of Indian Express Limited, which is bought by Ramnath Goenka from the monies of tha capitalists partner Raja Mohan Prasad and is held in trust by t…

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1972

Mumbai, Mumbai, India

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tower stone Architecture

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25-storey building in Mumbai, India

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Joseph Allen Stein

1912-2001 · New Delhi, Delhi, India

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Joseph Stein was an American architect and a major figure in the establishment of a regional modern architecture in the San Francisco Bay area in the 1940s and 1950s during the early days of the environmental design movement. In 1952, he moved to India and in 1955 was tasked with the planning of Durgapur in West Benga…

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studio · New Delhi, Delhi, India

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