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Rethinking Tall Buildings!

2025-11-28

The 88-storey Palais Royale in Mumbai. The 64-storey One Avighna Park in Mumbai. The 41-storey Wave One, Noida. All members of India’s small but growing number of skyscrapers, mostly in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Gurugram.

Rapid urbanisation in the light of land constraints is making the question of ‘how tall’ increasingly crucial. “The ‘height of affordability’ is a critical consideration,” says Anuja Sawant, Principal, SSA, and Director, Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat India Chapter.

There is a strong case for building taller. But “the optimal height of a building is influenced by the ground space availability, target market, urban impact and evidence-based analysis,” says Sawant, all factors that developers must consider...

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