Hafeez Contractor was awarded the Padma Bhushan in January 2016 by the Government of India.
11 Facts About Hafeez Contractor
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Hafeez Contractor was born in Mumbai on 19 June 1950 into a Parsi family.
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Hafeez Contractor attended Boys' Town Public School Nasik before moving on to the University of Mumbai's Academy of Architecture in 1975.
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Hafeez Contractor then won a scholarship to Columbia University, where he completed his master's degree.
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Hafeez Contractor joined his uncle's company T Khareghat in 1977 as an associate partner.
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In 1991, Hafeez Contractor was enlisted to add buildings to Infosys' Bangalore campus.
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Hafeez Contractor went on to design that firm's first software-development park outside Pune, and its corporate educational facility near Mysore.
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Hafeez Contractor designed 23 Marina in Dubai, which was briefly the world's tallest all-residential building, and is currently third behind the nearby Princess Tower and 432 Park Avenue in New York City.
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Hafeez Contractor designed the Turbhe railway station in Navi Mumbai and in 2018 offered to 19 railway stations for free.
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Hafeez Contractor was the architect for Chief Minister of Telangana's official residence, Pragathi Bhavan completed in November 2016.
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Hafeez Contractor has referred to the standardized ratings used in Western countries for certifying green buildings as a "joke".