His work spans the gamut of possibilities of the constructed space: bungalows, residential developments, hospitals, hotels, corporate offices, banking and financial institutions, commercial complexes, shopping malls, educational institutions, recreational and sports facilities, townships, airports, railway stations, urban planning, civic redevelopment and infrastructure projects and low cost housing. Contractor’s passion is to create structures that exemplify functional and aesthetic qualities and has shaped and changed the urban built landscape of the country through provocative, unpredictable and revolutionary ideas while executing a wide range of architectural projects. He has twice has been included in India Today’s Most Powerful Indians List in last decade and has won innumerable awards for best residential, commercial, educational and hospitality projects across India.Īr. He is the winner of over 75 National and International Awards for excellence in contributions to architecture including CWAB Architect of the Year (2006 to 2013), A+D Hall of Fame for the Decade Award. Contractor has been visiting faculty at the Academy of Architecture, Mumbai. Khareghat, a firm he became an associate partner with, in 1977. However, his career began far earlier, in 1968 when he worked as apprentice with Ar. He completed his architectural studies from the Academy of Architecture in Mumbai and graduated from Columbia University, New York, in 1976-77. Hafeez Contractor was born in Mumbai and studied at Boy’s Town Boarding School, Nasik. The firm has to its credit over 2500 clients and 7.2 billion square foot of ongoing projects in 100 cities and 5 countries. Today, Hafeez Contractor heads the largest architectural firm in India, with over 550 team members, comprising of architects, urban/town planners, interior designers, landscape artists, civil engineers, CAD operators and 3D and graphic designers. He set up practice in 1982 with a dedication to design excellence, efficient delivery and sophistication in building technology. Hafeez Contractor has impacted the skyline of much of the built environment of metropolitan India, with an unmistakable identifying stamp. This allows the firm to single-mindedly focus on their core competence of conception, creation and realization of great design projects. The unique “one window facility” based on the project profile, enables the firm to work with other eminent consultants, both Indian and International, to provide consultancy for structural, mechanical, engineering, tendering, landscaping, statutory approvals or any other services the client may require. They, with their teams focus deeply on the design potential of each work, converting them into built reality, within the time frame and budget provided, ensuring quality and on time delivery from the drawing board to the project completion stages, of each project. Hafeez Contractor himself designs every project and then hands over to his 20 extremely well qualified, experienced and specialized Associates, who further develop the designs with their teams. AHC’s substantial experience and the large and well-resourced team puts the firm in the enviable position of being better equipped to successfully deliver designs for jobs of any size, nature or complexity. In addition, large residential complexes, hospitals, educational institutions, hotels, resorts and large town and city planning schemes have all been undertaken and completed in record time. The rapid growth, massive body of completed work and impressive clientele bear testimony to the firm’s commitment to produce the best in every project commissioned.ĪHC has successfully designed and executed works for clients ranging from large real estate developers, public sector undertakings, large corporations and institutions to health care entrepreneurs.
The firm prides itself on unique design concept and bold execution, while remaining responsive to the clients’ diverse requirements, solutions are crafted appropriately to the needs of each client. The company has grown from a modest three-person firm in 1982 to having a team strength of over 550 plus people consisting of 24 Associates, 60+ Senior Architects, 90+ Architects, 5 Senior Project Managers / Coordinators, 20+ Interior Designers, 10+ Site Engineers, 10 3D Visualizers & Photoshop Artists, 190+ Draughts men, 40+ Support / Technical staff and Student Interns.
Architect Hafeez Contractor is the leading architectural design consultancy firm, of India.
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