Ar. Hafeez Contractor

About Ar. Hafeez Contractor

Ar. Hafeez Contractor’s creative brain has churned out numerous incredible designs – be it for elaborate corporate campuses for technology giants like Infosys or Microsoft or the luxurious houses for builders like DLF or Hiranandani – all these creations certainly bear the architect’s signature flamboyance.

He is more like a luxury brand. His designs for the Imperial Towers I and II that define the Mumbai horizon, 23 Marina in Dubai (the tallest residential buildings in the world), many stadiums, institutional buildings, swanky shopping malls, and majestic airports are awe-inspiring.

The builders love to highlight the starchitect’s name in their project’s billboards so that their ventures are endorsed better and give them an upper hand over their competitors, in a candid interview with WFM, Ar. Hafeez Contractor discusses his firm’s modernistic approach to sustainability, vision for the future of building materials and designs, concerns regarding the future of cities, and the right approach to designing them. Above are the excerpts from an exclusive interview with Ar. Hafeez Contractor.