Kaveree Bamzai
The architect was able to reflect, renew and reorient himself over time
A healer of ruins, he has steered the discourse on conservation away from the colonial model of keeping sites fenced in
A boutique under a cricket stadium, a resort in the middle of a dense coconut plantation, a Bombay highrise built to embrace the rains, there is very little that this Alibaug-based architect is not trying
“You submit one plan for approval. Then you make your building according to another plan. If... an inspector comes calling, you bribe him”
Is architect Hafeez Contractor a superhero or just an overrated marketing success?