building typology study - random facade treatments

on sv road the new malls near the station. calling them 'malls' is pushing it, really. more like shopping centers whose flat facades change the scale of the shopping street completely.

thakur cinema, kandivili - where aluminum composite cladding makes aztec or is it egyptian references- or maybe art deco?

the new oberoi mall and office complex on the highway. frosted glass facade and a white hulk and behind it the skeletal frame for i assume an all glass prism

the first large shopping complex on link road- sub kucch- built when mind space was still a stinking dump. no alucobond here

inorbit mall whose massive facade is broken up into what i assume is imagined to be 'human' scale with a variety of alucobond volumes- all in grey. very austere. :)

housing at lokhandwala. massive frame within frame. white to a dark green inside. rounded edges making a chasm in between

from shoppers stop juhu the new sra scheme across the naala

watsons hotel in kalaghoda whose heritage iron frame has been taken over by the tenants whims and fancies

on d n road the grand entranceway above the arcade is being formed by the skirts of these stern sword bearing guards

stock exchange catches the evening light on the glass edge