Mumbai

Apple BKC is defined by its stunning timber ceiling, which extends outwards onto the store's shading canopy

Architecture

India's first Apple Store topped by complex 450,000-piece timber ceiling

Apple has opened its first retail store in India. Located in Mumbai, Apple BKC incorporates sustainably sourced and local materials, and features a light-filled interior that's defined by an impressive handcrafted timber ceiling.

One Green Mile is located under the Senapati Bapat Marg bridge in the heart of Mumbai

Architecture

Inner-city overpass transformed into vibrant community space

Perhaps the highways and bridges that fill many major cities could be put to better use. Such is the thinking behind MVRDV's One Green Mile, which turned a large disused area underneath an overpass in Mumbai into a greenery filled community space.

The two towers would rise to a total height of 400 m (1,312 ft) and 200 m (656 ft), respectively

Architecture

Shipping container-based skyscrapers proposed for Mumbai

Here's some interesting – though unlikely to be realized – food-for-thought from Shenzhen, China-based CRG Architects. The firm envisions constructing a pair of shipping container-based skyscrapers in one of the world's largest slums: Dharavi, Mumbai, India.

The Grove Towers project is due for completion in 2017 (Image: 3XN)

Architecture

Sustainable Grove Towers will "clean Mumbai's air"

Danish architectural firm 3XN has broken ground on an ambitious Mumbai-based project dubbed Grove Towers, that comprises two large sustainable mixed-use residential towers which are said to clean the local air.

Architecture

Mumbai's tallest skyscraper designed to "confuse the wind"

Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture has unveiled plans for Imperial Tower, which would become Mumbai's tallest building and surely one of the world's most slender skyscrapers should it come to be built.