Author: Nath Aman
Place: Mumbai
Publisher: Pictor Publishing Pvt Ltd
Year: 2015
Pages: 285
Source: Received from Cyrus Guzder
Subject: Architecture
Sub-Subject: Heritage Architecture
Keyword: Architectural Heritage, Photographs
Shelf: C6R4
Accession No: B1386
Contents: A Century and a Half Ago Parsis: It’s all in the Name The Built Bombay Canvas The First Colonial Building of the Seven Islands The Shapoorji Pallonji & the Migratory Context Sanjan: First Parsi Foothold Udvada: Victorious Fire Vesu: The First Home of Memory The Pious Side: Shapoorji Pallonjis at Worship Three Homes Two Offices The Third Office: SP Centre Modest Beginnings 1: Shapoorji Seth: Catching the Bull by the Horns Shapoorji Seth’s Love for Animals Mughal-e-Azam: The Midas Touch of Shapoorji Seth 1939-87 Tata Chemicals Shapoorji Pallonji’s Bombay 1928 Acropolis, Patropolis & Heliopolis 1931 Brady’s Flats 1930 Bombay Central 1937 Cricket Club of India 1937 New India Assurance 1938 Wankaner House 1938 Mafatlal Park 1930s NM Wadia Buildings 1938 Cotton Exchange 1939 & 1980 Reserve Bank of India 1939 Dhanraj Mahal 1940s Breach Candy Hospital 1943 Cement House 1944 Bank of India 1950 Mercantile Bank 1962 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research 2: Pallonji Mistry: The Phantom of Bombay House 1968-2013 Tata Motors Nariman Point 1970 Mafatlal Centre 1973 Oberoi Towers 1970 & 1973 Taj Mahal Hotel & InterContinental Tower 1975 Al Alam Palace & Al Khor Mosque 1978 World Trade Centre 1 1988 Tata Thermal Power Station 3: Shapoor & Cyrus: The Intrepid Generation The Mistry Brothers: A Personal Biography The Future Today Bandra-Kurla Complex 2005 Star House 2008 Sarala Birla Academy 2013 Armada Sterling I 2013 Raisina Residency 2015 Dandi Kutir 2014 Udhampur Highway 4: The Group: What Makes our Companies so Special An Overview: Past-Present-Future The Brand Wagon SP’s Global Footprint SP’s India Presence SP Engineering & Construction SP Real Estate Oman Shapoorji Company SP International SP Engineering, Procurement & Construction Afcons SP Oil & Gas SP Infrastructure Sterling & Wilson Forbes & Company Eureka Forbes Gokak Textiles Africa Business Centre Agri Travel Publishing 5: Five Generations: The First Family of Building Eight Generations of the Shapoorji Pallonjis: Five of the ‘Sterling’ Family Patsy Perin Mistry: The Builder of the Family Second Homes Family Album Manjri Stud Farm & Honourable Racing Corporate Social Responsibility Pallonji Shapoorji Home for Senior Citizens Gambhar: The Egalitarian Feast of Sharing Serendipity & Acknowledgements Bibliography Photo Credits Timeline of Marquee Projects
Abstract: *Changing Skylines: The Shapoorji Pallonji Sesquicentennial 1865-2015* chronicles the Shapoorji Pallonji Group’s remarkable 150-year journey, beginning with the Parsi community’s role in shaping Bombay’s architectural landscape. The book highlights key landmarks like the Acropolis and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, and explores the entrepreneurial rise of Shapoorji Seth and the Mistry brothers, Shapoor and Cyrus. It also reflects on their global reach through subsidiaries like Afcons and Eureka Forbes, while emphasizing their philanthropic legacy, such as the Pallonji Shapoorji Home for Senior Citizens. A tribute to the family’s enduring influence on architecture and society, past and present.