http://urbanarchitecture.in/2009/11/the-enigma-of-hafeez-contractor.html Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:53:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://urbanarchitecture.in/2009/11/the-enigma-of-hafeez-contractor.html/comment-page-1#comment-640 Rahul Bhatia Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:45:37 +0000 http://urbanarchitecture.in/the-enigma-of-hafeez-contractor.html#comment-640 Nandakishore, could you tell me more about these sadistic rules? Nandakishore, could you tell me more about these sadistic rules?

]]> http://urbanarchitecture.in/2009/11/the-enigma-of-hafeez-contractor.html/comment-page-1#comment-466 sushrut Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:24:43 +0000 http://urbanarchitecture.in/the-enigma-of-hafeez-contractor.html#comment-466 Yes i agree with NK ....what you ask is what you get…. One more remarkable thing is that he has proved that Architectural Firms in India can be scaled up to a factory size. Hats off to Hafeez! Yes i agree with NK ….what you ask is what you get…. One more remarkable thing is that he has proved that Architectural Firms in India can be scaled up to a factory size.
Hats off to Hafeez!

]]> http://urbanarchitecture.in/2009/11/the-enigma-of-hafeez-contractor.html/comment-page-1#comment-464 nandakishore Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:07:32 +0000 http://urbanarchitecture.in/the-enigma-of-hafeez-contractor.html#comment-464 with all the imaginative skills most of us would get stuck there waiting for big things to happen to till reality bites,but Hafeez was smart enough to showcase attract and retain the clients and established as a freemarket architect at a time when master architects were not affordable and were very insensitive to timelines and the other lot of bland ,dull architects who did a simple layout for approvals.Hafeez is an inspiration to many of us if not for the critical architectural quality,definitely for leading a whole bunch of young indian architects to believe in themselves and aspire for work and be successful.Not all of Hafeez's works are dissappointing.some have been much better and primarily because of the sensible and knowledgable clients.Its like what you ask is what you get... One other thing ,I think the planners and policy makers must have a clear agenda and guidelines for city so that architects can follow those and make good architecture..but most of the city's regulations are outdated ,impractical and believe me some of the rules are saddistic to an extent. with all the imaginative skills most of us would get stuck there waiting for big things to happen to till reality bites,but Hafeez was smart enough to showcase attract and retain the clients and established as a freemarket architect at a time when master architects were not affordable and were very insensitive to timelines and the other lot of bland ,dull architects who did a simple layout for approvals.Hafeez is an inspiration to many of us if not for the critical architectural quality,definitely for leading a whole bunch of young indian architects to believe in themselves and aspire for work and be successful.Not all of Hafeez’s works are dissappointing.some have been much better and primarily because of the sensible and knowledgable clients.Its like what you ask is what you get…
One other thing ,I think the planners and policy makers must have a clear agenda and guidelines for city so that architects can follow those and make good architecture..but most of the city’s regulations are outdated ,impractical and believe me some of the rules are saddistic to an extent.

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