It¡¯s been 99 years since the prestigious Tata group¡¯s headquarters the Bombay House was constructed. It all started when the Tatas purchased a plot of land, measuring 21,273 square feet, put up by the Bombay Municipality in 1921.?
Plans for the Tata HQ building were conceived by the Scottish architect George Wittet, who at one time was the consulting architect to the Government of Bombay and later joined the Tatas as the head of Tata Engineering Company Ltd. By then he had already designed the city¡¯s iconic Gateway of India.
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The construction of Bombay House was completed in July 1924. The headquarters had four businesses functioning within ¡ª textiles, hotels, steel and power ¡ª under the leadership of Sir Dorabji Tata. By 1942, the Tata group had grown and a fourth floor was added to Bombay House.
94 years later in 2018, the heritage building had undergone an energetic refurbishment and restoration for the first time in its history. The building was designed by the well-known architect, George Wittet, who was also the architect of the Gateway of India, the Prince of Wales Museum, now called Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya.
On July 30, 2018, Ratan Tata, Chairman Emeritus, Tata Sons, inaugurated the iconic building¡¯s renovated version in the presence of N. Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons and other Tata employees.
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On May 30, 2017, the Chairman of Tata Sons, N Chandrasekaran, called architect Brinda Somaya for a meeting. He said that Tata Sons intended to refurbish Bombay House ¡ª for the first time in its 94-year-old history.
The date given to inaugurate the restored and refurbished headquarters of the Tata Group was July 29, 2018, JRD Tata¡¯s birth anniversary. This time constraint made the task an almost impossible one, but a task that had to nonetheless be embraced. It was a once-in-a-lifetime project, as described by the architect Brinda, who helmed the renovation of Bombay House.
On December 15, 2017, the contractors¡¯ mobilisation began on site. The team of dozens of consultants with a combined labour force of over 800 people had just seven months to complete the project. And they indeed did it.
The Bombay House 2.0 has these?break-out zones on all floors to promote open interaction among employees.
The dogs of Bombay House were given their very own brand new kennel in the renovated building.
The ground floor of Bombay House contains common spaces like the Tata Experience Centre (TXC) and the 1903 lounge.
Also, the lounge is named?1903, which is the year in which the Taj Mahal Palace opened.
Also, the work zones have agile furniture and open spaces for fluid usage of space.
And that's not all! Plenty of greenery and outdoor seating were introduced on the terrace.
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