India’s Tallest Building

Minerva Tower marks a turning point for India’s supertall housing

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Yagmur Baydır
February 09, 2026

Dear PA reader,

In Mumbai, Minerva Tower has just claimed the title of India’s tallest completed building, while in Britain, RIBA President Chris Williamson is thinking much bigger with The Loop, a proposal for a high-speed rail and energy network that would link northern cities into a shared economic system. Meanwhile across Europe, the EUmies Awards 2026 shortlist offers a clear snapshot of where contemporary architecture is heading, with seven projects spanning adaptive reuse, civic ambition, and cultural reinvention.

WASP’s Itaca project is now constructing a certified, self-sufficient 3D-printed structure that uses local, low-carbon materials and automated printing to rethink how homes could be built and lived in, while Zaha Hadid Architects’ Qiantang Bay Central Water Axis reimagines a former industrial canal in Hangzhou as a vibrant cultural district with parks, plazas, and civic buildings woven into the waterway’s edge.

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