Client: Kothari Group
Building Type: Corporate
Nature of work: Architecture
Location: Chennai
Year: Completed
Area: 54,000 Sft
The Kothari Building on Nungambakkam High Road is one of the first buildings in Chennai to use sun control louvers as a shading device. In Tarapore Tower, another landmark building on Anna Salai that Chitale designed, he used solid fire-proof walls between the individual shops, so that in case of a fire in one shop it would be contained in that area.
“ I believe that every building should have its own identity created by a simple and expressive architecture corresponding to its specific functions and location,” S.L. Chitale,Madras Musings, VOL. XXIII NO. 23, MARCH 16-31, 2014