Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civic centre (MCD) Delhi | |
Location: | Minto Road New Delhi, India |
Start Date: | 2006 |
Completion Date: | 2012 |
Building Type: | Office |
Antenna Spire: | 101m (331feet) |
Roof: | 101m (331feet) |
Floor Count: | 28 |
Coordinates: | 28.6412°N 77.2277°W |
Municipal Corporation of Delhi Civic Centre is the tallest building in New Delhi[1] at 101 metres[2] and 28 floors.
Built at a cost of Rs 500-650 crore,[3] the building was designed by architect Shirish Malpani. He is a visiting faculty at School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. The maintenance of the building has been outsourced to a private company for Rs 8.33 crore/year.[4]
The 28-storeyed MCD Civic Centre comprises five multi-storey blocks, with a total built-up floor area of approximately 1,16,000 sq metres excluding a three-level basement parking facility for about 2,500 equivalent car unit, seven entry and exit gates, eight escalators, 43 passenger and service elevators and 100 per cent power back-up. It is near to Asaf Ali Road. MCD Civic Centre is surrounded by Tagore Road, Jawahar Lal Nehru Road, Vivekananda Road, and Zakir Hussain College.[5]
It was inaugurated in April 2010, after 15 years of delays, and MCD offices shifted from Delhi Town Hall in Chandni Chowk.[1]