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Alumni Conversations: Karl Wadia ‘06 MSAAD

Mon, Nov 16    6:30pm

Alumni Conversations is a program series supported by the GSAPP Alumni Board intimate where alumni speakers are invited to share their professional journeys, career milestones, and the key projects that have shaped their professional trajectories. Designed in a small-group setting, the series encourages meaningful dialogue, allowing students to engage directly with alumni, ask questions, and gain valuable insights into different career paths and industries. Dinner provided.


On the occasion of his participation in the World Architecture Festival, a presentation and conversation with Karl Wadia, visiting from India.


Karl Wadia
Senior Principal Architect
Architect Hafeez Contractor (AHC)

An architect and urbanist, Karl Wadia joined Architect Hafeez Contractor (AHC) in 1999. At AHC, he has designed projects across various sectors, including master planning, townships, museums, hotels, public buildings, educational campuses, office complexes, convention and exhibition centres, auditoriums, healthcare facilities, residential developments, retail projects, and super high-rise buildings.

His notable achievements include winning the international design competition for the National Maritime Museum of India at Lothal, Gujarat, a project set to be the world’s largest net-zero museum, integrated with amusement parks, hotels, resorts, and an educational institute. Some of his other significant projects include Minerva Towers, Mumbai (India’s tallest residential building), Prestige Trade Centre, New Delhi (India’s largest hospitality project), Manipal University, Jaipur (world’s third-largest net-zero energy building), the 135-acre IIM Calcutta Campus with a 2036 Zero Carbon Roadmap, Island City Centre Towers, Mumbai, multiple BITS Pilani campuses, and the Dharavi Redevelopment Project, among others.


Please register at this Google form if you would like to attend the event.