Shilp Twin Towers
GIFT City, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
In the emerging skyline of GIFT City, the Shilp Twin Towers rise as bold yet refined landmarks—each 28 floors high, standing at 120 meters, asserting presence without overpowering the urban fabric. Though seemingly symmetrical, subtle variations in massing and articulation animate their form, offering a dynamic visual rhythm that shifts with every perspective. Deep cantilevers at key levels carve dramatic silhouettes. These, supported by concrete cross-bracing elements, not only express engineering sophistication but also extend usable spaces and create outdoor terraces at strategic levels, allowing light, air, and activity to permeate the towers.
Builtup Area : 21,74,170 SF
Services : Master Planning, Architecture,
Interior Design, Landscape Design,
Engineering, Facade Design, Lighting
Design, Sustainability, Wayfinding &
Signage
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Crafting Verticality Through Contextual Response and Spatial Rhythm
Shaped by contextual cues and zoning
regulations, the massing explores the
maximum permissible height and footprint. A
landscaped urban plaza is carved out to
activate the ground level, creating a civic
foreground to the verticality above. This is
softened by a transparent space frame
canopy and animated by retail, cafes, and
cultural activity. A dramatic social staircase
connects the plaza to a private club on the
second level, turning circulation into an
experiential promenade. The lower floors are
programmed for commerce and
congregation, bringing energy to the edge
while ensuring the podium is both functional
and festive. Central cores are strategically
placed to ensure structural and seismic
stability. The form is pixelated to break
monolithic massing, create visual relief, and
introduce sky terraces.
An Expressive Envelope that Performs, Reflects, and Breathes
The façade design strikes a balance between minimalism and material richness. Full-height glazed curtain walls maximise transparency, while bronze-finished vertical fins introduce shading, rhythm, and texture. A solar-responsive inner façade with dense grid glazing enhances daylight while reducing heat gain, and unitized glazing systems ensure visual clarity and precision. Integrated aluminium fins provide passive shading, making the skin both performative and expressive—refined in its appearance, and responsive through the day.
A Vertical Continuum of Place
Crowning the towers are curated sky-level programs—fine-dining terraces, landscaped rooftop gardens, and health zones—that offer pause, perspective, and luxury above the city. Below ground, four levels of basement accommodate parking and critical service infrastructure, efficiently tucked away to maintain clean, functional floorplates above. Altogether, the Shilp Twin Towers offer a new typology for high-density commercial space in India—where verticality becomes not just a symbol of ambition, but of balance, movement, and modern identity.
“An architectural duet of balance and boldness, where form, façade, and function converge to define a new paradigm of vertical urbanism”
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