# World One
**World One**, also known as Lodha World One, is a 280.2 m (919 ft), 76-floor residential skyscraper in Mumbai, India, completed in 2020 at Lodha Place in Worli.[1](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/build/world-one/39977) It was the tallest building in India from its completion until Lokhandwala Minerva overtook it in 2023.[2](https://malki.in/blog/world-one-world-towers-lower-parel/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Height / floors | 280.2 m / 919 ft, 76 floors[1](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/build/world-one/39977) |
| Status | Completed 2020; construction started 2011, proposed 2009[1](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/build/world-one/39977) |
| Function | Residential, with 165,000 m² (1,776,045 ft²) of floor area[1](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/build/world-one/39977) |
| Location | Lodha Place, Worli, Mumbai; part of The World Towers complex[1](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/build/world-one/39977) |
| Design | Pei Cobb Freed & Partners Architects LLP; structural concept by BuroHappold Engineering, design by LERA Consulting Structural Engineers[1](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/build/world-one/39977) |
| Original height | Drawn at 442 m, cut to 280 m after the Airports Authority of India refused clearance[3](https://www.skyscraperday.com/skyscrapers-in-india/) |
| Rankings | 351st tallest in the world, 220th in Asia, 3rd in India and 3rd in Mumbai[1](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/build/world-one/39977) |
## Design and site
World One is the first of three signature residential towers, with World View and World Crest, that form the core of Lodha Place, a 17-acre development master planned in 2009.[1](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/build/world-one/39977) • [4](https://www.pcf-p.com/projects/the-world-towers/) The project brief called for a design that would epitomize international standards in luxury living and symbolize Mumbai's emergence as a key world city. Until recently, high-rise residential buildings in the city had topped out at around 50 stories, so planning a tower twice that height required a reconsideration of structural and planning approaches, including safety and sustainability.[1](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/build/world-one/39977)
The tower's cloverleaf plan and three-tier elevation respond to the challenge of building a supertall residential tower on a compact site. The shape gives each residence a corner living and dining room with a wraparound terrace and unobstructed city views. Self-shading, cross ventilation, high-performance insulating glass, and efficient mechanical and electrical systems contribute to the building's anticipated LEED-Gold certification.[1](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/build/world-one/39977) At ground level the towers of the complex ring a circular entry court with a dancing fountain at its center, each tower with its own entry turnaround marked by a glass canopy.[4](https://www.pcf-p.com/projects/the-world-towers/)
## Height reduction
Pei Cobb Freed & Partners originally drew World One at 442 m, but the [Airports Authority of India](https://www.edgepedia.org/airports-authority-of-india) refused clearance for the original design, and the tower was cut to 280 m.[3](https://www.skyscraperday.com/skyscrapers-in-india/) The height restriction stems from the airport funnel, the protected airspace approach corridor around Mumbai's airport; the finished 280.2 m tower was completed in 2020 rather than left as an unapproved height claim.[2](https://malki.in/blog/world-one-world-towers-lower-parel/)
## Context in Mumbai's skyline
World One stands in the Lower Parel mill district, where roughly 600 acres of former textile-mill land in Lower Parel and Worli came up for redevelopment after the mills closed and the Urban Land Ceiling and Regulation Act was repealed in [Maharashtra](https://www.edgepedia.org/maharashtra) in the 1990s.[3](https://www.skyscraperday.com/skyscrapers-in-india/) Mumbai's peninsula geography and expensive central land make vertical residential towers the practical response to growth, and the city's tallest buildings, including World One, are all residential.[3](https://www.skyscraperday.com/skyscrapers-in-india/)
The finished tower held India's tallest-building title from 2020 until Lokhandwala Minerva, at 301 m over 78 floors, overtook it in 2023.[2](https://malki.in/blog/world-one-world-towers-lower-parel/) • [3](https://www.skyscraperday.com/skyscrapers-in-india/) Compared with the 828 m [Burj Khalifa](https://www.edgepedia.org/burj-khalifa), India's record holder reaches a little over a third of that height.[3](https://www.skyscraperday.com/skyscrapers-in-india/)
## References
1. [World One, The Skyscraper Center (CTBUH)](https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/build/world-one/39977)
2. [World One lost height and gained a 180-deed market, The Register (malki.in)](https://malki.in/blog/world-one-world-towers-lower-parel/)
3. [Skyscrapers in India: Mumbai's Towers, Skyscraper Day](https://www.skyscraperday.com/skyscrapers-in-india/)
4. [The World Towers, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners](https://www.pcf-p.com/projects/the-world-towers/)
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