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Stella Tower in Maharashtra

14 February 2026

Architecture: Sanjay Puri Architects

Location: Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Photos © Mr. Vinay Panjawani

Stella Tower, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India Office Building

Stella is a compact office building located in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India. Within a plot of 836.07 sq.m., the project accommodates 5,575 sq.m. of office space across 14 levels, with four offices on each floor. The restricted plot size and statutory open space requirements resulted in a vertical configuration, optimizing the usable area while maintaining natural light and ventilation throughout.

Nagpur, among India’s hottest cities, records summer temperatures of up to 48°C. Responding to this extreme climate, the building’s façade is conceived as a layered, climate-responsive skin. Semicircular open decks and planters sheathed with aluminum louvers alternate along the entire perimeter, both horizontally and vertically.

This dynamic envelope mitigates direct solar heat gain while introducing greenery around the building, creating shaded, cooler microclimates for the interior spaces.

Green buffers wrap the façade, enhancing thermal performance and visual comfort. The service and circulation core is positioned on the eastern edge, allowing the north, west, and south sides to open up for naturally lit office spaces. Larger offices occupy the front and rear, benefitting from daylight, cross ventilation, and outdoor views that enhance occupant comfort.

Rejecting the fully glazed office typology unsuitable for tropical climates, Stella embodies a contextual and energy-efficient architectural response. The design minimizes heat gain, reduces operational energy consumption, and provides sheltered, well-illuminated workspaces with indirect sunlight. Conceived as a direct response to its setting, Stella integrates passive strategies, greenery, and modern expression to create a sustainable workplace rooted in its climatic context.

Stella Tower in Maharashtra, India – Building Information:

Architecture: Sanjay Puri Architects – https://sanjaypuriarchitects.com/

Project Name: Stella
Project Type: Commercial
No. of Floors: G+14
Location: Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
Commencement Date: September 2021
Completion Date: January 2026
Client Name: Prestige Builders
Construction Company: Prestige Builders

Size of the Project: 60,000 sq.ft. (5574.14 sq.m.)
Cost of the Project: 20 Crores INR (21,97,803 USD)
Design Company: Sanjay Puri Architects
Lead Architect: Mr. Sanjay Puri
Design Team: Ruchika Gupta, Tanushree Jayakar, Sheetal Tharwal, Bahar Patil, Sumit Khandelwal

Consultants:

Structural Consultant – Patankar Consultants
Façade Fabricators – Aditya Associates

Sanjay Puri Architects

The firm’s work has been published over 2000 times in more than 200 publications across the world. The firm currently has a team of 108 professionals involved in over 200 projects in 55 cities.

Sanjay Puri Architects use evolving design solutions that are contextual and sustainable. Their rchitecture that explores spatial perceptions of innovative explorations, forms the essence of the firm’s philosophy.