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MUMBAI | Antilia Mansion | 568 FT / 173 M | 27 FLOORS
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Indian tycoon Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector company, has been mooting the idea of a groundbreaking residence for his family for almost a decade. As is company is leading the charge in Indian real estate, with massive SEZs planned to come up across the country, Ambani wanted his residence, located at Altamount Road, in the heart of Mumbai's skyscraper construction scene, to reflect the future of Indian construction. The design of the Residence Antilia, as it came to be called, was kept a close secret even after construction started a couple months ago. Several days ago, he finally approved the release of the building's design to the public. The Perkins + Wil-designed 40 storey tower already under construction is planned to be the greenest in Mumbai (in apparent conflict with the Park Hyatt Tower and Lodha Bellissimo, which also claim the tag.) Like most capital projects in Mumbai, and reflective of Indian architecture and ancient Indian Vaastu Design, these buildings are to be garden buildings that, since they are skyscrapers, appropriately embody the garden-in-the-sky concept. Residence Antilia goes one step further. It is designed as the largest and tallest "living wall" in the world -- a seamless, vertical garden that encompasses all walls of the building climbing to the 40th floor. Within this Vaastu tradition, the spine is regarded as the main source of support of the building, symbolically leading upward toward enlightenment. The various floor planes encombass a variety of garden tiers, terraces, water falls, ponds, recreational facilities, and enclosed, living areas that takes advantage of the most spectacular views of Mumbai and its waterfront. You can see this goal in even the original plan of the tower: http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5692/22400835ga3.jpg The building's height is significant. At 245m, it will be one of the tallest buildings in Mumbai. Although it only has only 40 floors, due to the non-standard design of the building, using the Indian construction standard of about 3.5m/floor, it will have the virtual height of a 70 storey tower, and will rival the nearby Imperial Twin Towers in height. The tower will have 6 floors of parking; several floors of just gardens; a couple "entertainment" floors including a massive theater; 2 floors of guest apartments, and various floors dedicated to the kitchen, laundry and other services. Reliance Corporate offices will be in the bottom floors and the private Ambani family residence will make up the topmost several floors. A helipad is designed on top, but there is mixed reports on whether this feature has been actually approved by the authorities. Construction is well underway, can can be seen in the skyline. With nearly two floors being added every day, construction is expected to be completed by November, 2008. Cheers, Jai |
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Slowly but surely rising. I was in Mumbai in 2003.. nice city, however the older buildings can use some glazing or stone wash !! |
He plans to use the entire 245m skyscraper just as a residence for his family ?!?!?
Anyway, it's a really unique design. |
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Cool. Love buildings like that.
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Agreed with spyguy. Its no different than buying a thousand acre ranch. At least he is contributing to Indian development and funding infrastructure in the city.
Besides, there's also the thing that Ambani wants this to be a showcase project for his company, showing what it can do. By pushing technology, materials and design in the construction of this building, and using Reliance Construction resources to design, build, and carry out this project, he is demonstrating the capability of his company. Only the top floors of this building will be his private residence. Below will be corporate offices and other services that I am sure will be used to wow clients and investors. The fact that he's using his own private capital (as opposed to his company's), shows fiscal responsibility by not wasting shareholders' money. So its a win-win-win for him-his company-Mumbai. |
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It's pretty bad that you don't "get that". I guess the two of you don't like to see anyone critcize that level of opulence. Anyway, don't get melodramatic...what's "forbidden"? I was just stating my opinion.
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Seriously, what the hell is wrong with you? Are you honestly that ignorant? |
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By the way, a comment like "Meanwhile, guess you're a fan of the caste system as well" is downright disgraceful. |
I am confused...from this article below, it seems to indicate that this building won't have any office space (as was mentioned in the first article posted in this thread). Or is this article being disingenuous when it claims that the building will house hundreds of staff? From the way it is written in the BBC article below, it makes it sound like these are all private staff for Mr. Ambani's skyscraper home. But from the first article in this thread, it sounds like these are staff for his company.
I wonder which one it is... ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dream home of India's richest man By Zubair Ahmed BBC News, Mumbai WHAT WILL BE INSIDE? Six floors for parking An entertainment floor complete with a mini theatre Three helipads A health floor with athletics and swimming facilities Details have emerged of a huge new building in Mumbai that is being built by India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani. His skyscraper home in the city will be over 170m tall and will have an army of 600 staff to manage it. Its 27 floors on a 4,532 sq metre plot will provide a panoramic view of the entire city of Mumbai (Bombay) once it is completed next year. With the country's economy soaring, India's commercial city is poised to have many more such skyscrapers. Construction of the family home is well under way. 'Full view' The son of a former petrol pump attendant who went on to build a business empire, Mukesh Ambani is reportedly spending $1bn on his new home. Legend has it that Mr Ambani - the chairman, and largest shareholder of Reliance Industries, India's largest private sector company - wants to enjoy a "full view" of the Arabian Sea. So his architects came up with the idea of a 27-storey home. The first six floors will serve as car parks. A health club will be built on the next two and the few floors above that will house hundreds of staff. Fifty-year-old Mr Ambani and his family will occupy the top floors of the building which will also have a helipad and swimming pools. Critics say it is an obscene display of wealth, especially in a city where more than half the inhabitants live on the pavements. Architects believe that the construction of high-rises will provide a long-term solution to the problem of sheltering the city's homeless, especially when development land is in short supply. One architect who is constructing a building which will be even taller than that planned by Mr Ambani told the BBC that Mumbai will soon be "littered with high-rises" as the government strives to shift slum dwellers into tower blocks. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/h...ia/6712605.stm Published: 2007/06/01 16:41:34 GMT © BBC MMVII |
Just to add to the confusion "The Daily Mail" out of London is reporting it as a 60 story single family home.
The 60-storey house for just one family http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770 Last updated at 19:32pm on 1st June 2007 Comments (40) This 60-storey house is for just one family. India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is planning a palace in the heart of Mumbai with helipad, health club, hanging gardens and six floors of car parking. Scroll down for more http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/200...LL_468s787.jpg This 60-storey house is for just one family His wife, mother and three children will live there with him, looked after by 600 live-in staff. Construction has already started on what will eventually be a 175m tower and planners are aiming to complete it in September 2008. Earlier this year, Forbes rated Mr Ambani as the richest resident Indian with a net worth of US$20.1 billion. He came 14th in Forbes' 2007 worldwide rankings. Currently he is chairman of petroleum major Reliance Industries Ltd, India's largest private sector company The building, already worth £500 million, could start a rush on skyscrapers. |
I don't think the article is clear... From initial reports, the skyscraper serves a dual purpose -- home for Ambani's family as well as business use.
I don't see how it would need 600 people otherwise.. |
By the way, the original article that the rest got their information from was from yesterday's Mumbai Mirror. The article confirms much of what was put out before, but also corrects some information, namely:
Total number of floors: 27 Total height: 173.2m Can a mod correct the title to reflect this please? --------==--=--==-------- MUKESH AMBANI'S MANSION IN THE AIR Quote:
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MUMBAI: 60 Equivalent Story Mansion - 568'/27 Stories
The 60-storey house for just one family
19:32pm on 1st June 2007 This 60-storey house is for just one family. http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/...indiatower.jpg India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is planning a palace in the heart of Mumbai with helipad, health club, hanging gardens and six floors of car parking. His wife, mother and three children will live there with him, looked after by 600 live-in staff. Construction has already started on what will eventually be a 175m tower and planners are aiming to complete it in September 2008. Earlier this year, Forbes rated Mr Ambani as the richest resident Indian with a net worth of US$20.1 billion. He came 14th in Forbes' 2007 worldwide rankings. Currently he is chairman of petroleum major Reliance Industries Ltd, India's largest private sector company The building, already worth £500 million, could start a rush on skyscrapers. |
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