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Old Posted Feb 8, 2009, 12:52 AM
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The balconies are a new design trend in Mumbai towers. It's taken off due to cultural affinity for terraced garden architecture that's a hallmark of traditional Indian architectural styles, and is also an expression of the ancient building code of Vaastu Shastra.

Here's another rendering of Elphinstone Mills Tower (right), with its neighbor Jupiter Mills tower (left), which is scheduled to begin construction later this year:
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