Antilia, the coolest home in the world

Tom Servo · #1 Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 10:14 AM**

http://cdn1.images.touristlink.com

Antilia is a private home in Mumbai. It's 570 feet tall and 400,000 sq ft!!! Utterly insane. Perkins + Will designed it. It was completed in 2010 and may be my favorite thing ever.

forbesimg.com

static.panoramio.com

evershineaccess.com

Tom Servo · #2 Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 10:32 AM**

From Wikipedia:

Tom Servo · #3 Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 10:41 AM**

• Video Link

• Video Link

LOL what a fucking dick! Who builds a 500 foot tall SKYSCRAPER as a home?! Haha, this is the greatest thing!

I remember reading about this years ago and loving the design, but I had no idea it was a private palace!

333609543 · #4 Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 6:23 PM**

The billionaire doesn't even live in it because of "superstition". Greedy bastard.

RobEss · #5 Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 7:56 PM**

I saw this building last August - it's very imposing, wildly impractical and is an easily interpreted symbol for the steep economic and social divisions in Mumbai. I'm told we can expect even more of this nonsense under Modi.

photoLith · #6 Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 9:12 PM**

Wow, Mumbai is basically one of the most impoverished cities in the world and this is like a gigantic fuck you to all the poor people living in filth in India.

chris08876 · #7 Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 9:44 PM**

I'm wondering what all the rooms and floors are for? Thats so much space for a private home. Does the owner have like their own mini city in there where he is the only citizen. Maybe one floor is just a bathroom with a toilet right in the middle?

Tom Servo · #8 Posted **Feb 11, 2015, 10:04 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by photoLith

Wow, Mumbai is basically one of the most impoverished cities in the world and this is like a gigantic fuck you to all the poor people living in filth in India.

It's hilarious, actually. 27 floors of insane opulence in a city where HALF its residents have no running water.

Amazing.

All things aside though, it's really an amazing building. Perkins and Will really fucking nailed it. Really illustrates the importance of money in architecture.

the urban politician · #9 Posted **Feb 12, 2015, 1:39 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by 333609543

The billionaire doesn't even live in it because of "superstition". Greedy bastard.

Yeah, he is indeed a greedy bastard, just look at the guy:

Tom Servo · #10 Posted **Feb 12, 2015, 8:51 PM**

I wish he would commission P+W to build his second home on Devon. Because how amazing would a 500 foot tall private palace look on Devon!?

Someone email him. Tell him it's a good idea.

Calgarian · #11 Posted **Feb 12, 2015, 9:00 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tom Servo

It's hilarious, actually. 27 floors of insane opulence in a city where HALF its residents have no running water.

Amazing.

All things aside though, it's really an amazing building. Perkins and Will really fucking nailed it. Really illustrates the importance of money in architecture.

Kevin O'Leary would probably think this would serve as fantastic inspiration for the poor of Mumbai.

• Video Link

Muji · #12 Posted **Feb 14, 2015, 6:36 AM**

It really is a bold and interesting-looking building, so it's truly a shame that it was built for that purpose. I imagine that there were some sleepless nights for some people at Perkins+Will who worked on this.

On another note, does this remind anyone else of the Xanatos tower in Gargoyles?