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The most expensive house in the world

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Blue Velvet

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Towering high above Mumbai and far from the teeming shanty towns, a billion-dollar home, an oasis of ultimate luxury, is being built for the world's fifth-richest man...

...Mr Ambani is reckoned to be the world's fifth-richest man and when his extraordinary property is completed in an estimated six months, the $1bn (£500m) building named Antilia will be the priciest house in the world.
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...most-expensive-house-in-the-world-851043.html


A report in the Mumbai Mirror revealed that the first six floors of the tower will be reserved for parking up to 168 cars, with the seventh floor set aside for vehicle maintenance. Above that will be an entertainment centre with a silver-domed ballroom and a cinema capable of seating 50 people. On the next floor up, comes a garden, then three floors with balconies, each with landscaped terraces of their own. The ninth floor will be an emergency room should they need to evacuate the building, while the two floors above that will house a fitness centre and gym. Any guests of the Ambanis will be catered for in the two floors above.

And perched atop of all this, with be the family quarters, home to Mukesh, his wife and their three children. Not forgetting his Indian roots, the world's fifth richest man has reportedly set aside one of those four floors for his mother, Kokilaben. Finally, the roof will serve as a helipad for up to three helicopters. There will be nine lifts and perhaps as many as 600 staff.
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Shame it's so ugly. ;)
 
Well, money can't buy you taste.

It can buy you a lot of booze though. Beer goggles work on architecture too.

EDIT: Having now seen the image I think even vodka goggles would be ineffective...
 
I'm going to put on my socialist cap and proclaim:

"How does he sleep at night, literally - when it's built - looking down on the poor."


(P.S. Anybody else think that Mr Ambani is compensating for something?)
 
This farce of a building makes Dubai look like the Taj Mahal.

And if there is ever an earthquake there, the architect better run like hell.
 
The ninth floor will be an emergency room should they need to evacuate the building
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Wouldn't it make more sense that if you have a room for evacuation, that it would be closer to the ground? If you're going to try to evacuate from the 9th floor you'd think it would be cheaper to skip the evacuation floor altogether and just put base jumping parachutes by every window.
 
atszyman said:
Wouldn't it make more sense that if you have a room for evacuation, that it would be closer to the ground? If you're going to try to evacuate from the 9th floor you'd think it would be cheaper to skip the evacuation floor altogether and just put base jumping parachutes by every window.
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Escape Pods.
 
Blue Velvet said:
Shame it's so ugly. ;)
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But atleast it`ll be distinct and unique. The only reason this house is this costly is coz he choose Mumbai, one of the costliest cities in the world in terms of real estate. But gotta admit it does looks like crap.
 
I think it looks great, personally. It's almost got the look of a shanty town up in the air. Like a village in the sky.

At least he's doing something different, the biggest architectural criminals are housing estate developers where every house looks identical, bland and featureless. And the people who buy them are just as culpable for having no taste.
 
I get what he's doing. It doesn't matter how plush everyone else's homes may be in the Mumbai of the future, he's the only one that won't have this monstrosity marring his view. Therefore he's always officially got the nicest home in the city :D
 
iJohnHenry said:
...And if there is ever an earthquake there, the architect better run like hell.
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Ooo I didn't spot the obvious design/construction flaw missed by the professional architects, engineers, building control officials etc., what was it?

...or are you just assuming you know better 'cause you saw something you didn't like on the internet?
 
Mumbai isn't in an active Earthquake zone. The chances of a quake there are roughly the same as in Belgium :p
 
mpw said:
Ooo I didn't spot the obvious design/construction flaw missed by the professional architects, engineers, building control officials etc., what was it?

...or are you just assuming you know better 'cause you saw something you didn't like on the internet?
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I said I didn't like it, right up front.

But the "W" about mid-height gives me pause.
 
Who cares what it looks like outside? It's the inside that counts (pictures around - here for example).

But, yeah.

Antares said:
That's sickening. There's so much more you can do with that amount of money. The people you could help. The research you could fund.
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It's hard to argue with that.
 
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