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India's richest man builds 60-story home

By Mark Vanderbeeken - June 1, 2007

in Design Business

"In the most conspicuous sign yet of India's unprecedented prosperity, the country's richest man, Mukesh Ambani, is building a new home in the financial hub of Mumbai: a 60-story palace with helipad, health club and six floors of car parking," reports The Guardian newspaper.

The building, named Antilla after a mythical island, will have a total floor area greater than Versailles and be home for Mr Ambani, his mother, wife, three children and 600 full-time staff.

The Mumbai News (who also published the rendering above) provides more details on the plans.

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Raetsel

17 years ago

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Well, it is simply ugly, isn't it?
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Prabhat Kiran

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Mukesh is not known for extravaganza like his brother Anil Ambani.
This must be a game to rise the share value of his RIL petrochemicals and new retail outlets around the world to beat the arrival of WalMart in India.
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Malone

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Cool thing. Thx for the picture.
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atul

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In actuality, it is about 60 floors, but since it has been reduced to 27 stories to make the ceilings a bit higher
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