Antilia (building)
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| Antilia | |
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| Location | Mumbai, India |
| Status | Proposed |
Antilia, is the proposed name for a twenty seven storey (490 ft or 149 mt) apartment building presently under construction in Mumbai for Indian businessman, Mukesh Ambani, Chairman of Reliance Industries, whose family will occupy about 35,000 square feet.
Named after the mythical island in the Atlantic, Antillia, the building will have only 17 liveable floors. It is designed by Chicago architects, Perkins & Will, is estimated to cost US$1 billion, and is inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. It is expected to be completed by September 2008.
Situated on a 4,532 sq. mt. plot at Altamount Road on the famed Malabar Hill, where land prices are upward of US$ 10,000 per square meter, the buillding will house parking for 168 cars, a movie theatre for audience of fifty, living quarters on four floors and three helipads.
Some more info can be found at Mukesh Ambani's Mansion Antilia
