India’s Richest Man Moves Into “Home” with 27 Stories
October 14th, 2010You have to see the picture of this thing.
I was thinking, “Where have I seen this. I looks somehow familiar.”
Check out the cover of The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi.
Note to self: Consider a Future Dystopias Today category.
Via: Telegraph:
The richest man in India, Mukesh Ambani, has moved into his new home in Mumbai which is 27 storeys high and worth £630m.
Ambani, his wife and three children have moved into the building which is named Antilia, after a mythical Island. It contains a health club with a gym and dance studio, at least one studio, a ballroom, guestrooms and a range of lounges and a 50 seater cinema.
There is even an elevated garden with ceiling space to accommodate small trees.
The roof has three helicopter pads and there is also underground parking for 160 cars, which will come in handy for guests at Ambani’s forthcoming housewarming party.
From the top floors of the 173m high property are spectacular views of Mumbai and of the Arabian Sea.
The 53 year-old tycoon is not only the richest man in India but the fourth richest man in the world. In total there is reported to be 37,000 square metres of space, which is more than the Palace of Versailles.
To keep it running smoothly requires 600 staff.
I wonder what percentage of the 600 are security staff.
>>Note to self: Consider a Future Dystopias Today category.
I’ve always felt this way about Bill Gates concrete palace. I guess is was suppose to be a techno geeks paradise, but it always looked cold and sterile to me.
It looks like a new, updated Orthanc.