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{{Short description|Skyscraper mansion in Mumbai, India}}
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{{Infobox building
| name = Antilia
| status = Complete
| image = Mumbai 03-2016 19 Antilia Tower.jpg
| location = [[Altamount Road]], [[Cumballa Hill]], [[Mumbai]]
| location_country = [[India]]
| coordinates = {{coord|18.9681|N|72.8095|E|display=inline,title}}
| completion_date = 2010
| architect = [[Perkins & Will]]<ref name="perkins"/>
| owner = [[Mukesh Ambani]]
| cost = US $1.0- $2.0 billion<ref name="expensive">{{cite news |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/erincarlyle/2014/05/13/the-most-expensive-billionaire-homes-in-the-world/#513aef4c6afa |title=The Most Expensive Billionaire Homes In The World |first=Erin |last=Carlyle |date=13 May 2014 |access-date=21 August 2019 |newspaper=[[Forbes]]}}</ref>
| elevator_count = 10
| structural_engineer = Sterling Engineering Consultancy Services ([[Mumbai]])
| main_contractor = [[Leighton Asia]]
| opening = 2010
| height = {{convert|173|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| floor_count = 27
}}

'''Antilia''' is a private residence in the [[Altamount Road|billionaires row]] of [[Mumbai]], [[India]],<ref name="dnaindia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/money/report_mittal-s-address-more-expensive-than-ambani-s_1181537 |title=Mittal's address more expensive than Ambani's – Money – DNA |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=4 August 2008|access-date=17 November 2010}}</ref> named after the mythical island [[Antillia]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Hanrahan|first=Mark|date=18 May 2012|title=Antilia: Inside Mukesh Ambani's 27-Story Mumbai Residence, The World's First $1 Billion Home (PHOTOS)|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/18/antilia-inside-mukesh-expensive-home-mumbai_n_1527703.html|access-date=9 January 2018|work=HuffPost}}</ref>
It is the residence of the Indian billionaire [[Mukesh Ambani]] and his family, who moved into it in 2012.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/photos/2012/06/ambani-residence-exclusive-photos-slideshow|title=Photos: Inside the Life of the Ambani Family, Owners of the World's Most Lavish Home|publisher=Condé Nast|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=23 May 2012|language=en|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref> The skyscraper-mansion is one of the world's largest and most elaborate private homes, at 27 stories, {{convert|173|m}} tall, over {{convert|400000|sqft|order=flip}}, and with amenities such as a 168-[[Automobile repair shop|car garage]], a [[ballroom]], 9 high speed elevators, a 50-seat theatre, [[terrace garden]]s, [[swimming pool]], spa, health centre, a temple, and a snow room that spits out snowflakes from the walls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/business/living-business/helipads-to-ballrooms-all-that-you-wanted-to-know-about-mukesh-ambanis-antilia-1964555.html|title=Helipads to ballrooms: All that you wanted to know about Mukesh Ambani's Antilia|website=Firstpost|date=24 March 2014|access-date=2019-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-05-14|title=Mukesh Ambani's 'Antilia' world's most expensive billionaire home: Forbes|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/business/business-others/mukesh-ambanis-antilia-worlds-most-expensive-billionaire-home-forbes/|access-date=2022-02-11|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

The architectural design of Antilia has been fashioned along the lines of the lotus and the sun. The top six floors of the building have been set aside as the private full-floor residential area. It is also designed to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake.<ref>{{Cite web|title=10 Surprising Facts About Ambani's 'Antilia', the World's Most Expensive House - Celebrity, Cosmopolitan India|url=https://www.cosmopolitan.in/celebrity/features/a22784/10-surprising-facts-about-ambanis-antilia-worlds-most-expensive-house|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Cosmopolitan India|language=en}}</ref>

{{As of| 2014}}, it is considered the world's most expensive private residence, costing between US$1 and 2 billion to build.<ref name="expensive"/><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=2012-05-08|title=The Ambani Residence, The Most Expensive House in the World|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2012/06/ambani-residence-photos-inside-architecture|access-date=2022-02-11|magazine=Vanity Fair|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Plot ==
The {{convert|4532|m2|acre|adj=on}} land on which Antilia was built housed an orphanage called Currimbhoy Ebrahim Khoja Yateemkhana belonging to a charity run by the Wakf board. The orphanage had been founded in 1895 by [[Currimbhoy Ebrahim]], a wealthy shipowner.<ref>{{cite news |title=Legality of orphanage property sold to Mukesh Ambani's Antilia in question |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/legality-orphanage-property-sold-mukesh-ambani-antilia-in-question-1096458-2017-11-29 |access-date=26 October 2018 |publisher=India Today |date=29 November 2017}}</ref>
In 2002, the trust requested permission to sell this land, and the charity commissioner gave the required permission three months later.
The charity sold the land allocated for the purpose of education of underprivileged Khoja children to Antilia Commercial Private Limited, a commercial entity controlled by Mukesh Ambani, in July 2002 for {{INRConvert|21.05|c}}.<ref>{{cite news|title=State may refer Ambani's Wakf land deal to CBI|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/state-may-refer-ambanis-wakf-land-deal-to-cbi-2/|access-date=3 Apr 2021|date=2 August 2011|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref> The prevailing market value of the land at the time was at least {{INRConvert|150|c}}.<ref>{{cite web|author=Madhurima Nandy |url=http://www.livemint.com/2008/08/05000808/Altamount-Road-in-Mumbai-is-wo.html |title=Altamount Road in Mumbai is world's 10th dearest address |publisher=Livemint |date=5 August 2008|access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://business-standard.com/india/news/lodha-secures-mumbai-land-for-rs-4053-cr/396078/ |title=Lodha secures Mumbai land for Rs 4,053 cr |work=Business Standard|date=26 May 2010|access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/sc-rejects-plea-to-stop-workmukesh-mansion/321800/ |title=SC rejects plea to stop work on Mukesh mansion |journal=[[Business Standard]]|date=3 May 2008|access-date=2 June 2013|agency=Press Trust of India }}</ref>

The sale was in direct contravention<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-06-04|title=Centre wants CBI to probe Mukesh Ambani home deal|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/centre-wants-cbi-to-probe-mukesh-ambani-home-deal/story-COCxE58wCaIOWgSv93NA0N.html|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> of § 51 of the [[Waqf#India|Wakf Act]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aavaas.com/2007/11/04/mukesh-ambanis-new-house-anthill/|title=Mukesh Ambani's new house – Antilla|work=aavaas.com|access-date=11 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903212757/http://aavaas.com/2007/11/04/mukesh-ambanis-new-house-anthill/|archive-date=3 September 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> which requires that any such sale of land should be done after the permission of the Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs. The [[Waqf]] minister [[Nawab Malik]] opposed this land sale, as did the revenue department of the [[Government of Maharashtra]]. Thus a stay order was issued on the sale of the land. The Waqf board also initially opposed the deal and filed a [[public interest litigation in India|PIL]] in the [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] challenging the decision of the trust. The Supreme Court, while dismissing the petition, asked the Waqf board to approach the [[Bombay High Court]]. However, the stay on the deal was subsequently vacated after the Waqf board withdrew its objection.

In June 2011, the Union government asked the Maharashtra government to consider referring the matter to the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/Ambani-dream-house-stands-yahoofinancein-2253320233.html|title=Ambani dream house stands on shaky ground|date=2 August 2011|work=Yahoo India Finance|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315033856/https://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/Ambani-dream-house-stands-yahoofinancein-2253320233.html|archive-date=15 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Makarand Gadgil |url=http://www.livemint.com/2011/08/01143316/Maharashtra-govt-to-review-Amb.html |title=Maharashtra govt to review Ambani home land deal |publisher=Livemint |date=1 August 2011|access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-39829.html |title=News # 020613-145152]|publisher=Newkerala.com|access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Centre-wants-CBI-to-probe-Mukesh-Ambani-home-deal/Article1-705484.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301012732/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Centre-wants-CBI-to-probe-Mukesh-Ambani-home-deal/Article1-705484.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 March 2014 |title=Centre wants CBI to probe Mukesh Ambani home deal |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=2 June 2013}}</ref>
A [[public interest litigation in India|PIL]] was filed a decade later by Abdul Matin, against the orphanage and the Charity commissioners permission.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mukesh Ambani's 'Antilla' allegedly built on land reserved for orphans |url=https://www.mumbailive.com/en/real-estate/mukesh-ambanis-antilia-built-on-orphanage-land-says-maharashtra-state-wakfs-board-in-mumbai-high-court-17912 |access-date=26 October 2018 |publisher=Mumbai Live}}</ref> As of 2018, the case was being heard by a special bench of the court.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mukesh Ambani Built Antilia on Orphanage Land Illegally Sold in 2005: Maharashtra State Board of Wakfs |url=http://caravandaily.com/portal/mukesh-ambani-built-antilia-orphanage-land-illegally-sold-2005-maharashtra-state-board-wakfs/ |access-date=26 October 2018 |publisher=Caravan |date=29 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sale of Land For Mukesh Ambani's House 'Antilia' Illegal, Against Provisions of Wakf Act: Maharashtra State Board of Wakfs [Read Affidavit] |url=https://www.livelaw.in/sale-of-land-for-mukesh-ambanis-house-antilia-illegal-against-provisions-of-wakf-act-maharashtra-state-board-of-wakfs-read-affidavit/ |website=www.livelaw.in |date=28 November 2017 |publisher=Live law |access-date=26 October 2018}}</ref>

==Design and construction==
[[File:Ambani Family at reception of Deepika and Ranveer 2018.jpg|thumb|Antilia, the second most luxurious and expensive house, is the residence of Asia's richest family, the [[Ambani|Ambani family]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-10-15|title=Antilia / World's Most Expensive House|url=https://www.archdaily.com/82053/antilia-worlds-most-expensive-house|access-date=2022-02-20|website=ArchDaily|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Mukesh Ambani set to move into his $2 bn home!|url=https://business.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/oct/13/slide-show-1-mukesh-ambani-set-to-move-into-his-usd-2-bn-home.htm|access-date=2022-02-20|website=Rediff|language=en}}</ref>]]
The building was designed by two US architecture firms [[Perkins & Will]],<ref name="perkins">{{Cite web|url=https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/4017-perkins-will-debunks-antilia-myths|title=Perkins + Will Debunks Antilia Myths}}</ref> based in [[Chicago]], and [[Hirsch Bedner Associates]], based in [[Los Angeles]]. They were consulted after [[Nita Ambani|Nita Dalal Ambani]] was impressed by the contemporary Asian interiors at the [[Mandarin Oriental, New York]], also designed by them.<ref name="worlds first"/>

The building plan was approved by the [[Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation]] in 2003,<ref>{{cite web| url=https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/mumbais-costliest-road-gets-richer/| title=Mumbai's costliest road gets richer| date=June 4, 2007| author=Sayliudasmankikar| publisher=Indian Express}}</ref> and construction started in 2006 with [[Leighton Asia]] initially taking charge, and completed by B. E. Billimoria & Company Ltd.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/08/01/1217097529489.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 |title=Oh brother, spare me the time – World |publisher=[[Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=2 August 2008|access-date=13 October 2010}}</ref> The architects altered floor plans and design concepts as the construction of the building progressed.<ref name="worlds first"/> The home has 27 floors with extra-high ceilings. (Other buildings of equivalent height may have as many as 60 floors.)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/indias-mukesh-ambani-building-60-storey-residential-skyscraper-mansion |title=Personal Green Skyscrapers – The 60 Story Antilia House (GALLERY) |publisher=Trendhunter.com |access-date=29 July 2010}}</ref> The home was also designed to survive an earthquake of [[seismic magnitude scales|magnitude]] 8.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/executive-style/luxury/indias-richest-man-builds-worlds-first-billiondollar-home-20101015-16mrg.html |title=India's richest man builds first $1-billion home |publisher=Theage.com.au |date=15 October 2010|access-date=28 October 2010|location=Melbourne |first=Glenda |last=Kwek| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101030060041/http://www.theage.com.au/executive-style/luxury/indias-richest-man-builds-worlds-first-billiondollar-home-20101015-16mrg.html| archive-date= 30 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> It is considered by some to be the tallest single-family house in the world, but others disqualify the Antilia because it includes space for a staff of 600.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ro|first=Lauren|title=Arizona's 'Falcon's nest,' designed by Sukumar Pal, asks $1.5M|url=http://www.curbed.com/2017/3/8/14860748/sukumar-pal-falcon-nest-home-prescott-arizona-homes-for-sale|access-date=18 April 2017|work=Curbed|date=8 March 2017}}</ref>

The interior design uses the shapes of the lotus and the sun. These two features are repeated throughout the building using crystals, marble, and [[mother-of-pearl]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/news-trends/article/3089062/mukesh-ambanis-mumbai-mansion-antilia-snow-room-ice| title=Mukesh Ambani's Mumbai mansion Antilia| date=15 Jun 2020| author=Lynn Farah| publisher=[[South China Morning Post]]}}</ref> However, no two floors use the same materials or plan, the idea of the design is of consistency, but no repetition.<ref name="worlds first"/>

The building has one [[helipad]], however, it is not operational. The helipads have to be certified air-worthy by the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), and have yet to get approval from the central defence and environment ministries.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/defence-spoke-on-helipads-atop-tall-mumbai-buildings-818864| title=Defence spoke on helipads atop tall Mumbai buildings| date=Aug 17, 2019| author=Shiv Kumar| website=www.tribuneindia.com}}</ref>

The [[Housewarming party|house warming]] was done in November 2010, but Ambani did not immediately move in for fear of "bad luck".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/mukesh-ambani-never-moved-into-his-2-billion-mansion-antilia--whats-going-on/2011/10/19/gIQAFYyPxL_blog.html |title=Mukesh Ambani never moved into his $1 billion mansion Antilia|author=Elizabeth Flock|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=19 October 2011|access-date=20 December 2013}}</ref> In June 2011, almost 50 renowned pandits were invited to conduct [[Puja (Hinduism)|puja]]s and address [[Vastu shastra|vastu]] issues in the building, after which the Ambanis took up residence in September 2011.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-mukesh-ambani-moved-into-antilla-2-months-ago-1604836| title=Mukesh Ambani moved into Antilla 2 months ago| date=Oct 30, 2011| author=Sudhir Suryawanshi| publisher=[[Zee News|DNA India]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-18113969| title=Ambanis give first view inside 'world's priciest house' in Mumbai| date=18 May 2012| author=Rajini Vaidyanathan| publisher=[[BBC News]]}}</ref>[[File:Ambani house mumbai.jpg|thumb|Antilia as seen from Altamount Road|left]]

== Cost and valuation ==
Prior to construction, the worth of the plot and unbuilt house were estimated to be more than US$1.2 billion.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/6043 |title=Indian industrialist to build rs2000 "home" amidst Mumbai's multimillion slum-dwellers |author=Parwini Zora| publisher=Asian Tribune |date=7 June 2007|access-date=17 November 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230235426/http://www.asiantribune.com/index.php?q=node/6043| archive-date=30 December 2013}}</ref> During planning, the house was expected to be the world's largest and most expensive home, with a cost of about US$2 billion.<ref name="worlds first">{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/2008/04/30/home-india-billion-forbeslife-cx_mw_0430realestate.html |title=Inside The World's First Billion-Dollar Home |journal=[[Forbes]]|date=30 April 2008|access-date=17 November 2010|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101112203151/http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/30/home-india-billion-forbeslife-cx_mw_0430realestate.html| archive-date=12 November 2010 | url-status= live |first=Matt |last=Woolsey}}</ref>

{{As of| 2014}}, it is considered the world's most expensive private residence.<ref name="expensive" />

==Incidents==
On 10 July 2017, a fire broke out on the ninth floor, and it was extinguished within a few minutes. Six fire tenders reached the building within 10 minutes of getting the call. However, the fire was extinguished by Antilia staff before the fire brigade team arrived, using a small line of fixed firefighting systems and fire extinguishers. The fire was confined to the 4G antenna and plastic framing of the vertical garden.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fire-breaks-out-at-mukesh-ambani-s-antilia-building-in-south-mumbai/story-yimwpwawuyICkOo98KtifO.html| title=Fire breaks out at Mukesh Ambani's 'Antilia' building in south Mumbai| date=11 July 2017| author=Indo Asian News Service}}</ref>

On February 25, 2021, a car containing 20 [[gelignite|explosive gelatin]] sticks and a threatening letter targeting the Ambanis, was [[Antilia bomb scare|found near Antilia]]. The car was parked about 400 metres from the building on [[Carmichael Road]] bordering Altamount Road. A security officer at Antilia placed a call to the police control room regarding the suspicious vehicle, and the police rushed to the spot, joined by the bomb detection and disposal squad. After the sniffer dogs detected explosives, the bomb squad removed the gelatin sticks, which were found to be not assembled, and had no battery or detonator.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/explosive-threat-letter-found-in-a-car-near-ambani-house-in-mumbai-101614277674906.html| title=Explosive, threat letter found in a car near Ambani house in Mumbai| date=25 February 2021| author=Vijay Kumar Yadav and Manish K Pathak| website=hindustand times}}</ref> The probe was led by the Mumbai's crime intelligence unit head [[Sachin Vaze]]. The case was handed to the National Investigative Agency, which found out that Vaze was himself involved in this incident, and he was arrested.<ref>{{Cite web|date=March 19, 2021|first=Saurabh|last=Vaktania|title=Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case: What happened and when|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/mukesh-ambani-bomb-scare-case-a-timeline-of-events-1781086-2021-03-19|access-date=2021-05-18|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

== Public reception ==
[[Tata Group]] former chairman [[Ratan Tata]] said Antilia is an example of rich Indians' lack of empathy for the poor.<ref name=empathy4poor>{{cite news|title='Antilla', Mukesh Ambani's house, shows lack of empathy for poor: Ratan Tata|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Antilla-Mukesh-Ambanis-house-shows-lack-of-empathy-for-poor-Ratan-Tata/articleshow/8506287.cms|access-date=30 May 2011|date=22 May 2011|work=The Times of India}}</ref> Tata said, "The person who lives in there should be concerned about what he sees around him and asking how he can make a difference. If he cannot, then it's sad because this country needs people to allocate some of their enormous wealth to finding ways of mitigating the hardship that people have.<ref name="empathy4poor" /> It makes me wonder why someone would do that. That's what revolutions are made of."<ref name="firstpost.com">{{cite news |url=http://www.firstpost.com/business/ratan-tata-on-mukesh-lifestyl-13535.html |title=Why Mukesh Ambani's swanky home makes Ratan Tata sad |date=20 December 2014 |newspaper=[[Firstpost]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of tallest buildings in Mumbai]]

==References==

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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101030213953/http://framework.latimes.com/2010/10/25/most-expensive-home-in-the-world-has-27-floors-ocean-and-slum-views/#/0 Most Expensive Home in the World has 27 Floors and Slum Views] – slideshow by the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
*[http://www.luxurylaunches.com/buildings/antilia_is_the_worlds_most_expensive_house_for_1_billion.php Antilia is the world’s most expensive house for $1 billion] – ''Luxurylaunches''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120403163529/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-22/india/29570930_1_corus-and-jlr-jlr-management-ratan-tata It's sad Mukesh Ambani lives in such opulence: Ratan Tata]
*[https://bareshellestates.com/antilia-mukesh-ambanis-house/ Mukesh Ambani's residence Antilia]

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