Tall Order

What to do when you’re a billionaire… so much money so little time. A Mumbai billionaire has found an efficient way to offload money by building a 245m high storey house for his family, so he can get a good view of the Arabian Sea. It contains six floors of parking, and space for 600 household staff. Leighton Asia, an offshoot of the Australian company, is building it now. An indian blog describes it as, “a fortunate island in the midst of a flat-broke ocean of humanity.”

Local architect Hafeez Contractor reckons all is well though: “This is a right way to build a private house in a congested city. A man like him in any other city would have 10 to 15 acres of land to himself.”

BBC 01.06.07
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Posted by Peter on 03.06.07 in weird and wonderful