Mukesh Ambani chooses his Architect and Contractor very carefully. Possibly- He looked out through globe for the best constructions firm and selected a team until he got satisfied by their previous work.
The contractor was CIMIC Group or Leighton Holdings; established in 1949. They have done some mega projects like:
Anglo-Australian Obervatory, Australia ↓
Airport link ,Brisbane ↓
Ross Dam ↓
Gateway Bridge, Australia ↓
And, the architecture of Antilia was done by Perkins and Will; established in 1935. The same firm who has done following wonderful creation:
Van Buren, Chicago, Illinois ↓
Chase Tower, Chicago ↓
Duke University, N. Carolina ↓
The Clare, Chicago ↓
International School of Beijing ↓
Notice the similarities in their selection of site and way of construction. All projects were amid crowded areas with restricted available lands. Be it buildings in herded and congested areas or Dams in through forests. Similarly Antilia’s site possesses the same kind of attributes; surrounded by slums, narrow fencing roads and limited area to spare. Together, the team constructed Antilia, in Mumbai ↓
There is an interesting fact I saw in a TV programme- that why Ambani family decided to have residence on the top floor of the building, i.e, just below the floor of ATC control room. The two reasons were:
- Nita Ambani wanted to have a view of Arabian sea from her room, with an early sunlight. The building is just 700 m from the coast.
- The family members are more likely to use their private flights than their luxury cars. So it is quick to reach helipads on top than the car parking area in bottom.
Antilia is a much talked about ‘private luxury home’ in the world, after Buckingham Palace; less about the exteriors and much about the interior specifications.
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