Sunday, October 17, 2010

$1 Billion home completed


India's wealthiest man finally has a new home to move into. This building was suppose to be "The Greenest of all Buildings", but may be one of the biggest Green Washing efforts the world has ever seen. This 27 story building is 568 ft. high and has a total area of 398,000 sq. ft. In reality, this building could host 60 stories if, Mukesh Ambani (Forbes 4th richest man) settled for standard ceilings instead of an exceptionally high floor-to-ceiling program.

This building has its own health club, gym and dance studio, swimming pool, ballroom, plenty of guest rooms, lounges, 50 seater cinema, 3 helicopter pads and a garage that holds 160 lucky guests.

What makes this worse is that this home is for 5 people (Mukesh, his wife and 3 children)! Building a $1 Billion home in a nation which has 1/3 of the world's poorest population is a pure example of excessive consumption and wastefulness. I'm sure your family would be extremely happy with even a $1 Million home, and just think what you could do spending $999,000,000 on your own nation... What a waste...

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