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Luxury Mumbai Residential Tower to Top Empire State Building

By Eric Bellman | June 8, 2010


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A Mumbai developer is about to start construction on what he claims will be the world’s tallest residential tower. If you are super rich, you can see what such lofty living feels like.

Mumbai builder Lodha Developers Ltd. said it will finish the over 117-storey stack of private homes called “World One” in 2014.

At more than 450 meters, it will be taller than the Empire State Building in New York or the Willis Tower, known until quite recently as the Sears Tower, in Chicago. It is also scheduled to beat the record for tallest residential tower which is currently held by the 323-meter residential complex in Australia called “Q1.”

World One will cost around $450 million to build and its rooms are already being sold at prices of $1.5 million all the way up to more than $12 million, according to the developer.

The building will get one of the highest environmental ratings in the world by recycling its water, harvesting rain water and using solar power, the developer said.

“This will help put Mumbai at the forefront of the architectural revolution that is happening across the world,” said Abhisheck Lodha, managing director of Lodha Developers.

He said this proud protrusion on the Mumbai skyline will point to how, “India is asserting itself on the global stage.”

This tallest residence, built on the grounds of a failed textile company, will not suffer the fate of many of the world’s tallest buildings which have often heralded the end of property booms, Mr. Lodha said. There is more than enough economic growth and demand for quality housing in Mumbai to find enough rich folks to fill the tower, he said.

India’s first sight of what may become a symbol of the city’s vibrancy didn’t go so smoothly, though. As Mr. Lodha and the building’s designers stood amid loud music, flashing spotlights and a bunch of stage smoke, the rotating platform that was supposed to turn and reveal the projected profile of the World One refused to turn all the way around.

After five minutes of uncomfortable smiling on stage it was fixed to show the architects’ rendition of what the oval-shaped tower will look like.

To design the massive building, Lodha brought in two U.S. firms: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, which helped design the pyramid in the Louvre in Paris, and Leslie E. Robertson Associates, which was behind the old World Trade Center in New York and other famous buildings including the Bank of China in Hong Kong.

The design of the skyscraper takes into account Indian family values, said Jay Berman, partner at Pei Cobb Freed & Partners. Indians want access to outside air so each apartment has a balcony.

Continued at Wall Street Journal/India Realtime

World’s tallest residential building at Lower Parel

Express News Service | Wed Jun 09 2010

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MUMBAI- The city’s skyline is all set to play host to the world’s tallest residential building with Lodha Developers announcing the construction of a 117-storey tower in Lower Parel on Tuesday. Once ready in 2014, the 450-mt (1450 ft) highrise will dwarf the existing tallest residential building Q1, which is 323 mt (1058 ft) high, in Gold Coast, Australia. The 80-storey Q1 was built in 2005.

The half-a-kilometre tall structure will come up on the defunct 17-acre Shrinivas Mill plot in Lower Parel. Titled World One, the building will be part of the Rs 2000-crore Lodha Place project which comprises two other residential towers— a mall and a commercial building.

The skyscraper will have a total of 300 apartments and will have three and four bedroom flats, private villas with individual pools as well as duplexes measuring 10,000 sq ft. The flats come with exorbitant price tags of Rs 7.5 crore to Rs 50 crore.

Abhisheck Lodha, managing director of Lodha Group, said the project would cater to the Mumbaiites’ aspirations to a global lifestyle. Drawing a parallel with the Empire State Building as a symbol of America’s rise in the 1930s and more recently the Petronas Twin Towers and Shanghai World Financial Center representing the rise of Asia, the developer said World One would emerge as a landmark for Mumbai.

“Every global city is made memorable by its architectural landmarks. Be it the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Opera House in Sydney or the Empire State Building in New York, these vibrant forms reflect the passion and culture of the city they are located in. We are confident that World One will come to represent India’s quest for excellence in the economic and cultural arenas,” said Lodha.

The project is being designed by the New York-based architects Pei Cobb Freed and Partners, who have earlier worked on projects like the Grand Louvre Expansion and Modernization (Paris), the Bank of China Tower (Hong Kong) and the John Hancock Tower (Boston).

Rest of story at Indian Express

This is great news!

It's going to be the second tallest all residential. building, behind the 516-meter Pentominium.

But doesn't the Pentominium acheive it's height with basically a telephone pole ?

Height to roof is 516 meters, highest floor 468 meters (122 floors).

go for it Lodha Developers Ltd.!

the design looks tame, but who can judge from such a small rendering?

will be very cool good to see India getting along well

Some more renderings:

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Site prep and booking is underway. Pics courtesy IndiansUnite @ SSC:

Outside the mill compound-
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Scale model in the sales gallery-
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the site -
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Road leading into the site-

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This tower will be made or broken on the materials used for the facade. If it's painted concrete, it will look pretty bad. If they use some sort of metal panels, it could end up looking really great.

idk why but im doubtful about this projects ability to actually get built.

Take the Burj Dubai, Chicago's Trump and Lake Point Tower and smash them together and you stylistic have this tower.

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most miserable place to build a supertall in the world ? ?

^ Former slum redevelopment. It's Mumbai effectively leapfrogging several decades of development and redevelopment to keep pace with the Indian economic boom.

The poor get new housing that can be turned for great profit to them, and city infrastructure and development can grow organically and vertically. It's a win-win for all parties involved.


I'd say all in all, it's probably the very best place to build a supertall!

Just like the burj dubai, I highly doubt this will ever be even half occupied.

Cool, thanks for the prophecy. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

What's the likelihood of this being built. I hope that it is. Mumbai is the de facto capital of one of the emerging world powers.

well, its not a prophecy... do you seriously think mumbai or dubai are going to have half the occupation for any of the towers they build? I mean, the only way they went up in the first place were because of cheap loans, mass debt, and notoriety. The developers aren't doing this to fulfill economic needs. If they were doing that, there would be highrises and shops all up and down the city. But no, there are still slums and piles of shit everywhere. They think adding all these supertalls are going to increase the quality and standard of living overnight. The worst though, is probably the supertall hotels the developers want. They must be absolutely crazy if they ever think these projects make any sound financial sense whatsoever. Theres a reason why dubai is in a recession right now, mainly because none of the towers are even remotely paying themselves off. And I can guarantee you as long as mumbai has this mindset, the city is never going to prosper. It might look nice from a distance, where you can't recognize how empty all the skyscrapers are and all the slums, but that's about it. Your welcome for the guarantee. :tup:

It's a really nice tower and I hope it gets built.

It's better than a glass box, but not by much.

Quite the stunning design, simple yet powerful. I'm impressed, Mumbai. Let's hope we see it go through to completion. :tup:

The Lodha World One Could Have Brought A Better Height If Designers Added A 50-60 Meter Spire On Top. It Falls Short Of Nanjing Greenland Fc Tower In China By 8 Meters Only And Thats Silly. Add A Sphire And Cross 500 Metrs Atleast.

ALL OTHER COUNTRIES ARE USING RIDICULOUS MEANS TO GET THEIR TOWERS TALLER. NORTH AMERICA IS BEST AT IT, i.e. THEY INCREASE BUILDING HEIGHT DRASTICALLY BY ERECTING A SILLY SPIRE, e.g. BANK OF AMERICA TOWER, NY. SO INDIAN BUILDINGS SHOULD USE SPIRES TO CHALLENGE THE BEST. :hell:

spires are an important, accepted part of a building's aesthetic. Without a culminating point, a lot towers look incomplete and tacky. Of course, that is not always the case. But believe me when I say that spires aren't added just to boost the height. Some even make the whole look of some buildings.

GOOD THING THAT SPIRES HELP TOWERS GETA COMPLETE LOOK. I FEEL THAT THE LODHA WORLD ONE DOES NOT LOOK COMPLETE WITHOUT A SPIRE. SO THE DEVELOPERS MUST ADD SOMETHING DAZZLING ON TOP TO GIVE THE BUILDING A DIABOLIC LOOK. WHEN U BUILD TALL, THEN YOU SHOLUD GO TALLER IF ITS EASY TO ACHIEVE.

DEVELOPERS OF THE PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS ADDED THE SPIRES ONLY TO GET IT PAST THE HEIGHT OF THE WILIS TOWER. SO ITS NOT WRONG TO SAY THAT SPIRES ARE USED TO ENHANCE HEIGHT.[/COLOR] :sly:

100+ floors and only 3 elevators?

Do you have to reserve your trip in advance?

Kinda looks like the Trump Tower in Chicago, hope this thing gets built. Its impressive that its a residential skyscraper and not a commericial skyscraper.

There will probably be several elevator shafts in each of the sections labeled Lift. Perhaps each of the three sections will service different parts of the tower, like if you are going to the 20th floor you use Lift 1, going to the 60th floor use Lift 2, etc.

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That would make sense, but the drawing indicates 3 elevators and not three elevator bays.

I hope Im wrong. I had a friend who lived in a 32 floor building. Each floor only had two apartments, but the building only had two elevators, the main one and the service one.

Waits could be quite annoying.

Um... The Willis Tower is 1451 feet... Taller than The tacky World One and also the Willis Tower's spire soars to 1730

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Mumbai property rises above slums

By Joe Leahy and James Fontanella-Khan in Mumbai
October 3 2010

NYguy, I moved your post over from the India Tower thread over to this one. :)

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Above ground now.
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This building rocks! :rock:

thanks for posting the updates scalziand! :tup:

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Finally a decent overview of the site. Looks rather like a mini-burj.
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Im super excited for this one! - sup from NYC !

And a sizable amount of construction going on in the immediate area. Anyone know what some of those other projects are?

World One is part of a complex that will have 2 other towers in it, World Crest and the Queen Tower, which is supposed to be at least 90floors. I don't know much about adjacent projects though.

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Ok, I done a bit of digging. The tower under construction in the lower left is one of a 45 floor twin tower development called Lotus Complex

To the right of World One/World Crest there's going to be some sort of sports arena.

The tower under construction in the upper right with the speckled blue cladding at the base is the 60 floor Orbit Terraces

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The tower is 442 meters not 450, it's the exact same height as Sears.

Nice work, scaziland! This area is going to have quite the skyline in a few years.

cool political rant. to bad this was a skyscraper form hey?

so we're only supposed to care about the way they look and how tall they are right?

lets all ignore context, great idea.