A commercial blueprint of the complex in PDF format can be downloaded from here. I must say, it looks impressive nonetheless and personally, I wouldn't mind owning a 3BHK luxury flat here myself! Pre booking for the flat are going for about 4 - 5.7Crores INR ($800,000 - $1,000,000 USD approx) each.
This is NOT the first one that's being pitched and built in India. Dear readers from the West, this kinda gives you a contradictory look of India as compared to the "Slumdog Millionaire" isn't it? ;)
But the question is, Do we really need to invest in such a luxury when more than 60% of the population reeks in hunger and poor sanitation? If I was commissioning such an unique architecture of this sort, I would have rather insisted it to be built as a public complex, say, a shopping mall wherein it would draw in tourism and generate revenue for the land as visitors globally would want to come and experience this cyber-unique architect's intended lifestyle. A private residential complex just seems too much of an unwanted luxury. Imagine the amount of power required to pump up water that high to the pools, the need for maintenance of those trees uprooted from their nativity and planted within the complex premises. A clubhouse within the complex?? I mean, what were they thinking? Only the residents on the 37 storeyed apartment get to mingle and party over and over again disconnected from the outer public? In my opinion, this residential complex however of luxury it might be, still seems to be a flawed jewel...
Dear James law, I honestly applaud this amazing creation of yours, but only if this was more of something that adds value to the land, (read monuments that attract tourism) rather than a piece of private luxury to boast off just "Because we can"...Why is it that luxury deserves to be accessible only to those with deep pockets? Is it also because We can and They can't...?
