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It is located on Billionaires' Row in Mumbai, India. [4] Built from 2006 to 2010 at a cost of nearly US$2 billion, [2] [5] [6] [unreliable source] it was valued at US$4.6 billion in 2023. [7] It is one of the most expensive houses or residences in India. [8] The building is designed to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake. [9]
Ancient Indian architecture ranges from the Indian Bronze Age to around 800 CE. By this endpoint Buddhism in India had greatly declined, and Hinduism was predominant, and religious and secular building styles had taken on forms, with great regional variation, which they largely retain even after some forceful changes brought about by the arrival of first Islam, and then Europeans.
Pages in category "Houses in India" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 10, Janpath; C.
Thousands of palatial houses were built using local and imported materials. The most recent ones, built in the 1930s and 1940s, are in the Art Deco style. An example of a palatial house is pictured. [87] Bahá'í House of Worship at New Delhi Delhi: 2014 i, v, vi (cultural) The Lotus Temple is the main BaháΚΌí House of Worship in India. It ...
Jinnah House, also known as the South Court Mansion, [1] is an unoccupied house in Malabar Hill, a premium neighbourhood of the city of Mumbai in India associated with Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and first governor-general of Pakistan, and his family. [2]
Housing in India varies from palaces of erstwhile maharajas, to modern apartment buildings in big cities, to tiny huts in far-flung villages. The Human Rights Measurement Initiative [ 1 ] finds that India is doing 60.9% of what should be possible at its level of income for the right to housing .
Today it houses a popular museum and a boutique heritage hotel. Leh Palace - is a former royal palace overlooking the town of Leh, Ladakh, in the Indian Himalayas. The palace was constructed circa 1600 by Sengge Namgyal of the Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh.
Villages in India have features such as courtyards, loggias, terraces and balconies. [125] Calico, chintz, and palampore—of Indian origin—highlight the assimilation of Indian textiles in global interior design. [128] Roshandans, which are skylights-cum-ventilators, are a common feature in Indian homes, especially in North India. [129] [130]