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Antilia is the residence of billionaire Mukesh Ambani and his family. [3] 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]
Villa Shodhan (or Shodhan House) is a modernist villa located in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the Swiss architect Le Corbusier , it was built between 1951 and 1956. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Building on his previous projects whilst integrating the traditional features of Ahmedabad design, the villa symbolizes Le Corbusier's domestic architecture. [ 3 ]
Villa Sarabhai, or Villa de Madame Manorama Sarabhai, is a modernist villa located in Ahmedabad, India. Designed by the Franco-Swiss architect Le Corbusier, it was built between 1951 and 1955. [1] It was built with an austere interior, a typical Le Corbusier design principle.
Oheka Castle courtyard view Main staircase. In 1984, Oheka was purchased by Gary Melius, a Long Island developer. Melius undertook the largest private residential renovation project in the United States to restore the house, which was in a state of almost total disrepair, and recreate the gardens from the original Olmsted plans.
The Villa Medici in Fiesole with early terraced hillside landscape by Leon Battista Alberti The Villa Tamminiemi, an Art Nouveau styled villa and house museum in Helsinki, Finland A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house that originally provided an escape from urban life. [ 1 ]
The Lakshmi Vilas Palace (Gujarati: લક્ષ્મી વિલાસ મહેલ) in Vadodara, Gujarat, India, was constructed in 1890 by the Gaekwad family, a prominent Maratha family, who ruled the Baroda State. Major Charles Mant was credited to be the main architect of the palace.
The mansion is an Italianate villa house designed for Walker by Vertner Tandy, the first African-American architect registered in New York, [9] [10] and has been considered to be one of his greatest works. It was constructed during 1916–1918 at an estimated cost of $250,000 and was furnished lavishly.
Villa Poppaea at Oplontis (c. 50 BC) Villa Regina, Boscoreale Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii Entrance to the Villa San Marco, Stabiae A Roman villa was typically a farmhouse or country house in the territory of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire , sometimes reaching extravagant proportions.