Three towers: Atria, Polaris, Vega
32 floors each.

Render:

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/62/48az5.jpg

Developer: Tata Housing
Architect: Ong & Ong
Website: http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/


Tata Housing aims to develop Bangalore’s tallest building

http://www.livemint.com/2008/04/14001619/Tata-Housing-aims-to-develop-B.html

India’s silicon city is growing taller. A planned 32-storey tower in Jalahalli, once completed, will surpass the 24-storey twin towers of Bearys Lakeside Habitat in Hebbal as the city’s tallest residential building.
The 344ft (105m)-tall structure is one of the three towers of the Aquila Heights project that will be launched April end by Tata Housing Development Co. Ltd on land earlier owned by state-owned watch and tractor maker HMT Ltd.
Designed by Singapore-based architects Ong and Ong Ltd, the Aquila Heights project is said to have retained 89% of the 6.3-acre project as open space. “The reason why we decided to go so tall is to make sure that we keep maximum ground space,” said a Tata Housing spokesperson from Mumbai. The project will be completed by 2010.

tall enuf I say.

^^Ya, it would be the tallest residential building with 32 floors.

The tallest building would be the office tower Brigade North Star with 30 floors and 128 m high.

some more renderings from its website--> http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/home.htm

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/189/b1hd1.jpg


http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2772/b2kc0.jpg


http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/9071/b3bz8.jpg

Has the construction work started yet or not, b'coz it said the work would start in April? what's the progress as of now?:)

TATA Housing unveils Bangalore’s Aquila Heights (http://www.moneycontrol.com/india/news/pressnews/tata-housing-unveils-bangalores-aquila-heights/22/03/351919)

Leave the city behind without truly leaving it. Leave behind all those tiring schedules and nerve-cracking meetings. Leave behind the noise, the drama, the cacophony of every demanding workday. Escape to an oasis of pure natural beauty and lush greenery that stretches as far as the eyes can see, without going beyond reach of your urban lifestyle… escape to Aquila Heights.



TATA Housing Development Company Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of TATA Sons Limited today announced its second and most prestigious residential project in the South Indian market with the launch of Aquila Heights- Bangalore’s tallest and most luxurious residential address. Located within the HMT Township at Jalahalli and en route to the new airport at Devanhalli, Aquila Heights is a perfect blend of everything modern and yet surrounded with the goodness of nature. It is pre-certified green building under the guidance of IGBC. Green building features makes it energy efficient and optimizes the natural ventilation of air and light to the apartments thus reducing the operational cost for the tenants.



TATA Housing launched the project in a rather unconventional way thus highlighting the disposition of the project. Brotin Banerjee, Managing Director, TATA Housing Development Company Limited, unveiled a sand sculpture replica of Aquila Heights created by Sudarsan Pattnaik, master sand sculpture world champion at the Garuda Mall today. The five feet tall sand sculpture crafted beautifully by Sudarsan took four days to complete and will be on public display for next seven days. 45 tonns of sand has been used for making the sand sculpture replica of Aquila Heights



Speaking on the launch of Aquila Heights, Brotin Banerjee, said, “On studying the market in Bangalore, we found that there was a need for a differentiated product which offers a lot more to its residents than the conventional residential complex, a product that is modern and conventional and yet unique in its offering. Aquila Heights offers its residents a lifelong vacation from the crowded, noisy city life without taking them away from it.”



Aquila Heights site consists of three towers – Atria (29 storied), Polaris (32 storied and Vega (29 storied), the tallest residential towers in Bangalore. The project designed by International architects has a contemporary theme where steel and glass dominate the elevation of the buildings. The entire project has only 11% ground coverage, leaving 89% of area as open. The property has dedicated traffic zones, wherein the vehicular traffic is restricted to a section of the development leaving rest free for pedestrians.



Aquila Heights offers host of amenities and activities giving the residents more than the conventional residential complex. The development will have two swimming pools – an outdoor infinity lap pool and indoor temperature controlled pool; 3 themed gardens over a conventional garden; 2 gyms – an indoor multi gym and an out door aqua gym. The apartments at Aquila Heights are designed to be modern open apartment with open kitchen and bedroom and large windows. The modern township also has Helipad in each tower. The apartments are of larger size than a conventional 2, 2 ½, and 3 bedroom apartment.



To add more to life, Aquila Heights is the perfect destination for enjoying the all luxuries of life, modern, conventional and natural.

A Helipad on top of each building?
Sounds fancy.
BTW how much would a rent in one of these buildings cost.
A three bedroom condo in particular.
Just curious to know about Indian Realty market prices.

^^A helipad is mandatory as per National Building Code for all buildings above 60m (~20 floors).

Rent depends on several factors, location, builder, facilities etc..I feel as per today it could be minimum Rs.30K per month.

well if thats true then where is helipad on Imperial towers in bombay ? infact for a helipad to be on top of all buildings greater than 20 floors every building will have to have a flat top.

I have seen many design both proposed and under construction that don't have a flat top. Diamond tower o fGIFT for example.

It is the law. It is as per the Fire safety norms; meant for evacuation on emergency. I am not sure whether it is followed in all parts of India. Nor I now about Mumbai. Apart from NBC, each state has its own local rules like KBR (Kerala Building Rules) in Kerala.

I am a professional in the real estate industry for the last 7 years. I was working in Kerala where the law is much strict. There is a magic number too, most builders will opt for 21 floors (B+G+19) so that they can limit it within the magical number of 19 and 60m.

Now I am with Brigade group, Bangalore, here also the law is followed.

BTW it does not mean that the terrace need to be fully flat top. There could be designated landing points, that too in a much lower level than the pinnacle of the building. Example is the helipad at UB city.

well if thats true then where is helipad on Imperial towers in bombay ? infact for a helipad to be on top of all buildings greater than 20 floors every building will have to have a flat top.

I have seen many design both proposed and under construction that don't have a flat top. Diamond tower o fGIFT for example.

Hi Sudheesh,

Nice to know that you work for Brigade Group.

Could you post an update (completion date etc) about the Orion Mall in the Bangalore's Upcoming Malls Thread.

Also, I read that Metropolis will also have a Mall. Any info about that?

^^Sure, will update about Orion Mall. Its been some time since I last visited the site. Will take the status photos too. It is expected to be operational by second quarter of next year.

Ya, there are plans for a Mall and Hotel in Metropolis too. Additional 4 acres have been recently acquired. It would be facing the Whitefiled Road, just opposite the office towers, SUMMIT I& II. It is under the design stage, I had seen the initial designs. Hotel would be on top of Mall. Multiplex will also be there.It would be a pretty big mall, above 5 lakhs sft.

^^Sure, will update about Orion Mall. Its been some time since I last visited the site. Will take the status photos too. It is expected to be operational by second quarter of next year.

Ya, there are plans for a Mall and Hotel in Metropolis too. Additional 4 acres have been recently acquired. It would be facing the Whitefiled Road, just opposite the office towers, SUMMIT I& II. It is under the design stage, I had seen the initial designs. Hotel would be on top of Mall. Multiplex will also be there.It would be a pretty big mall, above 5 lakhs sft.

great effort

I thought these would b the tallest. Northstar dosnt look that tall.

^^Aquila Heights is a 'residential' 32 floor building, so it would not be more than 93m, if we take the standard floor height of 2.9m.Anyway a report says 105 m, even in that case it is much shorter than North Star.

North Star (G+30) is equivalent to a 44-45 floor residential building, with a height of 128 m.

Commercial buildings need to have larger floor plates compared with residential buildings. North Star might have looked more tall if it had lesser floor plate.

Its been U/C for a while now.

July

http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/1972/aaqh.jpg

Older update

June

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1197/auila1.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2069/aquila2.jpg

http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/6636/aquila3f.jpg

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/2536/aquila4.jpg

does aquila also include a mall??

^No.

Sudeesh these are now u/c, can you know change the heading.

August Update

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Club House has started
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6708/tatale.jpg

Polaris 17th floor - Vega 11th floor
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/7748/tata2ck.jpg

Polaris
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/6508/tata3b.jpg

Both
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/1151/tata4.jpg

November
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(Polaris is up to its 23 floor)
http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/construction/polaris_tower_23_tower.jpg

(Vega is up to its 17 floor)
http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/construction/Vega_tower_17_tower.jpg

(Clubhouse structure is complete)
http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/construction/clubhouse-structure_complete.jpg

Jan
Copyright Tata Housing

Polaris - 30th floor
http://i49.tinypic.com/30w1pq9.jpg

March
Copyright Tata

Vega - 25th floor
http://i39.tinypic.com/53pyj4.jpg

Polaris - 32 floor
http://i43.tinypic.com/33bhizr.jpg

Polaris, Vega and the Club House
http://i42.tinypic.com/2afkd2e.jpg

Club House
http://i43.tinypic.com/14mazo6.jpg

Nice though I am not a skyscraper lover,since its in bangalore I am loving it..........:)

Nice though I am not a skyscraper lover,

Then I think you are in a wrong place. The very focus of this forum is skyscrapers/highrises and it is carried even in its name too.

June
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/7645/polarisjune2010.jpg

^^ is this the one near the railway line to Mysore ?

^^ is this the one near the railway line to Mysore ?

no....

Sudheesh can you add "105m" to the title as stated in the article in the first post.

^^Done

^^ is this the one near the railway line to Mysore ?

Actually it is almost next to the railway tracks which go towards Yeshwanthpur. I saw this when I was returning by train from Delhi a few months back.

by now both of them topped out :cheers:

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4077/4932693168_408e012551_b.jpg

cc jimmystrains

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4938010500_3aa0e9822e_b.jpg

cc jimmystrains

October Update

http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/construction/oct_2010_polaris_tower.jpg

http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/construction/oct_2010_3.jpg

http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/construction/oct_2010_2.jpg

October Update


http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/construction/oct_2010_3.jpg


i like glass balconies and sliding doors, modern design. 3 towers were supposed to come up..

I'm glad the Public Utility Building has been displaced (many times over I hope) as the tallest building!! It was getting sad just to point to one tower in the entire city in the early days!! :D

As seen from the BNE

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/8492/img4836j.jpg

^^ helipads seen means topped out...

http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/construction/dec_2010_1.jpg

http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/construction/dec_2010_3.jpg


Link (http://www.aquilaheights.co.in/)

The third tower is rising quickly

March 2011
Copyright Tata Housing
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/2180/frontviewaquila.jpg

Polaris & Vega
http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/7715/polarisvega3.jpg

Polaris
http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/6236/polarisk.jpg

Vega
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/5572/vega3.jpg

Atria
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/9910/atria2.jpg

Atria
http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/4910/atria.jpg

Club House
http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/7525/clubhouse3.jpg

http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1046/clubhousek.jpg

updates September 2011

Aquila Heights
http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/construction/sep_2011_1.jpg

Atria
http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/construction/sep_2011_2.jpg

http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/construction/sep_2011_3.jpg

http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/index.php

^^
Club House Polaris view

http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/construction/sep_2011_4.jpg

Club House

http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/construction/sep_2011_5.jpg

http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/construction/sep_2011_6.jpg

Polaris Vega
http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/construction/sep_2011_9.jpg

Polaris

http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/construction/sep_2011_10.jpg

http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/construction/sep_2011_11.jpg

Vega

http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/construction/sep_2011_12.jpg
http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/index.php

So what's going on with this thing? Last I heard (around one year back), Tata was sick of this since it wasn't able to get enough units sold fast enough, and was trying to sell off the unfinished development to some other builder to complete. Any idea of the current status? How many flats have they managed to sell?

^^ I think it is uneconomical to make high rises above 20 floors. You can have one tower of 30 floors for helicopter landing while other towers 20 floors enough. Above 5 floors you have enough elevation for view and wind, higher floors you can see farther, but farther things look too small so no use since u dont use a binocular daily :)

Atria rose pretty fast, for Indian standards at least. And the other towers look good.

^^ I think it is uneconomical to make high rises above 20 floors. You can have one tower of 30 floors for helicopter landing while other towers 20 floors enough. Above 5 floors you have enough elevation for view and wind, higher floors you can see farther, but farther things look too small so no use since u dont use a binocular daily :)

Uneconomical !! :nuts:

What bout FSI consumption then ? The more thou build .. the more thou sell .. the more thou you sell .. the more happy thou art ..

The concept of TDR itself promotes building more ... Over and above the allowable Buit up area, builders buy TDR to build even more !

In fact from an urban planning perspective, in the long run, high rises and self contained townships are the forerunners..

Uneconomical !! :nuts:

What bout FSI consumption then ? The more thou build .. the more thou sell .. the more thou you sell .. the more happy thou art ..

The concept of TDR itself promotes building more ... Over and above the allowable Buit up area, builders buy TDR to build even more !

In fact from an urban planning perspective, in the long run, high rises and self contained townships are the forerunners..

I meant instead of 3 towers of 32 floors each, build 6 towers of 16 floor each. Fsi remains same though open space reduced. In this 2 cases the latter becomes more economical per flat. A civil engineer will know better.

I think instead of giving terrace to top floor penthouse guy better make it accessible to all people..

By the by self contained townships are easier said than done. Looks good only on paper :bash:

The building looks cool :cheers:

^^ I think it is uneconomical to make high rises above 20 floors. You can have one tower of 30 floors for helicopter landing while other towers 20 floors enough. Above 5 floors you have enough elevation for view and wind, higher floors you can see farther, but farther things look too small so no use since u dont use a binocular daily :)

You are an engineer? :)

^^ I think it is uneconomical to make high rises above 20 floors. You can have one tower of 30 floors for helicopter landing while other towers 20 floors enough. Above 5 floors you have enough elevation for view and wind, higher floors you can see farther, but farther things look too small so no use since u dont use a binocular daily :)

:lol: Thanks, you made my day.

^^ most objective analysis..

I meant instead of 3 towers of 32 floors each, build 6 towers of 16 floor each. Fsi remains same though open space reduced. In this 2 cases the latter becomes more economical per flat. A civil engineer will know better.


nobody answering my query :bash: :ohno:

^^ most objective analysis..



nobody answering my query :bash: :ohno:

Come on ..

Where do you build 6 towers ? On land right ?

Acquiring more land is cheaper or building more floors (If FSI permits) ?

Unless you want to build upon 95% of the land and make the project a slum.

Going high allows more open space and possibility of doing more common amenties which in turn enhance the quality of lifestyle of its residents..

^^ most objective analysis..



nobody answering my query :bash: :ohno:

You need more land if you want to build more towers. Three towers of 32 floors will require less land than six towers of 16 floors. That much is clear.

And then, there are regulations and norms governing open spaces around highrises. There is a maximum height you can go to for each size of plot. You can't buy a 30X40 site and build 20 floors! So, open spaces are also important.

You need more land if you want to build more towers. Three towers of 32 floors will require less land than six towers of 16 floors. That much is clear.

And then, there are regulations and norms governing open spaces around highrises. There is a maximum height you can go to for each size of plot. You can't buy a 30X40 site and build 20 floors! So, open spaces are also important.

Just to add ..

height and FSI depend on plot size and width of the road on which the plot is located.

Bigger the plot and wider the road .. more you can build and higher you can go (Unless you have height restriction in that area i.e. Proximity to airport etc .)

:cheers:

Im talking about big enough land parcels, not 30x40. Going too tall is expensive to make it earth quake proof, helipads etc. So shorter buildings more are better. Both the examples FSI remains same. very high rises are economical only in CBD of a city

Im talking about big enough land parcels, not 30x40. Going too tall is expensive to make it earth quake proof, helipads etc. So shorter buildings more are better. Both the examples FSI remains same. very high rises are economical only in CBD of a city

Assuming the land parcel to be huge and not in CBD .... Agreed ..

Classic Example of this - DLF Bannerghatta Road, Prestige Shantiniketan ..etc

Rock bottom construction costs and selling price

^^ and take this, they could constructed single tower of 96 floors acquila heights, that would have been more uneconomical though open space would have been more. So i think inflection point is around 20 floor towers which are in very high number in bangalore

update from website (http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/index.php)

http://www.tatahousing.in/aquilaheights/construction/may_2012_25.jpg