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Amazing office buildings in India

Last updated on: May 12, 2011 12:51 IST

Image: ITPL, Bengaluru.
Photographs: Reuters.
India prides itself on having some of the most contemporary designs for offices, especially in the IT sector. Some of these Indian IT campuses and parks rival the best in Europe or America.

Which office buildings do you think are the most stunning in India? Would you like to suggest the names of others buildings, which are architectural marvels?

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Meanwhile, here's a look at some amazing office buildings across India.

1. International Technology Park, Bengaluru

India's first hi-tech park of its kind has been designed to provide a refreshing environment for IT professionals.

Spread across a built-up area of over 2,000,000 sq ft, the ITPB has more than 233 companies.

There are six buildings in the sprawling complex, named Discoverer, Innovator, Inventor, Explorer, Navigator, Creator, and Pioneer.

Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Patni Knowledge Park.
2. Patni Knowledge Park, Mumbai

Patni Knowledge Park opened in September 2006 in Airoli near Mumbai, India.

Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Oracle Financial Services Software centre.
3. Oracle Financial Services Software (Bangalore)

Earlier known as i-flex Park, the a state-of-the-art facility at C V Raman Nagar, Bangalore has uniquely designed blocks - an executive complex and a block for development and customer care activities.

With a floor space of over 144,000 square feet, the building which is a part of the Bagmane Tech Park, accommodates more than 1,500 employees. The building has several energy saving measures including special provisions for natural light.

The software park built and maintained by Bagmane Group is equipped with modern facilities. It has a lake near the entrance and a shopping mall.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Mysore Infosys campus.
4. Infosys training campus, Mysore

Infosys has the world's largest training centre in Mysore.

With a total built-up area of 1.44 million sq. ft, the centre can train 14,000 employees at any given time.

The facility has 147 training rooms, 485 faculty rooms, 42 conference rooms, five assessment halls, an induction hall, a cyber caf and two state-of-the-art libraries.

The multiplex and auditorium complex are the key highlights here.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Infosys campus, Mysore.
5. Infosys, Mysore

The Employee Care Centre at the campus houses a gymnasium, badminton and squash courts, table tennis, pool and snooker tables, an aerobics centre, a swimming pool, a jacuzzi, a bowling alley, a rock climbing wall, a meditation hall, a bank, an eight-lane bowling alley and a laundromat with industrial type washer extractors and coin-operated washing machines, a company store and a medical centre.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Adobe headquarters.
6. Adobe headquarters, Noida

The Adobe building with an innovative design has a total carpet area of 2,00,000 square feet.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: TCS, Hyderabad.
7. TCS, Hyderabad

Tata Consultancy Services has four offices in Hyderabad. This circular building is located at the HITEC city campus.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Wipro, Noida.
8. Wipro, Noida

The Wipro campus in Greater Noida is a LEED (Leadership in energy & environmental Design) certified Gold rated Green Building.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Mahindra Satyam, Hyderabad.
9. Mahindra Satyam, Hyderabad

This building with an innovative design is the company's global headquarters.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Microsoft campus.
10. Microsoft, Hyderabad

Spread across a sprawling 54-acre site, the Microsoft campus in Hyderabad has been designed to reflect the Redmond standards.

It has been awarded the LEED Gold NC Certification and the ET, Acer Intel Smart Workplace Award in the IT Category in 2008.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Signature Towers, Gurgaon.
11. Signature Towers, Gurgaon

Built by the Unitech group, Signature Towers is one of the best-designed office complexes in India.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: DLF gateway.
12. DLF Gateway, Gurgaon

This 12-storey complex is spread across an area of 1.15 acres.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: IL and FS office.
13. IL&FS, Mumbai

The IL&FS office located at the Bandra-Kurla complex is one of the landmark buildings in Mumbai.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: HSBC, Pune.
14. HSBC, Pune

The state-of-the-art building in Pune houses the HSBC office.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: HSBC, Mumbai.
15. HSBC, Mumbai

The HSBC office in Mumbai is one of the most impressive office buildings in India.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: ICICI Bank headquarters.
16. ICICI Bank headquarters

The ICICI Bank's headquarters is located at the sprawling Bandra-Kurla complex in Mumbai.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Infosys, Thiruvananthapuram.
17. Infosys, Thiruvananthapuram

The Infosys building at the Technopark campus has been designed by Hafeez Contractor. The stunning building looks like a ship.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Syntel, Chennai.
18. Syntel, Chennai

Syntel opened the first phase of its state-of-the-art technology campus in Chennai in 2010.

The Chennai campus spread across 29 acres is being constructed in multiple phases and will accommodate over 10,000 employees.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Syntel, Chennai.
19. Syntel, Chennai

Syntel's campus has world-class infrastructure and security systems.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Cisco, Bangalore.
20. Cisco, Bangalore

Spread over a million square feet, the Cisco Globalisation Centre in Bangalore is considered to be the best building that Cisco has anywhere in the world.

The Globalisation Centre accommodates the research and development, IT, and customer support teams in India.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Air India building.
21. Air India building, Mumbai

The building is the headquarters of the national airline, Air India. It is one of the Mumbai's tallest buildings.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Statesman House.
22. Statesman House, New Delhi

The Statesman House is an impressive building in the capital city.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Infinity Towers.
23. Infinity Towers, Gurgaon

Designed by Hafeez Contractor, the complex has three towers (10-12 storeys).

Spread across 1.2 million sq.ft of space, the complex is designed according to Seismic Zone V specifications for earthquake resistance, has amenities like food court, health club ATMs and safety systems.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: L and T Infotech, Chennai.
24. L&T Infotech, Chennai

Larsen & Toubro inaugurated its Infotech Park at its ECC premises in Chennai.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: B Mathur/Reuters.
25. Bharti Airtel office

The Bharti Airtel office is located on the outskirts of New Delhi.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: Cyber Towers, Hyderabad.
Photographs: Reuters.
26. Cyber Towers, Hyderabad

A landmark building in Hyderabad, the Cyber Towers was inaugurated in 1998 as the first phase of HITEC city.

The building houses several offshore development facilities and call centres.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: IT park in Chandigarh.
27. IT park in Chandigarh

Chandigarh is India's first planned city. With excellent infrastructure, the city has attracted many IT companies.

The IT companies in Chandigarh are mainly located at the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park (RGCTP) and the DLF campus.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: DLF IT park.
28. DLF IT park

DLF has built excellent IT parks across all major cities in India.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: DLF Cyber City.
29. DLF Cyber City, Gurgaon

DLF Cyber Terraces is an integrated Technology Park offering state-of-the art amenities and professional workspace to software and IT/ITES companies.

Spread over 2 million sq.ft, this futuristic building has been designed by Hafeez Contractor.

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Amazing office buildings in India

Image: TECCI Park.
30. TECCI Park, Chennai

TECCI Park is designed and developed as a green building. It has been awarded the LEED Silver Certificate for Core & Shell by the US Green Building Council USGBC.