Vikasa Soudha, Bangalore, Karnataka India

The IT & business hub Bangalore, has much to offer to the tourists. If you walk down the streets you will see many buildings, depicting modernism in their neo-colonial architecture with a touch of the traditional South India. Vikasa Soudha, the building next to Vidhana Soudha is greatly impressive. Many call it the sister of the former, with a replication of the former's architecture & the striking wood & stone carvings decorating the interior of the beautiful building.

A dream project of the then Chief Minister of Karnataka S.M Krishna, Vikasa Soudha was built to house numerous government and legislative offices which would in turn take away the load from the Vidhana Soudha. With a cost of Rs.150 crores, Vikasa Soudha was built over a land area of about 8 acres with a built up area of 58,274 sq m. The building comprises eight floors housing fifteen conference halls, three hundred and sixty rooms. The granite with the fantastic stone carvings was chosen from stone pits concentrated at Mallasandra, Hesaraghatta, Koira & Avalahalli.

Vikasa Soudha incorporates some of the most modern facilities not seen in any of the other legislative buildings across the country. A grid interactive solar power system is used in the building to provide extra, heavy & regular power supply to the building. Rainwater harvesting has been adapted. Safety measures at the building include the consolidation of modern fire extinguishing system.