Bangalore's booming IT industry now demands buildings made to specification. It incorporates the unique security and connectivity requirements that this sector functions in. The design and construction of these buildings is determined to a large extent by the lifestyle and functioning of IT professionals. An IT organisation basically comprises three zones, the technology area, the communication area and the enterprise area. Functions like software designing and coding take place in the technology and communication area. Hence, it is a zone that is a/c and power intensive. On the other hand, the enterprise area is where functions such as ecommerce happen. It can be a workstation with lesser infrastructure back-up.

Taking into consideration the needs of the three zones, the building should have adequate power and phone connectivity. When a company sets up an office in any location, it should pay particular attention to finer details like the availability of power and whether permission will be granted to lay the required phone lines.

The IT professionals job is extremely stressful and they need to relax. Most IT corporate houses provide adequate recreational facilities like swimming pools, gyms, basketball and tennis courts and good cafeterias. The skyrocketing salary this sector offers makes it mandatory for office buildings to provide a huge car park. The builders in Bangalore are realising this and working towards putting up complexes that are suitable to IT firms.

Most IT companies demand office space of 10,000 sq.ft. or more. Small and medium IT firms prefer to move into fully furnished offices. This means a strategic shift in design and concept too. Preferably, the building should have a flat roof with very few pillars, which increases the floor space inside. A smart building takes into consideration factors such as wiring that optimises connectivity, windows with ultra violet rays protected glasses and direct connections from ISPs.

Apartments are going the smart way too. Builders are making sure that apartments come with high speed net connections so that a person can come home and work on the net rather than stay back late in office. Other gizmos include burglar alarms that are connected to modems and triggers a siren at the office of the security services, and panic switches that dial the police station automatically when hit.

The way we live, the way we think, the way we work - everything is being influenced by the IT revolution. The buildings of Bangalore reflect this change too. They are all going the high-tech way.