Hyderabad hitec (Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy) city exudes all the glitz of post-liberalised India. Plush office complexes, exuberant it parks, swanky exhibition centres showcase a township riding the crest of the country economic boom.

Growth of Indian building sector and growth of glitz

Building materials have ecological footprints

Hazarattaiah works with the Bangalore-based Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute (IPIRTI), an autonomous body under the Union ministry of environment and forests. His organisation is involved in conducting research and development and promotion of use of bamboo in housing construction.

Jeeth K Iype, an architect with Bangalore-based Good Earth, an organisation of architects and engineers experimenting with alternatives in architecture, lives with his wife and two kids at Kengeri town, about 15 kms away from Bangalore city hub on Bangalore-Mysore highway.