The research employed archival data, field documentation of ICT facility locations and architecture, and interviews with key actors in four case study areas of the city to explore these questions. Comparing these case study areas the research revealed several important findings: (1) Contrary to Bangalore's image as a city uniformly populated by ICT companies, the city's ICT geography varies widely across space. (2) This spatial differentiation is grounded in the historical circumstances of each case study area's development, the use, although reinterpreted, of 'global' development norms to suit local needs, and the business requirements of a variety of ICT business models. (3) The architect's role in the construction of ICT space appears to have been focused not on any consideration of a wider vision for the city, but rather, and almost without exception, on the creation of the 'global' and 'international' image required by real-estate developers and the ICT corporations, albeit an image informed by the 'local' embeddedness of all actors.