Two fourteen-storied blocks of 20m x 80m and 20m x 40m respectively paced in L-shaped arrangement, were designed on a grid of 6.6m x 6.6m. the frame structure rests on 25m deep R.C. piles.
Engineers on the job had no previous experience of designing elevators and services for such a tall building. The mail chutes, fire-fighting wet risers, and running of plumbing through central service shafts were all novelties introduced through this building. Both Architects and engineers had to learn from scratch, on site.
Chatterjee, Malay. "I. 1947 – 1959: Options after Independence, the Evolution of Contemporary Indian Architecture." In Architecture In India, Paris and Milan: Electa Moniteur, 1985. Pp. 128
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- New Secretariat Building. Calcutta, 1954.