[2] Designed by Chennai-based Architects Ponni Concessao and Oscar Concessao, the complex has been built by Shapoorji Pallonji and Company Pvt Limited with all Green Building Council norms.

The old secretariat had an old Nizam period heritage structure called as Peshi or G-block.

After the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to form the new state of Telangana, the building were divided into 58:42 for Andhra Pradesh and Telangana for 10 years, until 2024.

[3] The razing of old Secretariat complex of Telangana began in Hyderabad early in July 2020, with the government starting demolition of the old buildings and paving the way for construction of a state-of-the-art new complex in its place.

[4][5] Built in Indo-Saracenic style, the new Telangana Secretariat also blends the Indo-Islamic architectural features generally with domes.