In early 1951, during his first visit itself Le Corbusier began to sketch the designs for the Capitol buildings. The geometrical concrete buildings are intended to embody the essential spirit of the new city. The size and solidity of the structures denotes power, the power of the people in a democratic state.

Le Corbusier devoted great attention to the placement of the various buildings and other elements to avoid a static balance of rigid geometry but at the same time preserve the alignment along a crossed axis and give the whole a subtle visual cohesion. In the backdrop of the Shivalik Hills a few small artificial hillocks planned by Le Corbusier play a delightful visual game of hiding and revealing the edifices from the rest of the city. The Leisure Valley, a central linear green belt offers the best view of this designed visual drama.  

In Le Corbusier's original concept, the Capitol was to consist of the edifices consisting of: i) Secretariat; ii) Assembly, iii) High Court; and iv) Governor's Palace. However, the proposed Governor's Palace was later changed to a more democratic institution called the Museum of Knowledge. Although all other structures of the Capitol have been built, sadly the pivotal structure of the Museum of Knowledge has still not been built, leaving Le Corbusier's great masterpiece somewhat like an unfinished symphony.