Type VI, Multi-Storeyed Flats, Ramakrishnapuram

By 1965 Rahman was senior enough in service to begin repre­senting the CPWD in important inter-departmental committees concerned with wider planning, urban design, and landscaping issues in the capital. He found himself caught up in several contro­versies, but in the process received an invaluable education in how politicians, bureaucrats and technical specialists thought about 'urban aesthetics'.

Malay Chatterjee, "Habib Rahman and his times", Architecture + Design, Mar-Apr 1996; pp. 22

Text by Malay Chatterjee, Image by Habib Rahman