Abdurakhman Makhkamov

Abdurakhman Abdukadirovich Makhkamov was born in Tashkent in 1934. In 1958 he completed the architecture course of the construction faculty at the Central Asian Polytechnic Institute.

After graduating he joined the Construction Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan as a research fellow. Later he served as chief architect of the city of Bekabad and as director of the institute for the design of agricultural construction and of a design research institute.

On the academic side, he defended a candidate’s dissertation in architecture in 1966 and obtained the doctoral degree in 1987. He wrote articles on building in rural areas and on residential and public buildings; his scholarly output is put at 150 works, and three more developments were protected by copyright.

He took part in designing experimental settlements in the Tashkent and Syrdarya regions and the “Quyosh” (Sun), “Xorazm” and “O‘zbekiston” residential buildings. As chief architect of Bekabad he also worked on the city’s development.

In 1993 he was named Honoured Architect of Uzbekistan. In 1997 he joined the International Academy of Architecture of the Eastern Countries and in 1999 became its corresponding member. Abdurakhman Makhkamov died on 16 February 2002.