The Sujan Singh Park Complex is a hybrid mix of Classical and Art Deco Style. The apartments were first conceived by the Central Government in 1943 and Sir Sobha Singh was approached to have them constructed, on an urgent basis, during the years of the Second World War, to house British military and Civilian officers. A target of 100 flats, four storied high blocks with air conditioning and servant quarters was given, which was expanded to godowns and a laundry block. Sujan Singh Park didn't need the approval of the Delhi Improvement Trust committee, considered as a government project, it was under the approval of the and the Central Government.

An experienced Architect and member of the Sub Committee of the Trust, Walter Sykes George was commissioned to design the apartments, who infused Lutyens' archway entrances with curving Deco balconies and eyebrows. In an anomaly from open verandahs on the upper floors, these apartments rather offered longer windows but enclosed the space. It could be said George was inspired by the other European Housing Scheme while opting for materials such as exposed bricks. Post its completion in 1945, on order of the government, flats which were not for governmental use could be leased to people of a ‘good position and social status in life’. During the partition, Sobah Singh invited families fleeing Pakistan till they found appropriate accommodation.

Image Copyrights : Deco In Delhi x Protyasha Pandey
Archival Image credits : Google Maps
References : Letters between Khan Bahadur Mohd. Solaiman and Sardar Bahadur Sobha Singh, 1943 ; 
Malvika Singh, 'New Delhi: Making of a Capital'