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Robert Adam FRSE FRS FSAScot FSA FRSA (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his older brother John, Robert took on the family business, which included ...
John Soane. Sir John Soane RA FSA FRS (/ soʊn /; né Soan; 10 September 1753 – 20 January 1837) was an English architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical style. The son of a bricklayer, he rose to the top of his profession, becoming professor of architecture at the Royal Academy and an official architect to the Office of Works.
Robert Adam, 1728-1792 (architect, worked at Stowe 1770 to 1771 Adam's design for the south front was modified in execution by Thomas Pitt and completed in 1779) Sir John Soane , 1753-1837 (architect, worked at Stowe 1805 to 1807)
They commissioned Robert Adam to build the house; [6] work started in 1772, and it was completed in 1773. [2] It was the first house Adam built in Scotland after returning from his Grand Tour, and the Sir John Soane’s Museum holds his original designs for it. [8]
Website. www.soane.org. Sir John Soane's Museum is a house museum, located next to Lincoln's Inn Fields in Holborn, London, which was formerly the home of neo-classical architect John Soane. It holds many drawings and architectural models of Soane's projects and a large collection of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and antiquities that he ...
In England the two phases might be characterized first by the structures of Robert Adam, the second by those of Sir John Soane. The interior style in France was initially a Parisian style, the "Goût grec" ("Greek style") not a court style.
Harris is an internationally recognised Robert Adam scholar, publishing extensively on the subject for over 40 years. Harris, along with Nicholas Savage (of the Royal Academy Library), has been working part-time on an integrated catalogue of Sir John Soane's art, architectural and general volumes and pamphlets in his library at Sir John Soane's Museum, being made available online.
Osterley Park is a Georgian country estate in west London, [1] which straddles the London boroughs of Ealing and Hounslow. [2][3] Originally dating from the 1570s, the estate contains a number of Grade I and II listed buildings, with the park listed as Grade II*. [4] The main building (Osterley House) was remodelled by Robert Adam between 1761 ...