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Robert Adam by James Tassie (medallion) 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 ...
Website. Official website. Robert Adam FRIAS (born 1948) is a Driehaus Architecture Prize winning British architect, urban designer and author, known for championing classical and traditional styles. Adam is a visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde and Design Council Expert. [2][3][4][5][6][7][1] His career was the subject of ...
The Adam style (also called Adamesque or the Style of the Brothers Adam) is an 18th-century neoclassical style of interior design and architecture, as practised by Scottish architect William Adam and his sons, of whom Robert (1728–1792) and James (1732–1794) were the most widely known. The Adam brothers advocated an integrated style for ...
Designated. 14 December 1970. Reference no. LB27636. Shown in Edinburgh. General Register House is an Adam style neoclassical building on Princes Street, Edinburgh, purpose built by Robert Adam between 1774 and 1788 as the headquarters of the National Archives of Scotland. It is a Category A listed building.
Year (s) built. 1792. Demolished. 1954 and 1975. Design and construction. Architect (s) Robert Adam. Balbardie House was an 18th-century Scottish mansion house in West Lothian, Scotland, near to the town of Bathgate.
He commissioned the Adam brothers to design a new house for the estate. [4] Dumfries House was designed and built between 1754 and 1759, by Scottish architects John and Robert Adam, although the style of the house is more in keeping with John Adam's other work. [5] Robert Adam oversaw construction until his departure on the "Grand Tour" of ...
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 acquired over many years.
Adam's main rival was William Chambers (1723–96), another Scot, but born in Sweden. [13] He did most of his work in London, with a small number of houses in Scotland. He was appointed architectural tutor to the Prince of Wales, later George III, and in 1766, with Robert Adam, as Architect to the King. [14]