Meet the Scottish family of architects whose genius went unappreciated south of the Border
Robert Adam designed landmarks from Culzean Castle in Ayrshire to the Scottish First Minister’s official residence in Edinburgh, Bute House
A younger William was able to go to the University of Edinburgh, and there enrich his practical training from his father’s library assembled at Blair Adam. Apart from the conventional histories and classical texts, there was a working collection of illustrated architectural books in English, French and Italian, and a series of manuals on draughtsmanship.
The conservative cast of these designs fits well with the major architectural work undertaken by the brothers Adam at Hopetoun House outside Edinburgh, where they continued to work in the style introduced by their father when he gained the commission in 1725. The composition of architectural scenery by Robert went by imitation and variation. Right through his Roman period he copied and collected crumbling terraces and overgrown gardens, often filled with fragments of antiquity.
The practice was housed in the west end of London and remained there until its removal in 1772 to the main Adam development beside the River Thames, the Adelphi.
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