Robert Adam
Robert Adam FRSE FRS FSA(Scot) FSA FRSA (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), the country's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his older brother John, Robert took on the family business, which included lucrative work for the Board of Ordnance, after William's death.
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... demolished to make way for this church, the interior of which was designed by Robert Adam ... The Portland stone panels above the windows and door are Robert Adam's design and were carved by Sefferin Alker and added in 1763 ... Built in 1770-2 by Adam ...
... The eminent architect Robert Adam and his brother James were selected for the project in 1772 and the foundation stone was laid in 1774, by which time the original plans had been modified ... Robert Adam used stone from neighbouring quarries, Edinburgh tradesmen for supplies and local masons and craftsmen ... in 1785 and General Register House was completed to Robert Adam's modified design in 1788 ...
... by New appointment Architect of the King's Works 1761–1769 Succeeded by Sir Robert Taylor and James Adam ...
... The architect William Adam initially designed the east and west wings for George Baillie and Lady Grisel Baillie ... and it was another 45 years before George Hamilton commissioned Robert Adam to design and build the main mansion house ... The mansion house is possibly the only remaining complete building designed by Robert Adam, as most of his other works were additions to existing buildings ...
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“Let those talk of poverty and hard times who will in the towns and cities; cannot the emigrant who can pay his fare to New York or Boston pay five dollars more to get here ... and be as rich as he pleases, where land virtually costs nothing, and houses only the labor of building, and he may begin life as Adam did? If he will still remember the distinction of poor and rich, let him bespeak him a narrower house forthwith.”
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