Robert Adam

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architect furniture designer human interior designer

Robert Adam was an influential 18th-century Scottish architect and designer whose elegant, highly decorative style helped define and popularize Neoclassical architecture in Britain and beyond.

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Robert Adam buildings 1
Robert Adam townhouses 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf architect ⓘ
furniture designer ⓘ
human ⓘ
interior designer ⓘ
countryOfBirth Scotland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
countryOfDeath England ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1728-07-03 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1792-03-03 ⓘ
designed ceilings ⓘ
fireplaces ⓘ
fixtures and fittings ⓘ
furniture ⓘ
educatedAt University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer Adam Brothers ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Adam ⓘ
father William Adam ⓘ
fieldOfWork architecture ⓘ
interior design ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
fullName Robert Adam self-link ⓘ
genre architectural treatise ⓘ
givenName Robert ⓘ
influenced Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
surface form: British Neoclassical architecture

European interior design ⓘ
Georgian architecture ⓘ
surface form: Regency architecture
influencedBy Classical Greek architecture ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greek architecture

Roman architecture ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Roman architecture

Palladian architecture ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Adam style ⓘ
Neoclassicism ⓘ
nativeLanguage Scots ⓘ
notableIdea integration of architecture and interior decoration ⓘ
refined Neoclassical ornament ⓘ
notableWork Adelphi Buildings, London ⓘ
Bowood House park ⓘ
surface form: Bowood House interiors

Charlotte Square, Edinburgh ⓘ
Culzean Castle ⓘ
Drawing Room at Syon House ⓘ
Etruscan Dressing Room at Osterley Park ⓘ
Harewood House, Yorkshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Harewood House interiors

Home House, London ⓘ
Kedleston Hall ⓘ
Kenwood House ⓘ
Lansdowne House ⓘ
Kenwood House ⓘ
surface form: Library at Kenwood House

Luton Hoo ⓘ
Osterley Park ⓘ
surface form: Luton Hoo interiors

Mellerstain House interiors ⓘ
Newby Hall interiors ⓘ
Osterley Park ⓘ
Pulteney Bridge ⓘ
surface form: Pulteney Bridge, Bath

Register House, Edinburgh ⓘ
Saloon at Kedleston Hall ⓘ
Syon House grounds ⓘ
surface form: Syon House

The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam ⓘ
Wedderburn Castle ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kirkcaldy ⓘ
placeOfDeath London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
positionHeld Member of Parliament for Kinross-shire ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling James Adam ⓘ
John Adam ⓘ
William Adam the Younger ⓘ
style highly decorative Neoclassical style ⓘ
workLocation Edinburgh ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: Harewood House
Kenwood House → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ
Saloon at Kedleston Hall → architect → Robert Adam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Adam buildings
James Adam → collaboratedWith → Robert Adam ⓘ
Fort George → designedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ
Pulteney Bridge → designedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ
Adam Brothers → foundedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ
Robert Adam → fullName → Robert Adam self-link ⓘ
Adam Brothers → hasPart → Robert Adam ⓘ
Charles Bulfinch → influencedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ
John Nash → influencedBy → Robert Adam ⓘ
subject surface form: Harewood House
Neoclassicism → majorFigure → Robert Adam ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert Adam townhouses
James Adam → sibling → Robert Adam ⓘ