Tradition Today

Robert Adam trained at the University of Westminster and won a Rome Scholarship. He has practiced in the city of Winchester since 1977 and co-founded Winchester Design in 1986, which became known as Robert Adam Architects in 2000. He works closely with clients on a diverse range of projects including major private houses, extensions to historic buildings and public and commercial buildings. Robert Adam's contribution to the classical tradition is internationally acknowledged, both as a scholar and as a designer of traditional and progressive classical architecture. He is also a designer of classical furniture. Robert Adam founded the Popular Housing Forum in 1995 as a result of his long involvement with speculative housing and masterplanning. He founded the International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) in 2000. Robert Adam's work is widely published, broadcast and exhibited. He writes, lectures and broadcasts on a variety of subjects including classical architecture, masterplanning, housing and countryside issues. He is a Royal Institute of British Architects Councillor, and was previously an advisor to the Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment (CABE) and English Heritage. His Professional Memberships include: Member of the RIBA , Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts , Brother of the Art Workers' Guild , Architecture Club Committee, Chairman - Popular Housing Group, from 1995-2003, now merged and Trustee of Design for Homes from 2003., Chairman - Management Committee, International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism (INTBAU) from 2000, Elected RIBA Councillor, trustee of RIBA from 1999, Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment, Design Review Committee 1999-2004, Trustee - RIBA Foundation from 2003, Trustee The Maria Nobrega Foundation from 2003. Info obtained from INTBAU website and mostly rewritten(except statement on his PhD research): Matthew Hardy is an Australian architect and architectural historian who serves as the Secretary for The International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture & Urbanism, working from London. Matthew holds a degree in architecture from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, and a PhD in architectural history from the University of Wales. His PhD research, based at the Prince of Wales's Institute of Architecture in London, was a study of Hippocratic attitudes to climate and their influence on house planning in the classical tradition.