Robert Adam Architects - Press Articles

Young England

Sandy Mitchell
- Country Life, 11 January 2008

George Saumarez Smith featured in Country Life 'Young England' article.

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Can a prince change the way we build?

Clive Aslet
- The Daily Telegraph, 15 July 2008

Hugh Petter of Robert Adam Architects, featured in The Daily Telegraph regarding the Newquay Growth Area.

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City architect helped build US monument

- Hampshire Chronicle, 17 July 2008

Hugh Petter of Robert Adam Architects was featured in the Hampshire Chronicle discussing the Millennium Gate. Hugh attended the opening ceremony in Atlanta Georgia, earlier this month.

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Adam's appeal

Lucy Alexander
- The Times, 25 July 2008

The architect of popular Classicism is behind a new development at Sundridge Park.

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Green mansion kills off pink starfish

Hugh Pearman
- The Sunday Times, 03 August 2008

An avant garde 'starfish' design is giving way to one of Britain's first 'zero carbon' homes, designed by Robert Adam.

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No takers for 'Stately Starfish'

Jill Burdett
- Manchester Evening News, 06 August 2008

It was supposed to be an English country house for the 21st century, but there were no takers for the futuristic `starfish' Grafton New Hall, designed by international architect Kathryn Findlay and set in 100 acres of rolling Cheshire countryside next to the Duke of Westminster's estate at Stretton, near Warrington. Now the pink-tentacled modernist mansion has been replaced with something entirely more classical - a 35,000 sq ft Georgian-style stone pile surrounded by formal gardens designed by Robert Adam.

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Adam hails start of a classical revolution

Will Hurst
- Building Design, 4 September 2008

"Adam hails start of a classical revolution"

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Classical Evolution

Clive Aslet
- House & Garden, November 2008

Hugh Petter featured in House & Garden – ‘Green by Design’ supplement with an article about Park Hatch, Surrey written by Clive Aslet; “Classical Evolution”.

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We must learn to build a better Britain

Clive Aslet
- Daily Telegraph, December 2008

The standard of modern architecture, as typified by the Westfield shopping centre, is appalling, says Clive Aslet.

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Homes...but not as we know them

Hugh Petter
- House & Home, December 2008

Hugh Petter's Sustainable Country House featured in The Financial Times weekend House & Home supplement.

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AJ news article: Stern drops out of Chelsea Barracks running as full teams revealed

The Bob Stern team has been replaced by Robert Adam Architects and Ash Sakula Architects, which had been collaborating with Robert Stern. 24 September, 2009 By Richard Waite.

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Robert Adam explores the merits of Traditional Urban Design

This article by Professor Robert Adam explores the merits of traditional urban design within today’s increasingly globalised architectural world. Having developed in response to the perceived failure of conventional urban design, traditional urbanism is now a widely recognised alternative, and one that has started to filter into conventional urbanism, improved some of the most harmful effects. However, some damaging features have survived. Underlying all of Adam’s urban design projects are four key principles of traditional urban design, which if introduced into mainstream masterplanning practice will advance the discipline, positively influencing the design of new places and the remaking of towns and cities.

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Robert Adam interviewed on Channel 4 News regarding the Prince of Wales’s lecture at the RIBA, 12th May 2009

Prince Charles urges architects to ditch modern designs and seek inspiration from the past.

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George Saumarez Smith’s sketch of a traditional version of T5 on front cover of Building magazine

George Saumarez Smith’s sketch of a traditional version of Heathrow T5 on front cover of Building magazine. Building asked four architects to imagine how some traditional London landmarks might look with a twist in an article titled, “Icon do that: architects redesign London landmarks”

George explains his design; “The design is intended to be pretty close to the Richard Rogers scheme, except in style. I am not an expert in how airports work so I have assumed that the general layout is non-negotiable. Buses, cars and trains arrive on one side, and the planes are all on the other.

The big difference is that the airport terminal itself is designed as a classical building in the tradition of great glazed halls, markets and train stations. I definitely think that the building should celebrate air and flight, but in order to do this it doesn’t need to be made entirely of glass or look like a bird. There obviously needs to be plenty of natural light, so there are very large openings framed by giant piers. The closest comparison in terms of classical architecture is a giant basilica, so you might call this a “basilica aeronautica”. The design allows for decoration and sculpture where appropriate, particularly around the main entrance and in the middle of the side facades. The huge figure over the main entrance is Hermes, the god of flight.

Of course, flying is not the most environment-friendly means of travel, but all the more reason why this building should be built sustainably. The intention is that the non-glazed parts of the building would all be in natural stone. While this would be expensive, I doubt that it would cost more than a fully glazed building and it would certainly last longer and would require less maintenance. Much of the work would be done by hand which would provide a huge boost to the stonemasonry industry and to craft apprenticeships. And if the airport terminal is no longer needed one day, it could become an exhibition hall, a factory, or a museum.“

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New House at Avenel featured in Sunday Times

New house at Avenel, an outstanding development of Arts & Crafts houses near Glasgow, designed by Hugh Petter, featured in Sunday Times article, 15 February 2009

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