James Adam

The Family Adam : an big family of architects Scottish

the father William Adam, (1689 - 1748)
four wire, all architects and decorators:

the older brother, John Adam (1721 - 1792);
Robert Adam (1728 - 1792), the puîné brother;
James Adam, (1732 - October 1794), the third wire;
William Adam Jr, the youngest brother.

James Adam (July 21st 1732 - October 20th 1794)

Wire of William Adam, it was also a Architecte but also a Entrepreneur, Décorateur and designor of reputation.

It was often eclipsed by his older brother, Robert Adam of which he was the collaborator besides.

In 1755, James, after having a time `made his classes' with the cabinet of his Robert brother, started his own career while working on “Gunsgreen House” in the suburbs of Eyemouth.

The house Adam

In 1758, Robert, James and William Adam, their younger brother, started to work together in London (creating the Adam firm in Grosvenor Steet where they lived). They created a complete range of pieces of furniture, decorative supplies and objects which put all together generated a true style: “Adam' S style”.

Hitherto the style Palladian, néo- Roman was appreciated the most, but Robert renewed it and even exceeded it by creating a new more flexible design because it incorporated in the elements of traditional Rome of the Greek influences, Byzantine but also Baroque S. the whole integrated in a range supplements energy of the pieces of furniture at the buildings while passing by the curtains and the tapestries.

Success with a quasi-bankruptcy

The success of the Adam brothers, which was as large as early, must also be allotted to their desire all to think and draw (until the least detail), thus ensuring a direction and a major unit the whole of their creations.

Despite everything, still dissatisfied on their work, they decided, to perfect their knowledge, to undertake the “Grand Turn”, which they began in 1760 and finished in October 1763.

James succeeded Robert as Architecte of the King in 1768 Juste before the two brothers do not work on the project Adelphi (1768-1772) which almost failed to cause the Banqueroute of their firm. Nevertheless, this one went back and employed from there other architects of reputation of which Joseph Bonomi (1739 - 1808) which remained in “Adam' S cabinet” of 1768 to 1781).

Of Glasgow in London, final Success

James really emerged from the shade of his Robert brother only with died of this one in 1792, drawing several notable buildings in Glasgow, including the old Infirmary (in 1792; demolished in 1907), “Assembly Rooms” (in 1794; demolished in 1890) and “Tron Kirk” (1794).

Always in 1794, it also drew: “Portland cement Places” in the center of London, then reaching all the plenitude of its style and the top of its glory. It was however of short duration - since he died in October of the same year in his London residence of “Albermarle Street” at the 62 years age.

References

Of their alive, Robert & James Adam published two large volumes of their creations; it is about: “ Works in Architecture (Works of Architects ”, published in 1773 and 1778/1779. The third volume was published on a purely posthumous basis, in 1822).
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