Complete Works of Robert and James Adam and Unbuilt Adam ANNOTATION
Audience: University libraries, all students of architecture, particularly those studying courses covering 18th century architecture and the English Renaissance, Architects, Interior Designers, and those involved with historic building restoration.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This is the definitive collection, covering both the built and unbuilt works of Robert and James Adam. The original work The Complete Works of Robert and James Adam has been reprinted in its entirety, and has been extended to include twelve newly discovered built works. In addition, 230 unbuilt works are introduced; the 260 executed works and 230 unexecuted works are described in detail and many are accompanied by illustrations. The works covered range from public buildings and country houses to estate buildings, monuments and ceilings. Well-informed and erudite, the Complete Works is essential to an understanding of the Adam style and design ideas.
SYNOPSIS
* The definitive collection, one complete source of Adam executed and unexecuted works 260 executed works & 230 unexecuted works are described in detail, most with black & white or colour photographs, drawings, plans, elevations and sectional drawings * The works covered range from public buildings and country houses to estate buildings, monuments to ceilings * Aids the architect's understanding of the Adam style and design ideas * Erudite and well-informed * This volume is the definitive collection of the works of Robert and James Adam, both built and unbuilt. 'The Complete Works of Robert and James Adam', updated and reprinted here in its entirety, is complimented by a brand new title 'Unbuilt Adam', providing a comprehensive review of all the important unbuilt works of the Adams brothers.
FROM THE CRITICS
James Stevens Curl - Literary Review
King and his publishers have done a grand job...this is a most useful and handsome volume and should be owned by all those interested in the architecture of the second half of the century.
Dan Cruickshank - Architects Journal
The author has produced one of those books which is erudite without being pretentious, well informed without being boring; in fact the sort of book that any lover of eighteenth century architecture would relish on his desert island...a lengthy introduction...succeeds very neatly in placing the brothers in their national and international context...a particularly interesting section of this deals with Robert Adam's treatment of the orders.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
There have been two Scottish works that deserve distinction. One is David King's Complete Works of Robert and James Adam which should be on everyone's shelf. — (John Harris, former curator of the RIBA drawings collection)
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