Robert Adam

Interest in English country house interiors is stronger than ever, and the time is right for a beautifully produced new book on the work of Robert Adam, the great neoclassical architect who influenced generations. Unlike the existing, more scholarly books on the subject, this richly illustrated volume will appeal to designers and homeowners as well as traditional architecture enthusiasts, promising to become an important decorating reference book.

The definitive book on Robert Adam, with specially commissioned photography by Paul Barker, new scholarship by esteemed writer Jeremy Musson, and drawings from Sir John Soane’s Museum. Adam (1728-1792) is unquestionably one of the greatest British architects of all time, who stamped his neoclassical aesthetic vision on both country house and town house. His achievement in the field of interior design was also exceptional, and in fact, Adam is one of the few architects to lend his name to an interior style.

Author Biography

Jeremy Musson is a writer and broadcaster. He was architectural editor at Country Life from 1998 to 2007, and before that he worked for the National Trust as an assistant curator. He was the co-writer and presenter of the BBC television series The Curious House Guest, and is the author of many books, including The Drawing Room, English Country House Interiors, The English Manor House, How to Read a Country House, and The Country Houses of Sir John Vanbrugh. The late Paul Barker was one of England’s premier interior and architectural photographers, whose books include The Drawing Room, English Country House Interiors, England’s Thousand Best Churches, and English Ruins.