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Article: From Adam's rib. (Great Room of the Royal Society of Arts in London, England)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- February 1, 1997
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The Great Room of the Royal Society of Arts in London has undergone many changes since it was first designed in the eighteenth century by the Adam brothers. The latest combines the merits of the original with modern technology.
The Royal Society of Arts was founded in London in the middle of the eighteenth century as the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, and by the early 1770s, the Society was rich enough to commission a chunk of the Adam brothers' Adelphi development as its headquarters. In the intervening two and a half centuries, the building has been a good deal knocked about as succeeding generations of Fellows changed the ...