File:Robert Adam by James Tassie (medallion).jpg|thumb|Robert Adam by James Tassie (medallion) Robert Adam (3 July 17283 March 1792) was a British neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his older brother John, Robert took on the family business, which included lucrative work for the Board of Ordnance, after William's death. Wikipedia