Robert Adam's ideas for the North Bridge in Edinburgh

Author： Rowan Alistair  

Publisher： Edinburgh University Press

ISSN： 1755-1641

Source： Architectural Heritage, Vol.15, Iss.1, 2004-11, pp. : 34-39

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Abstract

This short paper brings to light an unknown scheme by Robert Adam for the northern end of Edinburgh's North Bridge, as evidenced in two pencil sketches held in the Adam papers at Sir John Soane's Museum.

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