Robert Bentley Adams & Associates

Adams Architects is a full service design firm concentrating on new construction, additions/renovations, interior design and landscape projects. The firm has completed both small and large scale projects, with the highly developed abilities in classical architecture and a strong emphasis on articulated craftsmanship. Adams Architects’ designs cater to the particular tastes of each client, the appropriate context, a review of the client’s budget, with a dedication to detail. The firm’s design excellence is validated by frequent publications in Traditional Home, Southern Living, Better Homes and Gardens, Country Living, Fine Homebuilding, Home Plan Ideas, Decorating, Virginia Magazine, and The Washington Post. Projects have also been televised on the Home and Garden Television Network (HGTV) on Joe Ruggierio’s Homes Across America. Staff members have been published in Architectural Graphic Standards, James Van Sweden’s Architecture of the Garden, and Clem Lebine’s Traditional Building (this project won the Palladio Award). Other staff experience includes work with the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) including field survey and graphic documentation of the White House. Bud Adams has contributed to several books on historic design including Designing Camelot, a history of the Kennedy 1961 White House renovation.