This article is about the British architect and historian. For the South African footballer, see Adam Hardy (footballer). For the novelist, see Kenneth Bulmer.
Charles Adam Hardy
Born
(1953-10-16)October 16, 1953[1]
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Known for
Temple architecture of South Asia
Academic background
Doctoral advisor
George Michell
Academic work
Institutions
Welsh School of Architecture
Professor Adam Hardy is an architect and architectural historian, and Professor of Asian Architecture at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University. He is Director of PRASADA,[2] a centre bringing together research and practice in South Asian art and architecture.
His research is largely in the history of architecture in South Asia, particularly Hindu temple architecture, as well as that of Indian Buddhist and Jain temples. Going against a prevailing tendency to focus narrowly, his work has embraced most of the subcontinent, and a very long time span, while at the same time involving detailed formal analysis. He has tried to bring to light a meaningful way of looking at what at first sight seem bewilderingly complex structures. The work has revealed striking structural homologies between architecture and other branches of culture, and shown how, within a number of regional traditions, forms evolve in a characteristic way, notwithstanding conspicuous artistic inventiveness. Drawings have played an important role in his research, not only for explanation but also as a means of analysis.
He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe (1965–71)[1] and Trinity College, Cambridge.
^ abRoyal Grammar School, High Wycombe: School List for 1970
^"Welsh School of Architecture: Hardy Profile". Cardiff University. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
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