James McAdam, PhD RIBA BA (Hons) Dip.Arch
Founding partner of McAdam Architects
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Studied at Canterbury School of Architecture and interned with Gerald Allen Associates in New York
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On graduation worked for Alison & Peter Smithson, and was an initiator of the ice-breaking Project Imagination seminars with Catherine Cooke in 1992
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Established the Moscow office of Will Alsop and worked as director from 1993 – 2000
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Awarded diploma ‘Bolshoy Medal’ by Russian Academy of Architecture in 1999
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Co-founder of Ask Architects with Eugene Asse 1997 – 2000
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Diploma tutor at Moscow Architectural Institute and visiting tutor at Kuban State University
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Completed PhD Practice Research Program with RMIT under direct supervision of Leon van Schaik in Barcelona in 2014
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Co-founder of Architectural Development Initiative MBBK, London 2014