Athens looks silly on the Dilly  Robert Adam has clothed his
landmark building on London's Piccadilly in 'classical drag'.
Does it suit its neighbours?  198-202 Piccadilly, London Robert
Adam Architects  Taste begins when appetite is satisfied,
according to Bernard Berenson. And now that we can build
anything imaginable, much of architecture is a matter of taste.
So the big question is: what should buildings look like? No
better place to start wondering than outside Robert Adam's new
building on Piccadilly.  Robert Adam is a very good name for an
architect and Piccadilly is a splendid site for a building. Adam
Version 1.0 was a Scotsman whose inventive genius defined
British neo-classicism in the 18th century. But he was a
cosmopolitan, not a Kirkcaldy introvert: Piranesi, Clerisseau
and an archaeological dig in Split's Palace of Diocletian were
in his background. Adam Version 2.0 runs a flourishing and
prosperous architectural practice in Winchester, working in what
he calls 'progressive classical design'. T