Adam House
Adam House is a Category B listed building in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is owned by the University of Edinburgh, and used as an examination hall.
The eight-storey building, at 5 and 6 Chambers Street, was built in a modern neo-classical style by William H Kininmonth, a leading Scottish exponent of Modernism, and dates to 1954. It includes a 164-seat basement theatre space, as well as the examination halls. These were built to the rear of the building to limit traffic and other noise pollution.[1]
The building's name commemorates Adam Square, one of the three 18th century residential squares built to make way for Chambers Street as part of the 1867 City Improvement Act.[1]
As well as its use as an examination hall, it is also used as a venue for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the world's largest arts festival, where it is operated by the company C venues.[2]
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