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Edgar Adams has been a faculty member at the �鶹ɫ��Ƭ Cummings School of Architecture since 1992. He has served as program coordinator, co-founder of the Urban Studies Program and has led study abroad programs in Prague, Vienna, and Rome. Before commencing his graduate studies, he received an Eidlitz Traveling Fellowship and worked at WRT in Philadelphia. Following graduate studies in Urban Design, he worked on award winning projects at Koetter, Kim & Associates and Michael Dennis & Associates in Boston. He has also practiced independently and in collaboration with T. Kelly Wilson and Andrea Homolacova Adams.

Edgar Adams has worked professionally in housing and urban waterfronts in Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and London. His research interests have focused on the interface between Architecture, Cities and the Natural Environment. These nested scales of interaction mirror our own familial, community, regional and global networks and responsibilities.

Since joining the �鶹ɫ��Ƭ he has taught a range of courses, while also maintaining his focus on Urban Design. He has been a guest critic at: Cornell, Harvard, MIT, Yale, RISD, Northeastern, Wentworth, The BAC, Temple, Kent State, University of Michigan (Prague) and Waterloo University (Rome). In 1994 he initiated the Prague Summer Study Abroad Program with Andrew Cohen and Andrea Homolacova Adams; and in 1999 he helped establish the �鶹ɫ��Ƭ Rome Program (now located in Florence). In 1997 he co-chaired the NE Regional Meeting of the ACSA entitled “Reflections on Heritage and Modernity”. His work with the Community Partnership Center is the product of many years of work with local communities through his topical studios in Urban Design. These studios reflect his research interests in equity in housing, resilient waterfront development, adaptive reuse, the impact of technology on urban form, Smart Growth strategies and Transit Oriented Development. He also maintains a modest Architecture and Urban Design practice in Rhode Island.

Publications 

Gross Form and Block Form: Bigness and its Discontents 
At Scale: Democracy in the Balance 
Equitable Renewal: Reclamation and Repair 
Finding Common Ground: Smart Growth and Affordable Housing 
The Main Line as Model 
Mind the Gap: Understanding the Interface
Communication Technologies and Urban Form 
Wartime Housing from 1917-18 and its Place in the American Planning Tradition