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Architect Robert Adam has infuriated fellow members of his profession by drawing up an unsolicited proposal to replace existing plans to redevelop a historic area of Poole harbour.  

The original 2ha design for West Quay, submitted to Poole council by HKR Architects on behalf of developer Neptune Consultants, is a contemporary vision including a landmark 12-storey tower. It has been slammed as a 鈥渃arbuncle鈥� by local residents鈥� groups, and has attracted 800 complaints.

Adam鈥檚 practice, Adam Urbanism, has put forward rival plans, suggesting varying building heights and a mixture of styles, and does not include the divisive tower block.
Adam said: 鈥淲hen I was a student living in Poole in the sixties I watched much of the character of one of the most attractive southern seaports destroyed with bad planning and disastrous traffic engineering.

鈥淚 watched with dismay when I became an architect and urban designer as my home town continued to destroy much of its value and interest.

鈥淲hen I saw the West Quay proposal I could stay silent no longer. Do we never learn from past mistakes? Do visitors come to Poole to see run-of-the-mill contemporary design? The decision-makers of Poole are put in a difficult position, faced with a yes-or-no choice. I decided to use the expertise of my firm to show the people of Poole that there is choice.鈥� 

David King-Smith, director and head of design at HKR Architects, described Adam鈥檚 intervention as 鈥渓udicrous鈥�.

鈥淚t is completely devoid of any of the consultation that we鈥檝e been undergoing on this project for the last two-and-a-half years,鈥� he said. 鈥淭he design has evolved over that period with a number of consultees, not least of which is the local authority themselves.

鈥淔or someone to come forward and in a vacuum present a set of drawings as a viable alternative for the site is ludicrous.鈥�