Since joining the City of Melbourne in 1985, Rob Adams, through his role, has helped write and implement the rejuvenation strategy for central Melbourne. This resulted in Melbourne being voted, by the Economist Magazine, the world’s most liveable city on seven occasions. He received the Prime Minister’s Environmentalist of the Year in 2008, the Order of Australia in 2007, and the Australian Institute of Architect’s National President’s Award in 2018, and the CoM City Design team which he led have received over 160 international, state and local awards. Rob has an international profile and has represented Australia on the Future of Cities Council of the World Economic Forum since 2008. Since November 2020 he has fulfilled an advisor and mentoring role as the City Architect while also setting up his own practice Adams Urban.
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