George Mountford Adie was born in Hendon, Middlesex, England on 14 January 1901 and was the son of Thomas Mountford Adie (1846-1917), whose occupation was given as furnishing salesman in the 1901 England census. After leaving school he worked for a period as a stockbroker before embarking on a career as an architect, despite never qualifying in the profession. In c.1927, with the architect Frederick C. Button (1901-1969) he co-founded the architectural firm Adie, Button and Partners. Architectural projects by the firm included Park Lane Hotel in Piccadilly, London (1927); 59-63 Princes Gate, South Kensington, London (1937-38); Charters House in Sunningdale, Berkshire (1938); and Stockwell Garage, a Grade II* bus garage in Stockwell, London (completed in 1952).
In 1935 Adie collaborated with the architect Kathleen Orrey Brayshaw (1903-1998) and the structural engineer E. R. Hole in a competition to design five-storey flats in reinforced concrete sponsored by the Cement Marketing Company Ltd.
During World War Two Adie designed barracks, homes and dormitories for the Army.
Adie's address was given as Waylands, Farnham Road, Buckinghamshire in 1939. In the 1960s he moved with his wife, the concert pianist and composer Helen Craddock Perkin (1909-1996), to Australia. He died in New South Wales, Australia on 29 July 1989
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