Q:Facts:   - residence: united kingdom    - known for: temple architecture of south asia    - fields: history of architecture architecture    - workplaces: welsh school of architecture    - doctoral advisor: george michell      - name: charles adam hardy    - citizenship: united kingdom    - birth place: high wycombe , buckinghamshire   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of adam hardy .
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adam hardy is an architect and architectural historian , and professor of asian architecture at welsh school of architecture , cardiff university .he is director of prasada , a centre bringing together research and practice in south asian art and architecture .his research is largely in the history of architecture in south asia , particularly indian temple architecture -lrb- buddhist , hindu , jain -rrb- .going against a prevailing tendency to focus narrowly , his work has embraced most of the subcontinent , and a very long time span , while at the same time involving detailed formal analysis .he has tried to bring to light a meaningful way of looking at what at first sight seem bewilderingly complex structures .the work has revealed striking structural homologies between architecture and other branches of culture , and shown how , within a number of regional traditions , forms evolve in a characteristic way , notwithstanding conspicuous artistic inventiveness .drawings have played an important role in his research , not only for explanation but also as a means of analysis .