Robert W. Adler, Jr.
President
Rob received his Degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 1986. After three years of internship in Hackensack and Long Branch, NJ, he received his license to practice in New Jersey and opened this firm in 1989. He is also licensed in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Florida.
Rob is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), The Jersey Shore Chapter of the AIA, The National Association of Home Builders, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
In addition to his architectural practice, Rob also is an active owner in other companies. He owns a construction company, R W Adler Builders, LLC and a portion of a sports medicine-based real estate development and aptitude testing company, Entier.
Rob’s work has been published in Panache Publishing’s “Dream Homes of New Jersey”, “New Jersey Monthly” and many other publications, and he was featured on the cover of Remodeling Magazine when he was named to their prestigious “Big 50” list in 1995. He was also featured in 2016 as one of the nation’s “finest architects” in the nationally published book, “Signature Homes”.
In addition to his professional service, Rob has offered his time to speak at the Rumson Public schools, teach the Architecture Merit Badge for Boy Scouts, conduct local applicant interviews for Cornell University’s School of Architecture, Art and Planning, and is the Chair of the Rumson Historical Preservation Commission.
James J. Blarr
Vice President
Jim is the Vice President of the firm and received his Degree in Architecture from New Jersey Institute of Technology in 1992. He has been working with the firm since 1994 and has been an extremely integral part of the growth and accomplishments of the firm.
He received his license to practice architecture in New Jersey in 1998 and is a member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and The Jersey Shore Chapter of the AIA.
Jim manages many of the general business elements, daily staff processes, office architectural activities and is an excellent liaison to clients for all answers about our projects and details. He’s a Project Manager for all the commercial clients and supports the residential clientele with Rob during the construction phase. He coordinates all project aspects with our A/E team consultants for design development, variances, permitting and construction phase.
In addition to his professional role in the firm, Jim has also been an active volunteer member of the Middletown Township Fire Department for 30 years, and so adds a particularly acute perspective to the fire safety and general life safety of our designs and details. He has also volunteered his time to participate in presentations of Art & Architecture for local grade school students and has sat on several college class design review critiques.
