Who was Tom Adams?
Tom Adams was a renowned architect who worked in York for 30 years. His obsession with cats started when he was a student, and he started putting a cat in all his drawings and perspectives to make them stand out. He told us that he chose to use a cat after someone told him that Leonardo Da Vinci used to draw a mouse on his sketches – this may be a myth, however. Sadly, Tom passed away in January 2006. Please read our tribute to Tom Adams.
