Harry Roberts grandson, Tad Roberts writes about "Appropriate Architecture"
Yacht Designer Tad Roberts' LESSONS IN APPROPRIATE ARCHITECTURE Published TUESDAY, JANUARY 17TH, 2012 Lessons in Appropriate Architecture Appropriate architecture (design) applies to both buildings and boats, as well as all the other manufactured items we use every day. Appropriate materials, aesthetics, how something fits in terms of surrounding environment, use, and historic context are all central to appropriate design. My first lessons in architecture came from my Grandfather, Harry Roberts, when I was about 10 years old. Harry had designed and built a number of houses by this time in his life, first at Robert’s Creek, then at Merry Island, and finally at Cape Cockburn on Nelson Island. His ideas on architecture changed radically along the way. His first house was of logs, rectangular with a single level main floor, a single peaked roof, and was built on flat ground at Roberts Creek in 1905. He was young, newly married, and in a hurry. Ten years later he started a second far m...