including Cape Cods, garrisons, saltboxes, churches, and, in 1941, a 300-unit housing complex for defense workers in Springfield, Massachusetts. Author of eight books on architecture offering designs and advice, he died in Boston. In 1957, his firm became Royal Barry Wills Associates, and remains active today. "He wanted only to design the indigenous New England house supremely well, and succeeded beyond any other architect." References External links Royal Barry Wills Associates, architects Bob Vila -- Cape Cod-Style Architecture and Royal Barry Wills Retro Renovation -- The Royal Barry Wills Cape Cod Retro Renovation -- The first home that Royal Barry Wills built for his family, Melrose, Mass., 1920 Retro Renovation -- Images and documentation on the Springfield, Mass. Defense Housing Project designed by Royal Barry Wills. Essays on Royal Barry Wills' life and work by Richard Guy Wilson, Marjorie Henderson Floyd, and The Saturday Evening Post. Architects from Massachusetts Architects from Boston Colonial Revival Movement Fellows of the American Institute of Architects Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni People from Melrose, Massachusetts 1895 births 1962 deaths