▁in ▁that ▁id iom ", ▁for ▁instance ▁at ▁H add o ▁House . ▁Dun bar ▁found ▁Adam ' s ▁work ▁" as ▁remarkable ▁for ▁its ▁ec lect ic ism ▁as ▁for ▁its ▁une ven ness ▁of ▁quality ", ▁and ▁he ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁stress ▁William ▁Adam ' s ▁" rob ust ness ▁and ▁direct ness ", ▁and ▁found ▁these ▁" app ropri ate ▁to ▁the ▁art istic ▁climate ▁of ▁North ▁Britain ". ▁G iff ord ▁also ▁str esses ▁Adam ' s ▁Scottish ▁context , ▁pointing ▁out ▁that ▁Scotland ▁was ▁in ▁many ▁ways ▁a ▁foreign ▁country ▁during ▁his ▁working ▁life , ▁and ▁indeed ▁was ▁a ▁separate ▁country ▁to ▁England ▁until ▁ 1 7 0 7 . ▁Adam ▁should , ▁he ▁arg ues , ▁be ▁seen ▁not ▁as ▁a ▁provincial ▁British ▁architect , ▁but ▁as ▁" the ▁architect ▁of ▁Scotland ". ▁ ▁John ▁F lem ing ▁and ▁Col in ▁Mc Will iam ▁are ▁in ▁agreement ▁that ▁Adam ▁was ▁at ▁his ▁best ▁as ▁a ▁collabor ator . ▁F lem ing ' s ▁comment ▁that ▁Adam ▁" was ▁at ▁his ▁best ▁when ▁gu ided ▁by ▁a ▁man ▁of ▁taste ▁who ▁knew ▁his ▁own ▁mind ", ▁is ▁echo ed ▁by ▁Mc Will iam , ▁who ▁suggests ▁that ▁William ▁Adam ▁" always ▁did ▁his ▁best , ▁but ▁did ▁his ▁best ▁architecture ... ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁touch ▁not ▁only ▁with ▁his ▁source ▁books , ▁but ▁with ▁other ▁l ively ▁minds ". ▁ ▁Family ▁William ▁Adam ▁and ▁Mary ▁Robert son ▁had ▁ten ▁surv iving ▁children : ▁ ▁Jan et ▁("