Robert McKay Fripp

Robert McKay Fripp (December 16, 1858 – December 16, 1917) was an English-born architect who practised in Canada, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Biography Fripp was born on December 16, 1858, in Clifton, to painter George Arthur Fripp and Mary Percival. He articled as an architect in Berkshire. He was strongly influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement as reflected in the work of Richard Norman Shaw and William Morris. He continued his studies at the Royal College of Art and the British Museum and went on to work with Sir Horace Jones in London.

While in New Zealand during the 1880s, Fripp served as secretary of the Auckland Society of Arts and introduced architecture classes.

Besides Arts and Crafts design, Fripp also built houses in the style of California architects Greene and Greene.

He died on December 16, 1917, aged 59, in Vancouver.