Edward John McCoy (23 February 1925 – 17 January 2018), generally known as Ted McCoy, was a New Zealand architect whose practice was based in

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. He designed the sanctuary of

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(completed 1970), and the Richardson (formerly Hocken) Building of the

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(completed 1979), among many others. In 1950, he established McCoy and Wixon Architects, joined in partnership by Peter Wixon in 1967.

Biography

Born on 23 February 1925, McCoy studied architecture at the

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, graduating in 1949. He moved back to his home city of Dunedin the following year, setting up an architectural practice in the city. His first major design was for the

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's Aquinas Hall, in the north of the city, (now an Otago University hall of residence, Aquinas College). The design won a Gold Medal as design of the year from the New Zealand Institute of Architects.Somerset, G.
The Real McCoy
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'', 25 October 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2018. McCoy and his wife Nola had 13 children, two sons and 11 daughters, four of whom followed him into architectural design. He died at his home in Dunedin on 17 January 2018, aged 92.

Works

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development * 1950 Aquinas College * 1970 St Paul's Cathedral sanctuary * 1973 Archway Lecture Theatre Complex * 1979 Richardson Building, formerly known as the Hocken Building * 1986 Castle Lecture Theatre Complex * 1969

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* 1983 Broadwater (private home), Doctors Point, Waitati * 1991, 1999 East Taieri Presbyterian Church administrative and fellowship centre at the rear of the building. * 2000

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atrium

Recognition

* 2002

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for lifetime achievement in architecture. * 2005

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have rend ...

, for services to architecture and architectural heritage * 2008 Honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Otago * 2009 Dunedin Heritage Trust Bluestone Award

Legacy

In 2016, the

inaugurated the Ted McCoy Award, to be presented annually, for design of education facilities.Ted McCoy Award for Education
" ''NZIA''. Retrieved 19 January 2018. McCoy's career and buildings are recorded in the 2007 book, ''A Southern Architecture: The work of Ted McCoy'', written by McCoy and published by

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References

External links

McCoy and Wixon Architects

2008 interview with McCoy
1925 births 2018 deaths Architects from Dunedin Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit Recipients of the NZIA Gold Medal University of Auckland alumni Brutalist architects {{NewZealand-architect-stub