Ted McCoy


Edward John McCoy , generally known as Ted McCoy, was a New Zealand architect whose practice was based in Dunedin. He designed the sanctuary of St Paul's Cathedral, and the Richardson Building of the University of Otago, 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 University of Auckland, 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 Dominican Order's Aquinas Hall, in the north of the city,. The design won a Gold Medal as design of the year from the New Zealand Institute of Architects.
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

In 2016, the New Zealand Institute of Architects inaugurated the Ted McCoy Award, to be presented annually, for design of education facilities.
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 Otago University Press.