{{Short description|New Zealand architect}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=May 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox architect | name = Ted McCoy | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}} | image = | image_size = <!-- if image is smaller than 250px --> | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Edward John McCoy | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|02|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Dunedin, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|01|17|1925|02|23|df=y}} | death_place = Dunedin, New Zealand | other_names = | alma_mater = Auckland University College | spouse = | partner = | children = 13 | parents = | awards = NZIA Gold Medal (2002) | practice = McCoy and Wixon | significant_buildings = | significant_projects = | significant_design = | signature = | website = }} '''Edward John McCoy''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (23 February 1925 – 17 January 2018), generally known as '''Ted McCoy''', was a New Zealand architect whose practice was based in Dunedin.<ref name="ODT_inaugural"/> He designed the sanctuary of St Paul's Cathedral (completed 1970), and the Richardson (formerly Hocken) Building of the University of Otago (completed 1979), among many others. In 1950, he established McCoy and Wixon Architects, joined in partnership by Peter Wixon in 1967.
==Biography== thumb|right|Aquinas College, Dunedin McCoy was born on 23 February 1925<ref>{{cite news | url=http://notices.nzherald.co.nz/obituaries/nzherald-nz/obituary.aspx?n=edward-john-mccoy-ted&pid=187921826 | title=Edward McCoy death notice | work=The New Zealand Herald | date=22 January 2018 | accessdate=23 January 2018}}</ref> in Dunedin, the third of five children.<ref name=ANobit>Cook, M., "[https://architecturenow.co.nz/articles/obituary-edward-john-ted-mccoy/ Obituary: Edward John (Ted) McCoy]", ''Architecture Now'', 21 August 2018. Retrieved 25 September 2024.</ref> 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, (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.<ref name="Real McCoy">Somerset, G. "[http://www.noted.co.nz/archive/listener-nz-2008/the-real-mccoy/ The Real McCoy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709153719/https://www.noted.co.nz/archive/listener-nz-2008/the-real-mccoy/ |date=9 July 2018 }},", ''New Zealand Listener'', 25 October 2008. Retrieved 9 January 2018.</ref>
thumb|left|Fish-eye view of the Sanctuary of St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin McCoy's architectural influences included 1950s Californian architecture, Scandinavian modernism, and the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. He was also fascinated by the Victorian and Edwardian architecture of his home city.<ref name=ANobit/> Much of McCoy's work was Brutalist, though his awareness of the historic styles within Dunedin led him to create buildings which echoed history as well as presenting the modern. This was perhaps most noteworthy in the sanctuary of Dunedin's St Paul's Cathedral, where a modern addition was created for a much older structure.<ref name=ANobit/>
In 1967, McCoy set up a partnership with Peter Wixon to form McCoy and Wixon Architects. The firm won many institutional and governmental commissions, notably the Chancery for the New Zealand High Commission in Papua New Guinea.<ref name=ANobit/>
McCoy and his wife Nola had 13 children, two sons and 11 daughters, four of whom followed him into architectural design,<ref name="Real McCoy"/> as has one of their 20 grandchildren.<ref name=ANobit/> He died at his home in Dunedin on 17 January 2018, aged 92.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/prominent-dunedin-architect-dies | title=Prominent Dunedin architect dies | date=19 January 2018 | work=Otago Daily Times | accessdate=19 January 2018}}</ref> Nola McCoy died in 2025.<ref>{{cite news |title=Deaths |date=27 December 2025 |work=Otago Daily Times |page=25 |via=PressReader}}</ref>
==Works== {{seealso|Category:Ted McCoy buildings}} {{Incomplete list|date=September 2010}} thumb|right|The Richardson Building in 2008 * Otago Boys' High School development<ref name="ODT_stunning">{{Cite web|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/books/2033/leading-architect039s-stunning-legacy|title=Leading architect's stunning legacy |date=15 March 2008|work=Otago Daily Times |accessdate=26 August 2009}}</ref> * 1950 Aquinas College<ref name="ODT_stunning"/><ref name="ODT_pair">{{Cite web|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/on-campus/university-otago/35260/honorary-degrees-pair|title=Honorary degrees for pair|last=Gibb|first=John |date=9 December 2008|work=Otago Daily Times |accessdate=25 August 2009}}</ref> * 1970 St Paul's Cathedral sanctuary<ref name="ODT_stunning"/> * 1973 Archway Lecture Theatre Complex<ref name="ODT_pair"/> * 1979 Richardson Building, formerly known as the Hocken Building<ref name="ODT_stunning"/><ref name="ODT_pair"/> * 1986 Castle Lecture Theatre Complex<ref name="ODT_pair"/> * 1969 University College<ref name="ODT_pair"/> * 1983 Broadwater (private home), Doctors Point, Waitati<ref name="ODT_200626">{{cite news |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/lifestyle/home-garden/200626/shaping-natural-world |title=Shaping the natural world |author=Vine, Gillian |date=9 March 2012 |work=Otago Daily Times |accessdate=19 March 2012}}</ref> * 1991, 1999 East Taieri Presbyterian Church administrative and fellowship centre at the rear of the building.<ref>{{NZHPT|2260|East Taieri Presbyterian Church|26 August 2009}}</ref> * 2000 Otago Museum atrium<ref name="ODT_stunning"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/opinion/opinion/1150/city-shaped-architect039s-sure-and-graceful-design|title=City shaped by architect's sure and graceful design|last=McIntosh|first=Peter|date=18 February 2008|work=Otago Daily Times |accessdate=25 August 2009}}</ref>
==Recognition== * 2002 New Zealand Institute of Architects' gold medal for lifetime achievement in architecture.<ref name="ODT_inaugural">{{Cite web|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/arts/48631/inaugural-heritage-awards-presented|title=Inaugural heritage awards presented|last=Benson|first=Nigel|date=24 March 2009|work=Otago Daily Times |accessdate=25 August 2009}}</ref><ref name="ODT_stunning"/> * 2005 Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to architecture and architectural heritage<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2005 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2005 |date=6 June 2005 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=28 April 2020}}</ref> * 2008 Honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Otago<ref name="ODT_pair"/> * 2009 Dunedin Heritage Trust Bluestone Award<ref name="ODT_inaugural"/>
McCoy was past national president, and a Fellow, of the New Zealand Institute of Architects, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Canadian Institute of Architects, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (London). He served as chairman of the Otago Historical Trust regional committee, and the national board of the New Zealand Historic Places Trust.<ref name=ANobit/>
==Legacy== In 2016, the New Zealand Institute of Architects inaugurated the '''Ted McCoy Award''', to be presented annually, for design of education facilities.<ref>"[https://www.nzia.co.nz/awards/named-awards/ted-mccoy-award-for-education Ted McCoy Award for Education]," ''NZIA''. Retrieved 19 January 2018.</ref>
McCoy worked with photographer Gary Blackman on the book ''Victorian City of New Zealand'' (John McIndoe Ltd, Dunedin, 1968). He was a contributor to ''Historic Buildings of New Zealand: South Island'' (ed. F. Porter, Heritage New Zealand, Wellington, 1983). 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.<ref name=ANobit/>
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==External links== * [http://www.mccoywixon.co.nz/ McCoy and Wixon Architects] * [http://www.channel39.co.nz/news/ted-mccoy-becomes-centre-new-exhibition-which-opens-weekend 2008 interview with McCoy]
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