Derek Wilson
| Derek Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Derek John Wilson 4 July 1922 New Zealand |
| Died | 10 June 2016 (aged 93) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse(s) | Diana June Townsend |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Buildings | Calvert House Maunsell Beach House Wilson House Marine Research Facilities |
Derek John Wilson (4 July 1922 – 10 June 2016) was a New Zealand architect. He was active in Wellington. He was also known as an environmentalist, and published several works.
Wilson grew up on a coastal sheep station owned by the Riddiford family at Tora, Wairarapa, where his father Clement Henry Wilson was the manager. His mother was Ida Agnes Wilson (née Clarkson). Wilson was the oldest of three children: his sister Joan and his brother Godfrey, who became an Anglican bishop.
He attended Rathkeale College and Wanganui Collegiate schools.
During World War Two, Wilson trained as a pilot in Florida for the Fleet Air Arm.
Wilson trained as an architect at Auckland University College.
After graduating, Wilson left New Zealand and worked in London for Ramsey, Murray, White and Ward (the firm of two New Zealand ex-pats Keith Murray and Basil Ward), as well as for Sir Hugh Casson and the London County Council.
Returning to New Zealand, he settled in Masterton and then moved to Wellington to join forces with William Toomath to set up Toomath and Wilson. Toomath and Wilson were later joined by Don Irvine and Grahame Anderson in 1972, forming the firm Toomath Wilson Irvine Anderson Ltd.
Wilson's design for the Calvert House, in Stokes Valley, was awarded an NZIA Bronze medal. Other work of note includes the Maunsell beach-house at Riversdale Beach, the Wilson house in Khandallah, St Matthew's Church in Brooklyn, Wellington, and his Marine Research Facilities at Wellington's Greta Point (now NIWA) (1980). All are well known as important works in Wellington's architectural history.
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