Derek Wilson

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Derek Wilson
Name	Derek Wilson
Nationality	New Zealander
Birth date	1922
Birth place	New Zealand
Work
Significant buildings	Calvert House Maunsell Beach House Wilson House Marine Research Facilities

1 Early years
2 Architectural Practice
3 Environmental and Peace Advocacy
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Early years

Derek Wilson is a renown Wellington (New Zealand) architect and environmentalist. He was born in 1922, and was a member of the Wellington Architectural Centre, including a President (1963) and a Committee Member (1961-1962, 1964). He grew up in the Wairarapa, and studied architecture at the Auckland University College (1946-1949) after working as a draughtsman in 1939 for the Wellington firm Mitchell & Mitchell, and serving as a pilot in World War II.

Marine Research Centre (NIWA) - this image also shows a more recent addition to the campus on the left hand side of the image

Marine Research Centre (NIWA)

[edit] Architectural Practice

Wilson then 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. After returning back to New Zealand he 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.

Wislon's design for the Calvert House, Stokes Valley, was awarded an NZIA Bronze medal. His Maunsell Beach house, the Wilson house and his Marine Research Facilities, Greta Point (now NIWA) (1980) are also well known as important works in Wellington's architectural history.

[edit] Environmental and Peace Advocacy

Wilson is also a highly active advocate for environmental and anti-nuclear issues, both topic of which he has published on.

[edit] References

"Calvert house, Stokes Valley, Bronze Medal" NZIAJ (November 1969) v. 36, n.11, pp. 334-337.

Calvert house, Stokes Valley, Merit Award" NZIAJ (May 1969), v. 36. n. 5, p. 151.

Clark, Justine and Paul Walker Looking for the Local (Wellington: Victoria University Press, 2000) pp. 37, 65, 71, 182-183.

Murphy, Lyn "Book recalls old Golden Mile" Evening Post (4 July 1989) p. 3.

Overcoming violence in Aotearoa New Zealand: a contribution to the World Council of Churches Decade to Overcome Violence 2001-2010 (Wellington, N.Z.: Philip Garside Pub., c2002)

Packer, Ann "The test of time" Dominion Post (25 Jan 2003) § F, p. 16.

Wilson, Derek A cry from the heart: people-centred sustainable development versus the unsustainable growth paradigm (Wellington, N.Z.: Pacific Institute of Resource Management, c1994)

Wilson, Derek Five holocausts (Wellington, N.Z.: Steele Roberts, c2001)

Wilson, Derek Neither confirm nor deny: an examination of the policy of neither confirming nor denying the presence of nuclear weapons on any military station, ship, vehicle or aircraft, or whether any ship is nuclear powered (Wellington, N.Z.: Pacific Institute of Resource Management, 1991)