Allan Wild
Allan Arthur Wild (20 February 1927 – 11 February 2019) was a New Zealand architect and architecture academic. He was a founding member of the Architectural Group in Auckland, which made an important contribution to modern architecture in New Zealand, and later served as head of the School of Architecture at the University of Auckland from 1969 to 1993.
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Allan Wild
- Name
- Allan Wild
- Birth Name
- Allan Arthur Wild
- Born
- 20 February 1927
- Birthplace
- Feilding, New Zealand
- Died
- 11 February 2019
- Place of death
- Auckland, New Zealand
- Education
- Auckland University College
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Occupation
- architect
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Allan Arthur Wild (20 February 1927 – 11 February 2019) was a New Zealand architect and architecture academic. He was a founding member of the Architectural Group in Auckland, which made an important contribution to modern architecture in New Zealand, and later served as head of the School of Architecture at the University of Auckland from 1969 to 1993.
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Key facts
• Name — Allan Wild • Birth Name — Allan Arthur Wild • Born — 20 February 1927 • Birthplace — Feilding, New Zealand • Died — 11 February 2019 • Place of death — Auckland, New Zealand • Education — Auckland University College
Early life and family
Early life and family
Born in Feilding on 20 February 1927, Wild was the son of Geoffrey Victor Wild and Harriett Newport Wild (née Porter). He was educated at Hutt Valley High School in Lower Hutt, where he was a contemporary of Bill Toomath. Wild went on to study architecture at Auckland University College, graduating Bachelor of Architecture in 1951.
Academic career
Academic career
Wild was appointed professor of architecture at the University of Auckland in 1969, serving as head of the School of Architecture and dean of the Faculty of Architecture until his retirement in 1993. Upon his retirement, he was accorded the title of professor emeritus.
Death
Death
Wild died in Auckland on 11 February 2019, nine days before his 92nd birthday.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the heading Allan Arthur Wild. He married Patricia Drawbridge Wild. Other recorded relations include Sebastian Clarke.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1927
Allan Wild was born in 1927 at Feilding.
2019
Allan Wild died in 2019 at Auckland.
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Feilding.
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Auckland.
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Architectural practice
After leaving school, Wild worked in the office of the Government Architect in Wellington during 1944, before going to Auckland to study architecture. While at university, he was a founding member of the Architectural Group, participating in the construction of the "First House" and "Second House". Returning to Wellington in 1952, Wild found employment as an architect with the Wellington City Council, and quickly won promotion to architect-in-charge. From about 1956 to 1958, he partnered with Anthony Treadwell in the firm Treadwell and Wild in Wellington, practising modernism and the development of a national and regional style of architecture. Buildings designed by the practice during this period include the Etherton House, Hope House, Dobbie House, Doreen Blumhardt House, and Hazel Court, a modernist apartment building. Both Wild and Treadwell were active members of the Wellington Architectural Centre. Between 1959 and 1964, Wild was an associate at Porter & Martin, and from 1964 to 1969 he was a director of the architectural division of William's Holdings.
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Honours
Wild was a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 1992, he was made a life member of the New Zealand Institute of Architects.
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- 1.Professor Emeritus Allan Arthur Wild death notice. New Zealand Herald.
- 2.High school breaking-up ceremony. Hutt News. 6. 13 January 1943.
- 3.NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Wi–Z. Shadows of Time.
- 4.Wellington Heritage. Treadwell and Wild. 27 August 2015.
- 5.National Library. Group Architects outside Second House, Auckland. 1950.
- 6.University of Auckland. University of Auckland Calendar. 16. 1995.
- 7.National Library. Untitled. 1 January 1992.
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