Background
Toy was born in Ignace, Ontario, Canada in 1911.
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Richard Toy
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Education
University of Auckland.
Career
His family moved to New Zealand in 1923. He enrolled in agriculture at Auckland University in 1930 before changing to architecture. From 1939 he taught for many years at the Auckland School of Architecture, acting as the Chair of Design from 1959–1976.
Toy"s best known churches are in Auckland and include the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell, Street Martin"s at Street Chad"s in Sandringham and All Saints in Ponsonby.
In the 1982 New Year Honours he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, for services to architecture.
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Died
July 2, 1995 (aged 84)