Oral Interview - Ian Athfield
- Description
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This interview with Ian Athfield and Anthony Lewis (City Librarian) relates to architectural features of the new Palmerston North City Library in the early 1990s.
Athfield was the architect of the library, a converted department store, which opened in 1996. Anthony Lewis was the then City Librarian.
Sir Ian Charles Athfield (15 July 1940 – 16 January 2015) was a New Zealand architect. He was born in Christchurch and graduated from the University of Auckland in 1963 with a Diploma of Architecture. That same year he joined Structon Group Architects, and he became a partner in 1965. In 1968 he was a principal partner in setting up Athfield Architects with Ian Dickson and Graeme John Boucher (Manson).
Interviewer: Jacqueline Aust, PNCC community Relations Officer
Length: 57 minutes
Can be heard on Manawatū Heritage 2020Au_PNCC-S38_031828.
Two cassette tapes. Held in Coolstore.
Identification
- Date
- 1996
- Identifier
- PNCC 00038:1:5
- Is associated with place
- Palmerston North City
- Location
- Ian Matheson City Archives
- Access
- Open
- Related series (1)
- PNCC Archives > Tape Recordings (PNCC 00038)
- Related creating agency (1)
- Palmerston North City Council