Ian Athfield
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Sir Ian Charles Athfield was a New Zealand architect who designed distinctive and innovative houses that challenged suburban norms, as well as celebrated commercial, public and institutional projects.
Athfield in 2013
Wellington City Library
Arlington Council Flats, Wellington (demolished 2021)
Buck House, Te Mata Estate
Wellington Central Library
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Wellington Central Library is a public library building in the central business district of Wellington, in New Zealand. It is owned by Wellington City Council and is listed as a Category 1 historic pl
Ian Athfield
…includes churches, pubs, council flats, stadiums and commercial high-rise buildings. Athfield's best known works include Telecom Towers, Civic Square and Wellington Central Library, Jade Stadium in Christchurch and work on the design of the Bangkok rapid transport system. He was a President of the New Zealand Institute of Architects…
Main entrance, 2026
1940: Rongotai College boys carrying books from the old library into the new building.
Wellington Central Library under construction c. 1991, showing the curved glass wall facing Civic Square. The former library is to the right.
The curved wall of the library facing Civic Square, with the mezzanine entrance to the library at left.