Architect Athfield The life and work of Ian Athfield (1977)
Made after New Zealand architect Ian Athfield won a competition instigated in 1975 by the International Architectural Foundation with the cooperation of the Philippine government to produce a prototypical design for housing and community development in the third world. Looks at the life and work of Athfield and follows him to Manila to see if his design will go ahead and where he looks at other housing schemes underway.
Primary Title
- Architect Athfield
Secondary Title
- The life and work of Ian Athfield
Date Broadcast
- 1977
Release Year
- 1977
Duration
- 52:00
Channel
- Media Services
Broadcaster
- The University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services
Programme Description
- Made after New Zealand architect Ian Athfield won a competition instigated in 1975 by the International Architectural Foundation with the cooperation of the Philippine government to produce a prototypical design for housing and community development in the third world. Looks at the life and work of Athfield and follows him to Manila to see if his design will go ahead and where he looks at other housing schemes underway.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by agreement with rights owner. Creative Commons 'CC By' Attribution 3.0 Unported license (see: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode)
Notes
- Originally made in 1977 as a television programme by New Zealand National Film Unit in association with Television One. Transferred from Beta SP Telecine of 16mm film to VHS for the University of Auckland in 1997 and then subsequently transferred from VHS to digital file in 2018.
Subjects
- Athfield, Ian
- Athfield Architects
- Architects--New Zealand
- Architecture--New Zealand--History--20th century
- Architecture--Philippines--History--20th century
- Documentary films--New Zealand
Genres
- Biography
- Documentary
- Interview
Contributors
- Ian Athfield (Subject)
- Sam Neill (Director)
- Tom Williamson (Producer)
- Dale Pomeroy (Cameraperson)
- John Toon (Cameraperson)
- Bob Allen (Sound)
- Dalwyn Reisima (Sound)
- Jan Preston (Composer)
- Annie Collins (Sound Editor)
- Greg Stitt (Editor)
- New Zealand National Film Unit (Production Unit)
- Television One (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Athfield, Ian
- Athfield Architects
- Architects--New Zealand
- Architecture--New Zealand--History--20th century
- Architecture--Philippines--History--20th century
- Documentary films--New Zealand