Sir Ian Athfield Tribute
Sir Ian Athfield
Tribute Afternoon, Museum of Sydney, Sunday 4 October, 1.30 - 5.00pm.
Complimentary drinks 5.00 - 6.00pm.
Sydney Architecture Festival
Our dear friend and colleague Ian Athfield - ‘Ath' as he has been generally known - died unexpectedly on 16 January 2015, only a few weeks after receiving a knighthood in the New Years Honours.
What a loss, what a talent, what a character.
Richard Leplastrier, Peter Stutchbury and Lindsay Johnston had the great privilege to spend quality time with Ath on several Master Classes at his wonderful holiday retreat at Awaroa, in the Abel Tasman National Park, top left of the South Island of New Zealand, the last one in September 2014.
There will be a tribute - a celebration – afternoon as part of the 2015 Sydney Architecture Festival in the Museum of Sydney, Warrane Theatre, Bridge Street, where we plan to show -
Two wonderful documentaries about Ath.
+ ‘Athfield Architect’ made during the 1970’s by the, now famous, Sam Neill at the time that Ath and colleagues won an international competition for social housing in the Phillipines.
+ ‘Architect of Dreams’, made in 2008, by Geoffrey Cawthorn, which tracks Ath’s incredible life and work with his wife Clare.
Richard Leplastrier, Peter Stutchbury and Lindsay Johnston, and maybe some others, will have a few words to say about both the serious side and the hilarious side of Ath’s fantastic career.
For those who do not know of Ath and his work, this is an opportunity to undo a great oversight. For those that have had the privilege of knowing him, it will be a chance to be reminded and to rejoice.
See -
http://www.ozetecture.org/2015/ath-ian-athfield-tribute-afternoon/
click on pdf - originally prepared by John Walsh of NZIA for the memorial service in Wellington, edited by me for online viewing and for the Sydney event
click on pdf - originally prepared by John Walsh of NZIA for the memorial service in Wellington, edited by me for online viewing and for the Sydney event
Bookings can now be made online via Everbrite, seats limited, only $20 nominal fee.
The event is presented by the Architecture Foundation Australia and has been supported by the University of Newcastle.