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Biography: Athfield, Ian Charles

Athfield and the Wellington Public Library

A photograph of Ian Athfield seated at the bottom of a paved ramp with a roof supported by columns sculpted to look like nikau palms

Ian Athfield led the design of the award-winning Wellington Public Library building, which was opened in December 1991. He’s pictured here in 1993 alongside the sculpted nikau palms which line a ramp up the side of the building. 

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: EP-1993-1719

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Julia Gatley. 'Athfield, Ian Charles', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2021. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47541/athfield-and-the-wellington-public-library (accessed 14 June 2026).