Ian Athfield

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Christchurch born Ian Athfield graduated from the University of Auckland in 1963 with a Diploma of Architecture. In 1968 he was a principal partner in setting up Athfield Architects with Ian Dickson and Graeme John Boucher (Manson). Ian Athfield has won over 60 national and international architecture and design awards and was made a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1996. Over the years he has won 13 NZIA Supreme Awards for his outstanding architectural projects. In 2004 he won the New Zealand Institute of Architects’ highest honour, the Gold Medal. Athfield was the first New Zealand architect to register as an APEC architect.