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Architect Athfield
“Before he achieved worldwide fame as an actor, Sam Neill directed this documentary for the National Film Unit about lively New Zealand architect Ian Athfield. It examines the philosophy, achievements and frustrations of one of this country’s most innovative architects, who won an international competition in 1975 to design housing for 140,000 squatters in Manila, in the Philippines, yet struggled to gain recognition back home. This film culminates in Athfield’s trip to the Philippines to pursue the project.”
The Mighty Civic
An 11 minute excerpt from Peter Well’s 1988 film about Auckland’s ornate Civic theatre.
Peter Hyatt
Photographer, writer and doco maker. Hyatt has even included his 1990s videos about Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, and Glenn Murcutt on the site.
