Ian Athfield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ian Athfield

New Zealand architect

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1940

Place of Birth: Christchurch, Canterbury Region, New Zealand

Date of Death: 16-Jan-2015

Profession: architect

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sir Ian Charles Athfield (15 July 1940 – 16 January 2015) was a New Zealand architect.
He was born in Christchurch and graduated from the University of Auckland in 1963 with a Diploma of Architecture.
That same year he joined Structon Group Architects, and he became a partner in 1965.
In 1968 he was a principal partner in setting up Athfield Architects with Ian Dickson and Graeme John Boucher (Manson).
Athfield died in 2015 due to complications from a routine procedure which resulted in pneumonia, at the Wellington Hospital, where he was being treated for prostate cancer.