Clare Athfield
Clare Athfield | |
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Spouse | Ian Athfield |
Nancy Clare Athfield (née Cookson) is a retired New Zealand interior designer.[1]
Biography
Athfield is from
Athfield influenced the colours and names of paints used in New Zealand, developing limewashes for Aalto Paints and contributing her 'knowledge of the effects of colour and light on spatial quality and materials to both Dulux and Resene paint ranges'.[2] Athfield started the idea of using New Zealand place names for paint colour names.[2]
Athfield contributed to the design of the First Church of Christ Scientist in Wellington, built in the 1980s, commissioning the ornate ceramic capitals for the church.[5][6]
Personal life
Athfield married architect Ian Athfield in Kawakawa on 22 December 1962. The couple had two sons.[3] Their family home built in the 1960s is one of New Zealand's most iconic modernist pieces of architecture, winning in 2019 the New Zealand Institute of Architects Enduring Architecture award.[7]
In 2014, Ian Athfield was made a
References
- ^ "Clare Athfield". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ ISBN 9780473409166.
- ^ a b "Athfield, Ian Charles". Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ISBN 9781991016348.
- ^ "Exhibition on lost Athfield-designed church". Architecture Now. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Linzey, Kate (3 February 2023). "The Single Object: A fallen petal of Athfield's church". The Spinoff. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
- ^ Hawkes, Colleen (9 November 2019). "Athfield's own landmark house wins Enduring Architecture Award". Stuff. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Architect Ian Athfield made Knight Companion of NZ Order of Merit". Stuff. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
- ^ "Titles and styles of knights and dames | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2023.