• Title
  Item 1: Richard Leplastrier interview by Colin Bisset, 24 May 2018
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  24 May 2018
• Type of material
  Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Oral Histories
• Reference code
  9658276
• Physical Description
  1 audio file (1 hr., 20 min.) - digital, WAV (48 kHz, 24 bit)
  
• Scope and Content
  In this interview, Richard Leplastrier describes his childhood, moving from Western Australia to Tasmania, aged 8, and then to Sydney in 1954. He describes the importance of boats, and how they taught him to understand the landscape. He talks about his private education at Scots College, Bellevue Hill and the inspiring teaching of Ross King and Lloyd Rees, as well as George Molnar at the University of Sydney. He describes working for Jorn Utzon’s office and the Utzon's influence on him. He describes his reasons for moving to Japan where he attended lectures by Toyama Masuda, architectural professor at Kyoto university. He describes the profound impact of living minimally in Japan and moving to Tokyo to work for Kenzo Tange in 1968 and travelling around India on a motorbike, viewing Le Corbusier’s work at Chandigarh, before heading to Europe.
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Rights and Restrictions Information:: Download available for research, personal use and public use
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  Recorded at Lovett Bay, New South Wales, on 24 May 2018
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Leplastrier, Richard, 1939-
  
• Subject
  Leplastrier, Richard, 1939---Interviews.
  Architects--Interviews.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE19601354

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