Sir Clough’s strong views on Kiwi architecture to be heard at last

"THEY are five strongly-worded missives recorded on the decks of a liner making its leisurely way back from New Zealand.

But after 60 years of silence, the speeches – a no-holds-barred critique of Kiwi design by one of Wales’ greatest-ever architects – can be heard for the first time.

The five talks, collectively named A Planning Credo and Commentary, were a parting gift to the architects Sir Clough Williams-Ellis – who built the built the Italianate village of Portmeirion, on the Lln Peninsula – met during a trip to the country in 1948 to visit his daughter Charlotte.

They remained in an attic for 36 years before being discovered by his grandson Robin Llywelyn in 1984.

Even then, the recordings were still consigned to silence because no means could be found to play the archaic discs."

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