Hutter house harry seidler biography
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Seidler, Harry. An inscribed copy: ARCHITECTURE FOR THE NEW WORLD. THE WORK OF HARRY SEIDLER,
ARCHITECTURE FOR THE NEW WORLD
THE WORK OF HARRY SEIDLER
Peter Blake
Peter Blake: ARCHITECTURE FOR THE NEW WORLD. THE WORK OF HARRY SEIDLER. Sydney, New York and Stuttgart: Horwitz, Wittenborn and Karl Kramer Verlag, First edition. Square quarto. Gray cloth stamped in black. Photographically printed dust jacket. pp. Well illustrated with black and white photographs, elevations and plans. A few color plates. INSCRIBED by Seidler on half-title page. Otherwise, interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. Spine crown lightly nicked and top edge of jacket faintly worn. A fine copy in a nearly dust jacket.
x rare hardcover book with pages and well illustrated with black and white photographs, elevations and plans. Ink inscription on half-title page reads To Reggie and Gena / with best wishes / Harry Seidler / Cambridge Jan. '
Born in Vienna, Seidler was trained in America in
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Harry Seidler - Biography
Harry Seidler, AC OBE (25 June March ) was an Austrian-born Australian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of Modernism's methodology in Australia and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia.
Harry Seidler designed more than buildings and he received much recognition for his contribution to Architecture of Australia. Seidler consistently won architectural awards every decade throughout his Australian career of almost 58 years across the varied categories - his residential work from , his commercial work from , and his public commissions from the s.
Early life
Seidler was born in Vienna, the son of a prosperous Jewish merchant of Romanian origin. He fled as a teenager to England soon after Nazi Germany occupied Austria in
Education
In England, he studied building and construction at Cambridgeshire Technical School. In May , he was interned by the British authorities as an enemy
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Harry Seidler
Austrian-Australian architect
Harry Seidler | |
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| Born | ()25 June Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 9 March () (aged&#;82) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Known&#;for | modern tower and plane designs |
| Children | 2 |
Harry SeidlerAC OBE (25 June &#;&#; 9 March ) was an Austrian-born Australian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of Modernism's methodology in Australia and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia.
Seidler designed about buildings (96 of which were in his home state of New South Wales) but some have since been demolished or altered in a non-Seidler manner, and he received much recognition for his contribution to the architecture of Australia. Seidler consistently won architectural awards every decade throughout his Australian career of almost 58 years across the varied categories – his residential work from , his