Person
Seidler, Harry (1923 - 2006)
AC OBE
- Born
- 25 June 1923
Vienna, Austria - Died
- 9 March 2006
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Architect
Summary
Harry Seidler collaborated with Pier Luigi Nervi on the Australia Square project in Sydney in 1967 and on the MLC centre fronting Martin Place in Sydney in 1975.
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Major commissions include:
* Rose Seidler House, Wahroonga, New South Wales 1948-50;
* Australia Square, Sydney 1961-67;
* Australian Embassy, Paris 1973-77;
* Hong Kong Club and Office Building, Hong Kong 1980-84;
* Riverside Centre, Brisbane 1984-86;
* Waverley Art Gallery, Melbourne 1988-90;
* QV1, Perth 1987-91.
Other major awards include:
* Wilkinson Award 1965, 1966, 1967;
* Civic Design Award 1967;
* Gold Medal RAIA 1976;
* RAIA Sir Zelman Cowan National Award 1987;
* Gold Medal City of Vienna 1989;
* RAIA Lustig and Moar Prize 1989;
* Sir John Sulman Medal 1951, 1967, 1981, 1983, 1991;
* RAIA National Interior Architecture Award 1991;
* RAIA National Commercial Architecture Award 1991, 1992;
* Gold Medal, Royal Institute of British Architects 1996;
* Austrian Gold Cross Hon. (First Class) Arts and Sciences 1996.
Chronology
- 1944
- Education - Bachelor of Architecture (BArch), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
- 1945 - 1946
- Education - Master of Architecture (MArch), Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
- 1948
- Life event - Arrived in Sydney, Australia
- 1949
- Career position - Private practice
- 1972
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - for services to architecture
- 1987
- Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for service to the advancement of architecture in Australia
- 1996 -
- Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Sydney
- 2001
- Award - Centenary Medal - For service to the community through architecture
Published resources
Edited Books
- Lewis, Miles ed., Two hundred years of concrete in Australia (North Sydney: Concrete Institute of Australia, 1988), 137 pp. See Australia Square building (NSW) p.125. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q85669. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/112781054. Details
- 'Seidler, Harry (1923-2006)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-525466. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_s.html. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 4 June 2024
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