No other architect in Australia's history has been as
internationally influential or famous as Harry Seidler.
Presented in a two-book boxed set, Houses and Interiors 1 &
2 provide insight and analysis of the designs selected by
Seidler to be his most important.
The first book looks at the early years of his design
career. Photographs are paralleled with concise plans and
essays in a dossier showcasing this Austrian-born
architect's empathy with the Australian landscape. The
early designs are often in contrast to the complexities and
dimensions of his later designs, comprehensively featured
in the second book.
With essays by Seidler himself, these books have been
edited by internationally recognised architecture writer
and educator Chris Abel. Awarded the RAIA Gold Medal and
the RIBA Gold Medal in 1996, Seidler attended the Walter
Gropius Master Class with architect notaries IM Pei and
Henry Cobb. He later studied with Marcel Breuer and Josef
Albers.
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