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Harry Seidler's legacy
Harry Seidler wasn't Australia's first or only modernistic architect. Seidler said modernism wasn't a style, but a marriage of art, technology and social needs that was always changing and adapting. Seidler said of his architecture: "It shall be comfortable, it shall be solid, it shall stand up to the wear and tear, and delight, it should be a pleasure to be in and work in."
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Architect Harry Seidler, a driving force in Sydney's reach for the sky, with models of his Australia Square building in 1964. It was completed in 1967 and was at the time the world's tallest lightweight concrete building.Credit:Stuart MacGladrie
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Andrew Martin at Berman House at the Seidler designed home at Joadja. Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Berman House, located in Joadja, was built and designed by Harry Seidler & Associates.Credit:Wolter Peeters
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Joseph Weinreich with his wife Aneta Weinreich inside their Harry Seidler deisgned home in Vaucluse. Credit:James Brickwood
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Weinreich House in Vaucluse by Harry Seidler October 1962, including painting by John Coburn.Credit:Max Dupain / Copyright Penelope Seidler
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Harry and Penelope Seidler wedding 15 December 1958. Credit:Marcell Seidler / Copyright Penelope Seidler
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Penelope Seidler in the living room at her home in Killara which was designed and built by both Penelope and her husband Harry Seidler.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Harry and Penelope Seidler House, Killara 1967 Architects Harry and Penelope Seidler.Credit:Max Dupain 1967 / Copyright Penelope Seidler
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Penelope Seidler looks at small souvenir models at her home in Killara.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Penelope Seidler at her husband Harry's drafting desk, with sculptures by Hilarie Mais behind.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Penelope Seidler beside the pool in the backyard at her home in Kilara.Credit:Kate Geraghty
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Ringwood Cultural Centre (Karralyka Centre). Sculpture by Charles Perry.Credit:Max Dupain Copyright Penelope Seidler
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Rose Seidler House, Harry Seidler's first commission in Australia was by his parents Rose and Max. It opened for a special press viewing in December 1950. Credit:Harry Seidler
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Exterior view of Rose Seidler House.Credit:Paul Best
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Penelope Seidler gives guests a tour of Rose Seidler house.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Polly Seidler outside Rose Seidler house.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Nick Zwar grew up in this house in Canberra designed by the famous late architect Harry Seidler. He is pictured with his late parents Heather and John Zwar. John Zwar was a plant physiologist working at the CSIRO in 1952, who commissioned the house from Seidler for 5000 pounds.Credit:Supplied
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Marcus Seidler House (later called Brian and Donna Seidler House), Wahroonga 1953 - architect and mural painter Harry Seidler. Credit:Marcell Seidler / Copyright Penelope Seidler
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City of Monash (formerly Waverley Civic Centre). Entrance with Council Chamber and office wings.Credit:John Gollings Copyright Penelope Seidler
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Julian Rose House, Wahroonga by Harry Seidler 1954.Credit:Max Dupain / Copyright Penelope Seidler