Harry Seidler Convent of La Tourette, 1975, Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1960, 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size)

Harry Seidler Convent of La Tourette, 1975, Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1960, 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size)

Seidler writes, "One can appreciate traditional architecture in relation to its period, the given circumstances of man's artistic aspirations, technical means and the socio-political conditions of the time, as against the involved, active enthusiasm evoked by the masterpieces of the time in which one builds." Taken during his many travels between projects and teaching positions worldwide, these photographs reveal personal sites of interest, subjective viewpoints selected from among the architect's extensive knowledge of architectural history.

Exhibition Dates: 25 March – 17 April 2004

Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery is delighted to present an exhibition of large architecture photographs by Harry Seidler, from his recent book The Grand Tour—Harry Seidler: Travelling the World with an Architect's Eye (Taschen, 2003). Seidler is known for his modernist buildings during a career spanning more than fifty years. He has built a great variety of work, from houses such as the Rose Seidler House (1950) in Sydney, to skyscrapers both in Australia and internationally. The immensely successful book of Seidler's photographic work has sold over 25,000 copies, and is now in its second printing. It has been translated from English into six languages.

Seidler writes, "One can appreciate traditional architecture in relation to its period, the given circumstances of man's artistic aspirations, technical means and the socio-political conditions of the time, as against the involved, active enthusiasm evoked by the masterpieces of the time in which one builds." Taken during his many travels between projects and teaching positions worldwide, these photographs reveal personal sites of interest, subjective viewpoints selected from among the architect's extensive knowledge of architectural history. Ancient buildings, dating from 3000 BC are juxtaposed with the latest cutting-edge architecture.

The photographs reveal the insight of an architect's eye: strong framing composition and sensitivity to the features of each building, and an appreciation of a building's significance within its time and ours, anchor these works as testaments to what Seidler considers to be the peak achievements of architecture through the ages.

Considered one of Australia's foremost architects, Harry Seidler was born in 1923 in Vienna Austria. His work is built upon and extends the tenets of modern architecture, with many completed projects in Australia and countries in Europe, Central America and Asia. Best known for his domestic work, apartments and high-rise offices, he built the Australian Embassy in Paris, the Hong Kong Club and Offices, Australia Square, Grosvenor Place, MLC Centre and Horizon apartment towers in Sydney, QV1 in Perth and the Shell Headquarters in Melbourne. In Vienna, he has built a self contained community for 2,500 people along the Danube. He graduated architecture at the University of Manitoba, Canada (with 1st class Honours (1944) before winning a scholarship to Harvard, attending Walter Gropius' Masters Class (M.Arch 1946). He studied Design under Josef Albers and became Marcel Breuer's chief assistant in New York (1946-48). After working with Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro, he commenced architectural practice in Sydney, Australia in 1949. His first commissioned house in Australia, the Rose Seidler House (1950) at Wahroonga, is owned and operated as a House Museum by the Historic Houses Trust of NSW.

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Harry Seidler Brasilia, The Capital, 1974; from the series Architect: Oscar Niemeyer, completed 1957-60; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Brasilia, The Capital, 1974
from the series Architect: Oscar Niemeyer, completed 1957-60
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Bear Run, Pennsylvania, Fallingwater, Kaufman House, 1978; from the series Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright, completed 1936; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Bear Run, Pennsylvania, Fallingwater, Kaufman House, 1978
from the series Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright, completed 1936
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Poissy, Villa Savoie (exterior), 1970; from the series Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1929; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Poissy, Villa Savoie (exterior), 1970
from the series Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1929
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Braga, Bom Jesus do Monto, 1998; from the series Architect: Carlos Amarante, completed 18th Century; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Braga, Bom Jesus do Monto, 1998
from the series Architect: Carlos Amarante, completed 18th Century
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Rome, Palazetto dello Sport, 2002; from the series Architect: Pier Luigi Nervi, completed 1957; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Rome, Palazetto dello Sport, 2002
from the series Architect: Pier Luigi Nervi, completed 1957
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Chandigarh, The Secretariat Building, 1963; from the series Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1953; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Chandigarh, The Secretariat Building, 1963
from the series Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1953
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Barcelona, Casa Batló, 2003; from the series Architect: Anton; 106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Barcelona, Casa Batló, 2003
from the series Architect: Anton
106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Poissy, Villa Savoie (interior), 1978; from the series Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1929; 106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Poissy, Villa Savoie (interior), 1978
from the series Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1929
106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Rome, S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, 1995; from the series Architect: Francesco Borromini, completed 1638-41; 106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Rome, S. Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, 1995
from the series Architect: Francesco Borromini, completed 1638-41
106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Karnak, Temple of Amun, 1983; from the series Architect: Unknown; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Karnak, Temple of Amun, 1983
from the series Architect: Unknown
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Vienna, Karlskirche, 1997; from the series Architect: Fischer von Erlach, completed 1715; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Vienna, Karlskirche, 1997
from the series Architect: Fischer von Erlach, completed 1715
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Beijing, The Forbidden City, 1977; from the series Architect: Unknown, completed 1404-20; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; Edition of 6; enquire
Beijing, The Forbidden City, 1977
from the series Architect: Unknown, completed 1404-20
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Edition of 6
Harry Seidler The Chapel at Ronchamp, 1955; from the series Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1950; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
The Chapel at Ronchamp, 1955
from the series Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1950
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Niteroi, Contemporary Art Museum, 1998; from the series Architect: Oscar Niemeyer, completed 1996; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Niteroi, Contemporary Art Museum, 1998
from the series Architect: Oscar Niemeyer, completed 1996
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Vienna, Schönbrunn Summer Palace, 1990; from the series Fischer von Erlach and Nikolaus Parcassi, completed 1680-1740; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Vienna, Schönbrunn Summer Palace, 1990
from the series Fischer von Erlach and Nikolaus Parcassi, completed 1680-1740
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Viezehnheiligen, 1989; from the series Architect: Balthasar Neumann, completed 1750; 106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Viezehnheiligen, 1989
from the series Architect: Balthasar Neumann, completed 1750
106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Petra, Treasury, 2001; from the series  Architect: Unknown, completed 1st Century AD; 106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Petra, Treasury, 2001
from the series Architect: Unknown, completed 1st Century AD
106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Zdar, St Nepomuk Church, 1999; from the series Architect: Jan Santini, completed 1722; 106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Zdar, St Nepomuk Church, 1999
from the series Architect: Jan Santini, completed 1722
106.5 x 71 cm (image size) 125 x 95.5 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Convent of La Tourette, 1975; from the series Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1960; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Convent of La Tourette, 1975
from the series Architect: Le Corbusier, completed 1960
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6
Harry Seidler Paestum, Temple of Neptune, 1994; from the series Architect: Unknown, completed 500BC; 71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6; enquire
Paestum, Temple of Neptune, 1994
from the series Architect: Unknown, completed 500BC
71 x 106.5 cm (image size) 95.5 x 125 cm (frame size) edition of 6