• Harry Seidler & Associates

  • Houses
  • Apartments & Housing
  • Office & Public buildings
  • Commercial Upgrades
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  • Office
  • Awards
  • Exhibitions
  • Bibliography
  • Harry Seidler biography
  • Reflections on Harry Seidler
  • Articles by Harry Seidler
  • See also the Seidler Collection, Mitchell Library online, State Library of NSW.

  • select Bibliography

    Harry Seidler’s bibliography is extensive. He has been written about widely and has himself contributed many thoughtful and informative articles and interviews to the technical, national and international press. A full bibliography, up to 1992, is included in the most recent and definitive book compiled by Kenneth Frampton and Philip Drew, Harry Seidler: Four Decades of Architecture.

    What follows is a selection of bibliographical items drawn from that and other publications, supplemented by newer material held in the British Architectural Library at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, to whom thanks are extended for help in preparing this select list.

    This list must be prefaced by the two most important books on Seidler which have introduced a generation of architects to his work. These were much sought-after volumes at the time they appeared and their rarity was made worse by the fact that they were not published in the UK, although the Architectural Review and other European magazines did not miss the opportunity of featuring the work as it was completed. Today these books are even more difficult to find. Nevertheless, they provide a valuable record of the beginnings of a practice that changed the architectural values of a continent.

  • Harry Seidler: Four Decades of Architecture

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    by Kenneth Frampton & Philip Drew

    Without question the definitive work;
    a beautiful publication which includes the extensive bibliography referred to above and a fully illustrated biographical chronology.

    London and New York
    Thames & Hudson, 1992
    ISBN: 0 500 97838 0

  • Architecture for the New World: The Work of Harry Seidler

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    by Peter Blake

    Sydney: Horwitz
    New York: Wittenhorn
    Stuttgart: Karl Kraemer
    1973
    ISBN: 0 7255 0232 0

  • Harry Seidler - The Master Architect Series III

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    by Dennis Sharp

    Introduction by Dennis Sharp

    Melbourne: The Images Publishing Group 1997
    ISBN: 1 875498 75 3

  • Houses, Interiors, Projects - Harry Seidler

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    Published in hardback, it covers the first five years of Harry Seidler’s practice and includes an influential essay, “Our Heritage of Modern Building”.

    Sydney: Associated General Publications, 1954.

  • Internment - The Diaries of Harry Seidler May 1940 to October 1941

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    Wilton, Janis (ed.).

    Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1986.
    ISBN: 0 86861 915 9 (pbk).

  • other Key Publications

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      Introduction by Chris Abel
      Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2003.
      Boxed set ISBN 1-920744-16-9
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      Introduction by Chris Abel
      Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2003.
      Boxed set ISBN 1-920744-16-9

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      Travelling the World with an Architect’s Eye
      Harry Seidler’s photo journal of world architecture
      Köln: Taschen, 2003 (704 pages)

      note: The Grand Tour is available in 3 versions:

      — The Grand Tour (704 pages)
      ISBN 978-3-8228-2555-6 (English).
      Cover: Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga, Portugal and Mies Van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavillion.

      — The Grand Tour (budget abridged edition 576 pages)
      ISBN 978-3-8228-3780-1 (08/2007: English).
      Cover: Taj Mahal.

      — The Grand Tour (ICONS further abdiged 192 pages)
      ISBN 978-3-8228-3874-7 (English).
      Cover: Egypt Pyramids and Niemeyer’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Niteroi, Brazil.

      other ISBN numbers:
      French: 978-3-8228-2554-9
      German: 978-3-8228-2553-2
      Italian: 978-3-8228-2555-6
      Portuguese: 978-3-8228-3302-5
      Spanish: 978-3-8228-2556-3
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      Harry Seidler: Neue Donau Housing Estate, Vienna: Social Housing – Innovative Architecture
      by Wolfgang Förster
      Munich, Berlin, London, New York: Prestel, 2002
      ISBN 3-7913-2703-8
    • Harry Seidler 1955-63.
      Reyner Banham, Sydney: Horwitz • Paris: Freal • Stuttgart: Hatje. 1963.
    • Harry Seidler
      Dennis Sharp(ed.). Special issue of World Architecture (no. 7, 1990). Includes the Seidler article “Losing by the Rules”, pp. 46-53.
  • Selected articles by Harry Seidler

    • A Methodology
      RIBA Transactions (vol.3, no.1, 1983-4), pp. 4-11.
    • Facadism, By Any Other Name
      Bulletin (Sydney, 20 March 1990), pp. 116-18.
    • Furniture
      Moebel Interior Design, (December 1965), pp. 576-7.
    • In Search of an Australian Style
      Bulletin Magazine (Sydney, 24 October 1989), pp. 60-4.
    • Internationalism
      Architecture Australia, 71(5), 1982, pp. 58-60.
    • Museum of Modern Art, Niteroi, Brazil by Niemeyer
      Monument (Sydney, vol.13), pp. 64-67.
    • Pei’s Louvre
      Weekend Australian (29-30 July 1989), Arts, p. 12.
    • Seidler über Niemeyer
      “Seidler on Niemeyer”. Werk, Bauen & Wohnen (no. 12, December 1994), pp. 64-7.
    • Statements on Australian Design
      Belle (Sydney no. 71, September/October 1985) p. 155.
    • Urban Renewal
      Moebel Interior Design (June 1964), pp. 272-4.
    • Vision
      Hong Kong, no. 26, June 1986, pp. 47-50.
    • Why Conserve Mediocrity? (Facadism)
      Architectural Bulletin (RAIA NSW, April 1990), pp. 12-13.
    • Architecture Responding to Nature
      the Hong Kong Club and Capita designs are discussed in detail by Harry Seidler in a 1993 lecture (synchronised with slides) recorded by UK architectural journalist Monica Pidgeon: www.pidgeondigital.com
      Hong Kong Club (slides 2-12) and Capita/Castlereagh Centre (slides 13-24).
    • Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movement
      by Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen: Harry Seidler Progress or Fashion in Architecture
    • Architecture, Technology and Progress
      a collection of essays by by Chris Abel. ISBN No: 0 7506 3792 7, Oxford: Architectural Press/Elsevier, 2004. ‘Harry Seidler and the Great Australian Dream’. Pp. 163-202. Some pages visible from Google books
  • Selected articles about Harry Seidler

    • Australian Embassy Paris
      Abercrombie, Stanley. Interiors(New York, November 1978), pp. 70-5.
    • Harry Seidler’s Sydney
      Adams, Brian. Mode (Sydney, February, 1988), pp. 59-62.
    • Harry Seidler Awarded RIBA Royal Gold Medal
      Ballieu, Amanda. Architects Journal (London, Vol. 203, no. 11, 21 March 1996), p. 14.
    • Australia Square
      Boyd, Robin. Architectural Forum (New York, April 1969), pp. 26-35.
    • Reflections of a Master Builder
      Brash, Nick. Regent Magazine (Hong Kong, 7th edn, 1984), pp. 26-35.
    • Harry Seidler 1948-1990
      Callister, Winsome. Agenda 12 (Melbourne, August 1990), pp. 8-9.
    • Australian Superspans
      Clerehan, Neil. Architecture Plus (New York, February 1973), pp. 48-51. (Trade Group Offices).
    • Concrete: Harry Seidler Talks of New Limits
      Monument (Sydney, vol.9, no.1, 1995).
    • Harold in Italy
      Dickinson, Michael. Bulletin magazine (Sydney, 6 October 1992), pp. 77-78.
    • A Building that Takes its Identity from not-so-plain Geometry
      Drew, Philip. AIA Journal (August 1982), (Ringwood Cultural Centre).
    • Curviform Counterpoint
      Drew, Philip. Architecture Australia (Sydney, July 1986), pp. 49-50. (Hong Kong Club).
    • Ethic and Form
      Drew, Philip. Space Design. (Tokyo, February 1981), pp. 75-90.
    • Harry Seidler: Australian Embassy, Paris
      Drew, Philip. Architecture + Urbanism (Tokyo, No. 100, January 1979), pp. 85-94.
    • Harry Seidler – Mastering the Mechanical
      Drew, Philip. World Architecture (London, No. 7, 1990), pp. 32-9.
    • Harry Seidler’s Baroque Sinfonia for Hong Kong
      Drew, Philip. Vision (Hong Kong, No. 26, 1986), pp. 42-4.
    • The Hong Kong Club Seidler Baroque
      Drew, Philip. Vision (Hong Kong, No. 6, 1983), pp. 66-71.
    • The New Australian Embassy in Paris
      Drew, Philip. Space Design (Tokyo, No. 197, February 1981), pp. 25-8.
    • Secular Geometry
      Drew, Philip. Architecture + Urbanism (Tokyo, No. 170, November 1984), pp. 42-4. (Ringwood Cultural Centre).
    • Sydney Seidler
      Drew, Philip. Architectural Association Quarterly (London, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1974), pp. 46- 54.
    • Ein babylonisches Wahrzeichen für Melbourne?
      Neue Zürcher Zeitung (no.126 June 1995,), p. 68.
    • Capita Centre
      Farrelly, Elizabeth. Architectural Review (London, August 1991).
    • Harry Seidler is a Modernist
      Farrelly, Elizabeth. Interior Design (Sydney, No. 18, 1989).
    • Triumph of the Will
      Fitzgerald, Michael. Time Australia (9 October 1995), pp. 122-4.
    • 3 Takes on Harry Seidler
      Foreman, Graham. Monument (Sydney, vol.6 no.1 1995), pp. 24-39. (Vienna, Farrell House).
    • Structure and Meaning
      Frampton, Kenneth. World Architecture (London, No. 7, 1990).
    • Harry Seidler
      Geran, Monica. Interior Design (New York, January 1994), pp. 110-113. (Hamilton House).
    • The Hong Kong Club
      Geran, Monica. Interior Design (Sydney, July 1987), pp. 236-41.
    • Master of Concrete
      Greenberg, Stephen. Architects Journal (London, Vol.197, No.5, 3 February 1993), pp. 24-5.
    • Going with the Flow
      Hale, Brian. Corporate & Office Design (Sydney, Autumn/Winter 1987). (Riverside Centre).
    *Harry Seidler 1948-1980
    Space Design (Tokyo, no.197, February 1981), pp. 3-74.
    • Seidler and What Makes Harry Wild
      Hawley, Janet. Age (Melbourne, 23 November 1985),Saturday Extra, pp. 1-2.
    • Mehr als ein Meister der Hochhausarchitektur
      Hollenstein, Roman. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (no.300, 24 December 1992,), pp. 17.
    • Hong Kong Club Building
      Vision (Hong Kong, vol.1, no.6), pp. 24-35.
    • Stadtplanerische Expeditionen, Die Wiener Festwochen der Architektur
      Hurton, Andrea. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (no.2, 17 October 1995).
    • Grattacieli a Hong Kong
      Irace, Fulvio. Abitare (Milan, April 1986).
    • Bauhaus, Breuer, Seidler: An Australian Synthesis
      Johnson, Donald. Australian Journal of Art (Sydney, Vol. 1, 1978), pp. 65-81.
    • Australian Embassy, Paris
      Keyte, Michael. Architectural Review (London, October 1978).
    • Opportunism Knocked: Harry Seidler’s Talk at the RIBA
      Latham, Ian. Building Design (London, no.672, 13 January 1984), p. 2.
    • A Paris Accord
      Marlin, William. Architectural Record (New York, November 1978).
    • Thoroughly Modern Harry
      McGregor, Craig. Good Weekend (Sydney Morning Herald, 2 June 1990, pp. 18-24. (Social portrait).
    • Art of Structure
      Melhuish, Clare. Building Design (London, no.1108, 22 January 1993), p. 2.
    • Interview with Harry Seidler
      Mendini, Alessandro. Domus (Milan, No.663, July/August 1985), p. 1.
    • Harry Seidler
      Nechansky, Conny. Architektur Aktuell (Vienna, December 1984), pp. 58-9.
    • Harry Seidler: Rose Seidler House
      Odoni, Giovanni. Abitare (Milan, no.339, April 1995), pp. 198-205.
    • Principles
      Space Design (Tokyo, no.197, February 1981), pp. 51-54.
    • Seidler’s RIBA Gold Medal
      Puflett, Rob. Monument (Sydney, no.15, 1996), pp. 92-97. (Meares House, Gold Medal).
    • Towering Achievement
      Rattenbury, Kester. Building Design (London, no.1271, 28 June 1996), pp. 1-2.
    • Die Innenwelt des Architekten Harry Seidler
      Rayhrer, Andrea. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (no.274, 26 November 1991), pp. B7.
    • Harry gets the Gold
      Rogers, Louise. RIBA Journal (London, Vol.103, No.4, April 1996), pp. 6-9.
    • Royal Gold Medallist: Harry Seidler
      Architecture Australia (Vol.85, No.5, September/October 1996), pp.6-8.
    • Homes for the Bureaucrats
      Saunders, David. Architecture Australia (Sydney, July 1976). (Trade Group Offices).
    • The Rise and Rise of Harry Seidler
      Saxby, John. Sydney Weekly(5-11 September 1995), pp. 12-16.
    • Editorial
      Sharp, Dennis. World Architecture (London, No.7, 1990).
    • The Messiah of Modernism
      Slattery, Luke. Australian Magazine (Sydney, 15-16 June 1996, pp. 12-20. (Social portrait)
    • Seidler’s Marvel of Technology
      Stackhouse, John. Bulletin (Sydney, 16 October 1984), pp. 68-71. (Grosvenor Place)
    • The Trouble with Harry
      Stannard, Bruce. Bulletin (Sydney, 17 September 1991), pp. 82-5. (Social portrait)
    • Harry Seidler: Beyond Local Horizons
      Tanner, Howard. Architecture Bulletin (RAIA, Sydney, No.9, 1987).
    • The Tower; The Facade = An Expression of the System of Support
      Architectural Bulletin (RAIA, Sydney, August 1991), p. 11.
    • Melbourne Rivals Vie for World’s Tallest Building
      Towndrow, Jennifer. Building Design (London, No.1248, 19 January 1996), p. 5.
    • Seidler’s Poetic Geometry
      Towndrow, Jennifer. RIBA Journal (London, July 1989), pp. 40-5.
    • A Profile of Harry Seidler, Boots and Branches
      Walter, Betsy. Belle (Sydney, July/August 1979). (Australian Embassy, Glen Street Offices).
    • Capita
      Walter, Betsy. Corporate & Office Design (Sydney, Spring/Summer 1989).
    • Harry Seidler: A Private Collection
      Walter, Betsy. Belle (Sydney, November/December 1982). (Rose Seidler House, H & P Seidler House, L. Basser House).
    • Sydney’s Ultimate Apartment
      Walter, Betsy. Mode (Sydney, April 1989). (Penthouse)
    • Harry Goes Gold
      Young, Richard. Architecture Australia (Sydney, February/March 1977), pp. 29-31.
  • Structural reports by L'Industria Italiana del Cemento, Rome

    • Australia Square, Sydney
      Dr Ing. Mario De Santis, March 1969
    • 2 Glen Street, Milsons Point, Sydney
      Dr Ing. Gianbattista Quirico
      Dr Ing. Carlo Bongiovanni, April 1979
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      Australian Embassy, Paris
      Dr Ing. Claudio Di Luzio, Nov. 1979
    • ?s=recognition&c=bibliography
      MLC Centre, Sydney
      Dr Ing. Claudio Di Luzio, Dec. 1982
    • Trade Group Offices, ACT
      Dr Ing. Nicola Alberto Barone, Feb. 1984
    • Hong Kong Club
      Dr Arch Riccardo Spagnoli, Dec. 1986
    • Waverley Council, Melbourne
      Dr Ing. Claudio Greco, Nov. 1988
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      Riverside, Brisbane
      Prof. Ing. Mario Desideri, Oct. 1989
    • Garden Island, Sydney
      Dr Ing. Claudio Greco, Nov. 1990
    • Shell House, Melbourne
      Dr Ing. Arch. Alessandro Bolzan
      Mariotta Posocco, Sept. 1992
    • ?s=recognition&c=bibliography
      QV1, Perth
      Dr Ing. Paolo Zorutti, Dec. 1993
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