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Seidler, Harry (1923 - ) |
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| Born: 25 June 1923 Vienna, Austria | |
| 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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| Born Vienna, Austria, 25 June 1923. OBE 1972, AC 1987. Educated Harvard (MArch). Arrived Australia 1948; private practice since 1948; 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. Visiting Professor, University of Sydney since 1996. 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. | |
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