Seidler family further papers, 1949-1987

MLMSS 5467 ADD-ON 2146

fonds

1949-1987

Textual Records, Clippings

153455

Microfilm : Scrapbook. 1949-1956).
Microfilm : Scrapbook 1957-1962).
Microfilm : Scrapbook, 1963-1968).

0.39 metres of textual material (3 boxes), some files contain clippings - manuscript and printed

Harry Seidler, architect, was born in Vienna, Austria. He studied architecture at the University of Manitoba, Canada and, under Walter Gropius, at Harvard University in the USA. He worked with Marcel Breuer in New York (1946-48) and with Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janiero (1948) before coming to Australia where he started in private practice in Sydney in 1949. His designs, both domestic and commercial, have won many awards including the Sir John Sulman Medal in 1951 for Rose Seidler House, built for his parents in Wahroonga, and now the property of the Historic Houses Trust of NSW. Other projects include Australia Square and the MLC Centre in Sydney, and the Australian Embassy in Paris. Seidler married Penelope Evatt in 1958.

SERIES 01
Harry Seidler correspondence, 1949-1957-1987

SERIES 02
Harry Seidler scrapbooks of press cuttings, 1949-1968