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Harry Seidler
Australian Architect
Born: Jun 25, 1923
Died: Mar 9, 2006
About Architecture Buildings Century Minimal War
Related authors: Antoni Gaudi Frank Gehry Frank Lloyd Wright Louis Kahn Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Maya Lin Walter Gropius Zaha Hadid
After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and infusing characteristics of traditional Japanese architecture in modern buildings. Harry Seidler
War Great Technology Architecture World Made Strides Earthquake Characteristics Only Allowing Advanced Advanced Technology Tall Buildings Traditional Were Modern After Japanese Infusing Expressing Resistant World War World War II
Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all. Harry Seidler
Inspirational Beautiful Business Architecture Hopefully Rational Beautiful Things Procedure Sensible Things
I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that. Harry Seidler
Best Thought Point Tower Buildings Always Blues Stand
The government only makes restrictive rules, they don't show you what to do so you know, OK, here's where we need this many apartments, with open space, playgrounds, kindergartens. Harry Seidler
Government You Space Rules OK Only Restrictive Open Open Space Know Makes Where Apartments Show Many Here Need
Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is one of the architectural peak periods in western civilisation. Harry Seidler
Out Borne Architectural Civilisation Periods Around Era Western Century View Baroque Peak Starting
Japan's humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resistant to earth tremors. Harry Seidler
Summer Earth Earthquakes Resulted Lightweight Well Frequent Buildings Climate Timber Off Japan Warm Ground Raised Resistant
From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber. Harry Seidler
Locally Abundance Days Mostly Prototype Buildings Material Timber Precedent America Available Century Translated Migration English European Even Based Early Early Days

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