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Harry Seidler
Australian
Architect
Born:
Jun 25
,
1923
Died:
Mar 9
,
2006
About
Architecture
Buildings
Century
Minimal
War
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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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