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 Read Quote
Fifty years ago people were talking about Sydney’s sprawl, but nobody does anything about it. Harry Seidler Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Architecture is not an inspirational business, it’s a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that’s all. Harry Seidler Read Quote
The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs. Harry Seidler Read Quote
After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration. Harry Seidler Read Quote
I’ve always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that. Harry Seidler Read Quote
