Harry Seidler AC OBE (1923–2006), architect and designer, was born in Vienna and studied under Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer at the Harvard School of Design. He worked with Alvar Aalto in Massachusetts, with Breuer in his New York practice and with Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro before travelling in Sydney in 1948 to design a house for his parents in Turramurra. Now known as the Rose Seidler House, it caused a sensation and introduced Bauhaus principles to Australia. Soon commissioned to design houses for other clients, Seidler made a major contribution to Sydney's built environment and heritage with projects such as Australia Square (1961–67), the MLC Centre (1972–78) and Grosvenor Place (1982–88). He also designed projects around Australia and internationally, including the critically acclaimed Australian Embassy in Paris (1973–77). His multitudinous awards included the RAIA Gold Medal (1976) and the Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal (1996).
David Moore photographed Seidler at the home he designed for himself in Killara, which was completed in 1967.
The series 'David Moore: From Face to Face' was acquired as a gift of the artist and with financial assistance from Timothy Fairfax AC and L Gordon Darling AC CMG 2001
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