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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-05-25 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-11-05 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P003941b.htm person Seidler Harry AC OBE AACR2 25 June 1923 9 March 2006 Place of Birth Vienna, Austria Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Architect Harry Seidler collaborated with Pier Luigi Nervi on the Australia Square project in Sydney in 1967 and on the MLC centre fronting Martin Place in Sydney in 1975.

Major commissions include:
* Rose Seidler House, Wahroonga, New South Wales 1948-50;
* Australia Square, Sydney 1961-67;
* Australian Embassy, Paris 1973-77;
* Hong Kong Club and Office Building, Hong Kong 1980-84;
* Riverside Centre, Brisbane 1984-86;
* Waverley Art Gallery, Melbourne 1988-90;
* QV1, Perth 1987-91.

Other major awards include:
* Wilkinson Award 1965, 1966, 1967;
* Civic Design Award 1967;
* Gold Medal RAIA 1976;
* RAIA Sir Zelman Cowan National Award 1987;
* Gold Medal City of Vienna 1989;
* RAIA Lustig and Moar Prize 1989;
* Sir John Sulman Medal 1951, 1967, 1981, 1983, 1991;
* RAIA National Interior Architecture Award 1991;
* RAIA National Commercial Architecture Award 1991, 1992;
* Gold Medal, Royal Institute of British Architects 1996;
* Austrian Gold Cross Hon. (First Class) Arts and Sciences 1996.

1944 1944 Education - Bachelor of Architecture (BArch), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada 1945 1946 Education - Master of Architecture (MArch), Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard University 1948 1948 Life event - Arrived in Sydney, Australia 1949 1949 Career position - Private practice 3 Jun 1972 3 Jun 1972 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - for services to architecture 8 Jun 1987 8 Jun 1987 Award - Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) - for service to the advancement of architecture in Australia 1996 Career position - Visiting Professor, University of Sydney 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to the community through architecture

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 'Seidler, Harry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Seidler, Harry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Two hundred years of concrete in Australia Lewis, Miles Two hundred years of concrete in Australia North Sydney Concrete Institute of Australia 1988 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000