Harry Seidler b. 1923

Also known as Harry Seidler and Associates
  • Architect
Seidler was an architect with a well-documented architectural career. In addition to his building works, he also designed selected items of furniture including a "modular radio-phonograph" illustrated in 1957, a wall-mounted storage unit for his Point Piper studio ca.1948 and the Rose Seidler house 1949-1950. His early commissions used the Sydney cabinetmakers Paul Kafka and M. Gerstl Cabinet Works.

Citations

  • “Modular Radio-Phonograph.” Architecture and Arts, July 1957, p.26 (illus.)

  • Helen O’Neill. A Singular Vision. Harry Seidler, Harper Collins, 2013, pp.117-124

  • “Studio Flat, Harry Seidler, Architect.” Art and Design. Ure Smith, 1:1949. p.26.

  • Shapiro Auctioneer, Catalogue, STUDIO CERAMICS, 2021C DESIGN, VINTAGE COUTURE & JEWELLERY, 1 November 2009, lot 236, 237 (steel framed furniture illustrated)

Initial data sources

  • Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS