Harry Seidler

Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#beautiful #beautiful things #business #hopefully #inspirational

Good design doesn't date. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#date #good

They didn't sell, people just weren't used to the idea of living in apartments. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#just #living #people #sell #used

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

#after #architecture #cradle #daring #elaboration

At the age of 80, I'm becoming a visual artist. This could be my rebirth. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#artist #becoming #could #i #rebirth

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

#around #baroque #borne #century #civilisation

Fifty years ago people were talking about Sydney's sprawl, but nobody does anything about it. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#ago #anything #does #fifty #nobody

I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#best #blues #buildings #i #point

It doesn't worry me that people have criticised the building. ↗

— Harry Seidler

#criticised #me #people #worry

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

#climate #earth #earthquakes #frequent #ground