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Harry Seidler’s bibliography is extensive. He has been written about widely and has himself contributed many thoughtful and informative articles and interviews to the technical, national and international press. A full bibliography, up to 1992, is included in the most recent and definitive book compiled by Kenneth Frampton and Philip Drew, Harry Seidler: Four Decades of Architecture.

What follows is a selection of bibliographical items drawn from that and other publications, supplemented by newer material held in the British Architectural Library at the Royal Institute of British Architects, London, to whom thanks are extended for help in preparing this select list.

This list must be prefaced by the two most important books on Seidler which have introduced a generation of architects to his work. These were much sought-after volumes at the time they appeared and their rarity was made worse by the fact that they were not published in the UK, although the Architectural Review and other European magazines did not miss the opportunity of featuring the work as it was completed. Today these books are even more difficult to find. Nevertheless, they provide a valuable record of the beginnings of a practice that changed the architectural values of a continent.

Harry Seidler: Four Decades of Architecture

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by Kenneth Frampton & Philip Drew

Without question the definitive work;
a beautiful publication which includes the extensive bibliography referred to above and a fully illustrated biographical chronology.

London and New York
Thames & Hudson, 1992
ISBN: 0 500 97838 0

Architecture for the New World: The Work of Harry Seidler

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by Peter Blake

Sydney: Horwitz
New York: Wittenhorn
Stuttgart: Karl Kraemer
1973
ISBN: 0 7255 0232 0

Harry Seidler - The Master Architect Series III

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by Dennis Sharp

Introduction by Dennis Sharp

Melbourne: The Images Publishing Group 1997
ISBN: 1 875498 75 3

Houses, Interiors, Projects - Harry Seidler

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Published in hardback, it covers the first five years of Harry Seidler’s practice and includes an influential essay, “Our Heritage of Modern Building”.

Sydney: Associated General Publications, 1954.

Internment - The Diaries of Harry Seidler May 1940 to October 1941

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Wilton, Janis (ed.).

Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 1986.
ISBN: 0 86861 915 9 (pbk).

other Key Publications

Introduction by Chris Abel
Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2003.
Boxed set ISBN 1-920744-16-9

Introduction by Chris Abel
Australia: Images Publishing Group, 2003.
Boxed set ISBN 1-920744-16-9

Travelling the World with an Architect’s Eye
Harry Seidler’s photo journal of world architecture
Köln: Taschen, 2003 (704 pages)

note: The Grand Tour is available in 3 versions:

— The Grand Tour (704 pages)
ISBN 978-3-8228-2555-6 (English).
Cover: Bom Jesus do Monte, Braga, Portugal and Mies Van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavillion.

— The Grand Tour (budget abridged edition 576 pages)
ISBN 978-3-8228-3780-1 (08/2007: English).
Cover: Taj Mahal.

— The Grand Tour (ICONS further abdiged 192 pages)
ISBN 978-3-8228-3874-7 (English).
Cover: Egypt Pyramids and Niemeyer’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Niteroi, Brazil.

other ISBN numbers:
French: 978-3-8228-2554-9
German: 978-3-8228-2553-2
Italian: 978-3-8228-2555-6
Portuguese: 978-3-8228-3302-5
Spanish: 978-3-8228-2556-3

Harry Seidler: Neue Donau Housing Estate, Vienna: Social Housing – Innovative Architecture
by Wolfgang Förster
Munich, Berlin, London, New York: Prestel, 2002
ISBN 3-7913-2703-8

Harry Seidler 1955-63.
Reyner Banham, Sydney: Horwitz • Paris: Freal • Stuttgart: Hatje. 1963.

Harry Seidler
Dennis Sharp(ed.). Special issue of World Architecture (no. 7, 1990). Includes the Seidler article “Losing by the Rules”, pp. 46-53.

Selected articles by Harry Seidler

A Methodology
RIBA Transactions (vol.3, no.1, 1983-4), pp. 4-11.
Facadism, By Any Other Name
Bulletin (Sydney, 20 March 1990), pp. 116-18.
Furniture
Moebel Interior Design, (December 1965), pp. 576-7.
In Search of an Australian Style
Bulletin Magazine (Sydney, 24 October 1989), pp. 60-4.
Internationalism
Architecture Australia, 71(5), 1982, pp. 58-60.
Museum of Modern Art, Niteroi, Brazil by Niemeyer
Monument (Sydney, vol.13), pp. 64-67.
Pei’s Louvre
Weekend Australian (29-30 July 1989), Arts, p. 12.
Seidler über Niemeyer
“Seidler on Niemeyer”. Werk, Bauen & Wohnen (no. 12, December 1994), pp. 64-7.
Statements on Australian Design
Belle (Sydney no. 71, September/October 1985) p. 155.
Urban Renewal
Moebel Interior Design (June 1964), pp. 272-4.
Vision
Hong Kong, no. 26, June 1986, pp. 47-50.
Why Conserve Mediocrity? (Facadism)
Architectural Bulletin (RAIA NSW, April 1990), pp. 12-13.
Architecture Responding to Nature
the Hong Kong Club and Capita designs are discussed in detail by Harry Seidler in a 1993 lecture (synchronised with slides) recorded by UK architectural journalist Monica Pidgeon: www.pidgeondigital.com
Hong Kong Club (slides 2-12) and Capita/Castlereagh Centre (slides 13-24).
Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movement
by Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen: Harry Seidler Progress or Fashion in Architecture
Architecture, Technology and Progress
a collection of essays by by Chris Abel. ISBN No: 0 7506 3792 7, Oxford: Architectural Press/Elsevier, 2004. ‘Harry Seidler and the Great Australian Dream’. Pp. 163-202. Some pages visible from Google books

Selected articles about Harry Seidler

Australian Embassy Paris
Abercrombie, Stanley. Interiors(New York, November 1978), pp. 70-5.
Harry Seidler’s Sydney
Adams, Brian. Mode (Sydney, February, 1988), pp. 59-62.
Harry Seidler Awarded RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Ballieu, Amanda. Architects Journal (London, Vol. 203, no. 11, 21 March 1996), p. 14.
Australia Square
Boyd, Robin. Architectural Forum (New York, April 1969), pp. 26-35.
Reflections of a Master Builder
Brash, Nick. Regent Magazine (Hong Kong, 7th edn, 1984), pp. 26-35.
Harry Seidler 1948-1990
Callister, Winsome. Agenda 12 (Melbourne, August 1990), pp. 8-9.
Australian Superspans
Clerehan, Neil. Architecture Plus (New York, February 1973), pp. 48-51. (Trade Group Offices).
Concrete: Harry Seidler Talks of New Limits
Monument (Sydney, vol.9, no.1, 1995).
Harold in Italy
Dickinson, Michael. Bulletin magazine (Sydney, 6 October 1992), pp. 77-78.
A Building that Takes its Identity from not-so-plain Geometry
Drew, Philip. AIA Journal (August 1982), (Ringwood Cultural Centre).
Curviform Counterpoint
Drew, Philip. Architecture Australia (Sydney, July 1986), pp. 49-50. (Hong Kong Club).
Ethic and Form
Drew, Philip. Space Design. (Tokyo, February 1981), pp. 75-90.
Harry Seidler: Australian Embassy, Paris
Drew, Philip. Architecture + Urbanism (Tokyo, No. 100, January 1979), pp. 85-94.
Harry Seidler – Mastering the Mechanical
Drew, Philip. World Architecture (London, No. 7, 1990), pp. 32-9.
Harry Seidler’s Baroque Sinfonia for Hong Kong
Drew, Philip. Vision (Hong Kong, No. 26, 1986), pp. 42-4.
The Hong Kong Club Seidler Baroque
Drew, Philip. Vision (Hong Kong, No. 6, 1983), pp. 66-71.
The New Australian Embassy in Paris
Drew, Philip. Space Design (Tokyo, No. 197, February 1981), pp. 25-8.
Secular Geometry
Drew, Philip. Architecture + Urbanism (Tokyo, No. 170, November 1984), pp. 42-4. (Ringwood Cultural Centre).
Sydney Seidler
Drew, Philip. Architectural Association Quarterly (London, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1974), pp. 46- 54.
Ein babylonisches Wahrzeichen für Melbourne?
Neue Zürcher Zeitung (no.126 June 1995,), p. 68.
Capita Centre
Farrelly, Elizabeth. Architectural Review (London, August 1991).
Harry Seidler is a Modernist
Farrelly, Elizabeth. Interior Design (Sydney, No. 18, 1989).
Triumph of the Will
Fitzgerald, Michael. Time Australia (9 October 1995), pp. 122-4.
3 Takes on Harry Seidler
Foreman, Graham. Monument (Sydney, vol.6 no.1 1995), pp. 24-39. (Vienna, Farrell House).
Structure and Meaning
Frampton, Kenneth. World Architecture (London, No. 7, 1990).
Harry Seidler
Geran, Monica. Interior Design (New York, January 1994), pp. 110-113. (Hamilton House).
The Hong Kong Club
Geran, Monica. Interior Design (Sydney, July 1987), pp. 236-41.
Master of Concrete
Greenberg, Stephen. Architects Journal (London, Vol.197, No.5, 3 February 1993), pp. 24-5.
Going with the Flow
Hale, Brian. Corporate & Office Design (Sydney, Autumn/Winter 1987). (Riverside Centre).

*Harry Seidler 1948-1980
Space Design (Tokyo, no.197, February 1981), pp. 3-74.

Seidler and What Makes Harry Wild
Hawley, Janet. Age (Melbourne, 23 November 1985),Saturday Extra, pp. 1-2.
Mehr als ein Meister der Hochhausarchitektur
Hollenstein, Roman. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (no.300, 24 December 1992,), pp. 17.
Hong Kong Club Building
Vision (Hong Kong, vol.1, no.6), pp. 24-35.
Stadtplanerische Expeditionen, Die Wiener Festwochen der Architektur
Hurton, Andrea. Neue Zürcher Zeitung (no.2, 17 October 1995).
Grattacieli a Hong Kong
Irace, Fulvio. Abitare (Milan, April 1986).
Bauhaus, Breuer, Seidler: An Australian Synthesis
Johnson, Donald. Australian Journal of Art (Sydney, Vol. 1, 1978), pp. 65-81.
Australian Embassy, Paris
Keyte, Michael. Architectural Review (London, October 1978).
Opportunism Knocked: Harry Seidler’s Talk at the RIBA
Latham, Ian. Building Design (London, no.672, 13 January 1984), p. 2.
A Paris Accord
Marlin, William. Architectural Record (New York, November 1978).
Thoroughly Modern Harry
McGregor, Craig. Good Weekend (Sydney Morning Herald, 2 June 1990, pp. 18-24. (Social portrait).
Art of Structure
Melhuish, Clare. Building Design (London, no.1108, 22 January 1993), p. 2.
Interview with Harry Seidler
Mendini, Alessandro. Domus (Milan, No.663, July/August 1985), p. 1.
Harry Seidler
Nechansky, Conny. Architektur Aktuell (Vienna, December 1984), pp. 58-9.
Harry Seidler: Rose Seidler House
Odoni, Giovanni. Abitare (Milan, no.339, April 1995), pp. 198-205.
Principles
Space Design (Tokyo, no.197, February 1981), pp. 51-54.
Seidler’s RIBA Gold Medal
Puflett, Rob. Monument (Sydney, no.15, 1996), pp. 92-97. (Meares House, Gold Medal).
Towering Achievement
Rattenbury, Kester. Building Design (London, no.1271, 28 June 1996), pp. 1-2.
Die Innenwelt des Architekten Harry Seidler
Rayhrer, Andrea. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (no.274, 26 November 1991), pp. B7.
Harry gets the Gold
Rogers, Louise. RIBA Journal (London, Vol.103, No.4, April 1996), pp. 6-9.
Royal Gold Medallist: Harry Seidler
Architecture Australia (Vol.85, No.5, September/October 1996), pp.6-8.
Homes for the Bureaucrats
Saunders, David. Architecture Australia (Sydney, July 1976). (Trade Group Offices).
The Rise and Rise of Harry Seidler
Saxby, John. Sydney Weekly(5-11 September 1995), pp. 12-16.
Editorial
Sharp, Dennis. World Architecture (London, No.7, 1990).
The Messiah of Modernism
Slattery, Luke. Australian Magazine (Sydney, 15-16 June 1996, pp. 12-20. (Social portrait)
Seidler’s Marvel of Technology
Stackhouse, John. Bulletin (Sydney, 16 October 1984), pp. 68-71. (Grosvenor Place)
The Trouble with Harry
Stannard, Bruce. Bulletin (Sydney, 17 September 1991), pp. 82-5. (Social portrait)
Harry Seidler: Beyond Local Horizons
Tanner, Howard. Architecture Bulletin (RAIA, Sydney, No.9, 1987).
The Tower; The Facade = An Expression of the System of Support
Architectural Bulletin (RAIA, Sydney, August 1991), p. 11.
Melbourne Rivals Vie for World’s Tallest Building
Towndrow, Jennifer. Building Design (London, No.1248, 19 January 1996), p. 5.
Seidler’s Poetic Geometry
Towndrow, Jennifer. RIBA Journal (London, July 1989), pp. 40-5.
A Profile of Harry Seidler, Boots and Branches
Walter, Betsy. Belle (Sydney, July/August 1979). (Australian Embassy, Glen Street Offices).
Capita
Walter, Betsy. Corporate & Office Design (Sydney, Spring/Summer 1989).
Harry Seidler: A Private Collection
Walter, Betsy. Belle (Sydney, November/December 1982). (Rose Seidler House, H & P Seidler House, L. Basser House).
Sydney’s Ultimate Apartment
Walter, Betsy. Mode (Sydney, April 1989). (Penthouse)
Harry Goes Gold
Young, Richard. Architecture Australia (Sydney, February/March 1977), pp. 29-31.

Structural reports by L'Industria Italiana del Cemento, Rome

Australia Square, Sydney
Dr Ing. Mario De Santis, March 1969
2 Glen Street, Milsons Point, Sydney
Dr Ing. Gianbattista Quirico
Dr Ing. Carlo Bongiovanni, April 1979
Australian Embassy, Paris
Dr Ing. Claudio Di Luzio, Nov. 1979
MLC Centre, Sydney
Dr Ing. Claudio Di Luzio, Dec. 1982
Trade Group Offices, ACT
Dr Ing. Nicola Alberto Barone, Feb. 1984
Hong Kong Club
Dr Arch Riccardo Spagnoli, Dec. 1986
Waverley Council, Melbourne
Dr Ing. Claudio Greco, Nov. 1988
Riverside, Brisbane
Prof. Ing. Mario Desideri, Oct. 1989
Garden Island, Sydney
Dr Ing. Claudio Greco, Nov. 1990
Shell House, Melbourne
Dr Ing. Arch. Alessandro Bolzan
Mariotta Posocco, Sept. 1992
QV1, Perth
Dr Ing. Paolo Zorutti, Dec. 1993