Harry Seidler
Austrian-born Australian architect
Died when: 82 years 257 days (992 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Harry Seidler AC OBE (25 June 1923 – 9 March 2006) was an Austrian-born Australian architect who was considered to be one of the leading exponents of Modernism's methodology in Australia and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia.
Seidler designed more than 180 buildings, and he received much recognition for his contribution to the architecture of Australia. Seidler consistently won architectural awards every decade throughout his Australian career of almost 58 years across the varied categories – his residential work from 1950, his commercial work from 1964, and his public commissions from the 1970s.
He was a controversial figure throughout his long career as he regularly publicly criticised planning authorities and the planning system in Sydney.
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