Architecture Responding to Nature / [presented by] Harry Seidler.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Seidler, Harry, 1923-2006, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hong Kong Club.

Architectural design--Australia.

Architectural design.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file (35 minutes)).

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1993.

Summary:

The late Harry Seidler was Australia's best known and most prolific architect, yet he resided and practised there only after 1949. Born in Vienna in 1923, he studied at Manitoba University and Harvard, and from 1946 - 1948 he worked with Marcel Breuer, followed by a short spell with Oscar Niemeyer in Brazil. But it was his collaboration with the Italian engineer Pier Luigi Nervi which proved a turning point in his approach both in the expression of structural form and the use of materials. Always a modernist, building technology is paramount for Seidler. In his talk, he concentrates on just two contrasting works: the Hong Kong Club built with local materials and taking advantage of the local labour-intensive construction industry: and the Capita office tower in Sydney in which he braces the face with a concrete filled steel trust, uses rich materials, and brings Nature into a spiralling atrium. The talk was recorded in London by Monica Pidgeon.

Contents:

Harry Seidler

Hong Kong Club & Offices. The Building & Cenotaph

Hong Kong Club & Offices. Bamboo Scaffolding

Hong Kong Club & Offices. Corner Detail

Hong Kong Club & Offices. 35m Span Facade

Hong Kong Club & Offices Typical Beams

Hong Kong Club & Offices. Central Space In Club

Hong Kong Club & Offices. Bottom Of Column & Beams

Hong Kong Club & Offices. Central Space & Top Floor

Hong Kong Club & Offices. View From Garden Lounge

Hong Kong Club & Offices. Old Arches Re-Used

Hong Kong Club & Offices. Garden Lounge

Capita Building Sydney. Site Plan

Capita Building Sydney. Top Floor Plan

Capita Building Sydney. Model, Central Space

Capita Building Sydney. View From Street

Capita Building Sydney. Ground Floor 'Forest'

Capita Building Sydney. View Up Through Central Space

Capita Building Sydney. External Bracing Structures

Capita Building Sydney. Ground Floor Restaurant/Bar

Capita Building Sydney. Ground Floor Mural By Lin Utzon

Capita Building Sydney. Top Floor Mural

Capita Building Sydney. Top Floor Reception Area.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 29, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.