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 ci…

- 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

If there is one country and its people that have contributed most to western civilisation's man-made world continuously for the last 2000 years, it m…

- Harry Seidler

After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structura…

- Harry Seidler

After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall build…

- Harry Seidler

The form language used by the ancient Egyptians in their structures is minimal.

- Harry Seidler

Japans humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resista…

- Harry Seidler

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

- Harry Seidler

The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs.

- Harry Seidler