Quotes by Harry Seidler

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Australian architect · Australian · 1923–2006

Austrian-Australian architect (1923–2006)

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“Good design doesn't date.”

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

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

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“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
Shapes Arch Romans

“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
First Italy Visual

“After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant tall buildings, but expressing and infusing characteristic...”
— Harry Seidler
Technology Great War

“Good design doesn't date.”
— Harry Seidler
Good Date

“Architecture is not an inspirational business, it's a rational procedure to do sensible and hopefully beautiful things; that's all.”
— Harry Seidler
Business Beautiful