The Grand Tour by Harry Seidler
Armchair travelers and intrepid aesthetes rejoice! Explore some of the worlds greatest buildings from 3000 B.C. to the present day in this unique international tour with Harry Seidler. The architect spent more than 50 years traveling the globe to photograph peak achievements in architecture, and in turn created an impressive archive of...
“The Grand Tour is a feast for the eyes and will keep you turning its pages for hours and hours” * EasyVoyage *
Born in Vienna, Austria, Harry Seidler studied architecture at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg before winning a scholarship to Harvard, where he studied under Walter Gropius. He also studied under Josef Albers at Black Mountain College in North Carolina and was the chief assistant to Marcel Breuer in New York from 1946 to 1948. He worked with Oscar Niemeyer in Rio de Janeiro before opening his own practice in Sydney in 1949. He taught at Harvard School of Design, ETH in Zurich, and University of Sydney. In 1996, Seidler was awarded the RIBA Gold Medal. He died on March 9, 2006.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783836544603 |
| ISBN 10 | 3836544601 |
| Title | The Grand Tour |
| Author | Harry Seidler |
| Series | Bibliotheca Universalis |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Taschen GmbH |
| Year published | 2019-05-21 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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