The Grand Tour by Peter Gossel
Architect Harry Seidler has spent more than 50 years travelling the globe, extensively photographing the peak achievements in architecture from 3000 BC to the 21st century. This text is divided into chapters by country, each with a brief introduction outlining its architectural history.
Born in Vienna, Austria, [b]Harry Seidler[/b] 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 of 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 has taught at the Harvard School of Design, the ETH in Zurich, and the University of Sydney. In 1996, Seidler was awarded the RIBA gold medal.
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| ISBN 13 | 9783822825556 |
| ISBN 10 | 3822825557 |
| Title | The Grand Tour |
| Author | Peter Gossel |
| Series | Klotz S |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taschen GmbH |
| Year published | 2003-06-27 |
| Number of pages | 704 |
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