Seidler in the Milsons Point apartment, 1995
education:
Seidler behind Walter Gropius in the Masters Class at Harvard, 1946
| 1923 | Born Vienna, 25 June 1923 |
| 1933-38 | Wasagymnasium, Vienna. |
| 1938-40 | Cambridge Technical College, England. |
| 1941-44 | BArch (1st Class Hons), University of Manitoba, Canada. |
| 1945-46 | MArch, Harvard University, USA. Class of Professor Walter Gropius. |
| 1946 | Black Mountain College, North Carolina, USA. Design Course under artist Josef Albers. |
With Oscar Niemeyer (right) in Rio de Janeiro
With Marcel Breuer in his New York office, 1968
| 1945 | Assistant to Alvar Aalto at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| 1946-48 | Chief Assistant to Marcel Breuer, New York. |
| 1948 | Travelled in South America and worked with Oscar Niemeyer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| 1949 | Started private practice, Sydney, Australia. |
With Walter Gropius, who came to lecture at the RAIA convention in Sydney, 1954
With Josef Albers at his house in Connecticut, 1965
Consulting with Pier Luigi Nervi in Rome, 1972
| 1976-77 | Visiting Professor, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, USA. |
| 1978 | Visiting Professor, University of British Columbia Centre for Human Settlements, Canada. |
| 1978 | Thomas Jefferson Professor of Architecture, University of Virginia, USA. |
| 1980 | Inaugural Visiting Professor, University of New South Wales, Australia. |
| 1984 | Visiting Professor, University of Sydney, Australia. |
| 1993 | Visiting Professor, Eidgenössische Technische Hockschule, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 1993 | Visiting Professor, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia |
| 1996 | Visiting Professor, University of Sydney, Australia. |
| 1996 | Visiting Committee, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA |
| 2000 | Adjunct Professor, University of Sydney, Australia. |
| 2006 | Died Sydney, 9 March 2006 |
personal honours:
Seidler with wife Penelope (in foreground) receiving an Honorary Fellowship from the American Institute of Architects, Denver, Colorado, 1966.
Receiving the Pan Pacific Citation of the AIA in Hawaii, 1968.
With brother Marcell at the investiture as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Government House, Sydney, 1972.
Receiving Australia's highest honour, the Companion of the Order of Australia, from the Governor-General, Sir Ninian Stephens, 1987.
Becoming a member of the Academie d'Architecture in Paris, 1984.
Receiving the Gold Medal of the City of Vienna, 1989.
see also:
Harry Seidler visual chronology
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| 1966 | Honorary Fellow, American Institute of Architects |
| 1968 | Pan Pacific Citation, American Institute of Architects |
| 1970 | Life Fellow, Royal Australian Institute of Architects |
| 1972 | Officer, Order of British Empire |
| 1976 | Gold Medal, Royal Australian Institute of Architects |
| 1979 | Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences |
| 1984 | Member, Academie d'Architecture de France |
| 1987 | Companion, Order of Australia |
| 1987 | Academician, International Academy of Architecture, Sofia |
| 1988 | Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Manitoba, Canada |
| 1989 | Gold Medal, City of Vienna, Austria |
| 1991 | Honorary Doctor of Letters, Univ. of Technology, Sydney |
| 1996 | Austrian Cross of Honour 1st Class, for Art & Science |
| 1996 | Royal Gold Medal, Royal Institute of British Architects |
| 1999 | Honorary Doctor of Science, Univ. of NSW |
| 2000 | Honorary Doctor of Science in Architecture, Univ. of Sydney |
| 2001 | Honorary Member of the Israel Institute of Architects and Town Planners |
| 2002 | The Golden Decoration for Services to the Viennese State |
