"From the early days of European migration to……" — Harry Seidler
"From the early days of European migration to America, in the 17th Century, the prototype of buildings was based on English precedent, even if mostly translated into the locally available material in abundance: timber."
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17 Quotes by Harry Seidler
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Borne out of this, starting around the 17th Century was the Baroque era. It is my view that it is…
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The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and…
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After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending…
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After World War II great strides were made in modern Japanese architecture, not only in advanced technology, allowing earthquake resistant…
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Japans humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground…
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The government only makes restrictive rules, they dont show you what to do so you know, OK, heres where we…
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As much as the needs of fact, the needs of the spirit and the senses, must be satisfied. Architecture is…
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If there is one country and its people that have contributed most to western civilisation's man-made world continuously for the…
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At the age of 80, I'm becoming a visual artist. This could be my rebirth.
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I've always thought Blues Point Tower is one of my best buildings and I stand by that.
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The form language used by the ancient Egyptians in their structures is minimal.
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Good design doesn't date.
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We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and…
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
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Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
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Expect your every need to be met. Expect the answer to every problem, expect abundance on every level.
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The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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When a man is to travel into a far country...one staff in his hand may comfortably support him, but a…
— Richard Sibbes
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I believe that Silicon Valley is truly a place of excellence and the impact of this tiny community on the…
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What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort,…
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It's ironic that those who till the soil, cultivate and harvest the fruits, vegetables, and other foods that fill your…
— Cesar Chavez
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Biophilia: the innate pleasure from living abundance and diversity as manifested by the human impulse to imitate Nature with gardens.
— E. O. Wilson
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Shall I not rejoice also at the abundance of the weeds whose seeds are the granary of the birds?
— Henry David Thoreau
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