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Rose Seidler House is a heritage-listed former residence and now house museum located at 69–71 Clissold Road in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by Harry Seidler and built from 1948 to 1950 by Bret R. Lake.
The house featured glass walls, asymmetrical composition, cubic shapes and a flat roof; this was architecture unlike anything built in Australia before. Rose Seidler House won the RAIA Sir John Sulman Medal for 1951, one of the most prestigious awards in Australian architecture and the first of five he won. Harry Seidler was 28 years old.
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The house today remains one of the finest examples of mid 20th-century modern domestic architecture in Australia, and its furniture and fittings form one of the most complete post World War II design collections in public ownership. 71 Clissold Road, Wahroonga NSW 2076. Phone +61 2 9989 8020 Plan your visit.
Rose Seidler house was built as one of three, a style of collective living that was unusual at the time, designed to reunite the Seidler family on a single property after they were separated by war. Harry had left his home country of vienna in 1938, fleeing the nazi Anchluss for England, where he studied building and cons- truction.
Rose Seidler House contains a remarkable collection of furniture, furnishings and household effects amassed by the late Harry Seidler AC OBE (1923–2006) for use in the house he designed for his parents, Rose and Max. The house was built in 1948–50 in the centre of the original 6.5-hectare (16-acre) bushland estate overlooking the Ku-ring ...
The house is only open on Sundays between 10am and 4pm and remains closed on public holidays. Visitors must note that the house is not accessible by wheelchair, and there is no chance to sit while at the house, as the original furniture is fragile. The Rose Seidler House is at 71 Clissold Road, 25 kilometres from Sydney’s CBD.
Rose Seidler House was the first commission for internationally renowned architect Harry Seidler. He came to Australia from New York expressly to build the house for his parents Rose and Max, who lived there until 1967. Awarded the Sulman Medal in 1951, it has been a very influential house, stimulating much social comment and intellectual debate.
