Gissing House by Harry Seidler

My friend just put me on to this house; Gissing House designed by Architect Harry Seidler in 1972, which is a remarkable example of design that has lasted the test of time. It reminded me of a quote by designer Margaret Howell who talks of design being diluted to its absolute minimum of materials and fabrics- and if it still works just like that then to leave the design as it is, as fabrics alone.

It is both a pleasant surprise, and remarkable event, when one encounters, as in the Gissing house, a modest domestic work by Harry Seidler that has survived the depredations of the market and developer, and retained, down to the smallest detail, the original quality and atmosphere of a total work it possessed at its completion in 1972. The Gissing House is that exceptional thing, a distinguished survivor whose authenticity is uncompromised by time, as if, by some miracle, it was kept captive in a time capsule for the past forty years.

We could live here, no sweat…

You can also see the house Harry Seidler designed for his mother, Rose Seidler, here.