Harry Seidler's Blues Point Tower (Sydney, Australia)
Blue Point Tower was built from 1958 to 1962 to the design a respected but controversial architect, Harry Siedler. He was born in Austria, trained in the US and has worked for much of his professional career in Australia. The building was a design which was initially part of a larger concept plan for high-rise residential development for McMahon's Point, but which by the time it was completed was falling in popular acceptance, as was the general perception of high-rise, high-density residential development. In recent years, whilst generally respected, it is often cited as an example of a structure inappropriate to its context.
Source: New South Wales Heritage Register.
Harry Seidler's Blues Point Tower (Sydney, Australia)
Blue Point Tower was built from 1958 to 1962 to the design a respected but controversial architect, Harry Siedler. He was born in Austria, trained in the US and has worked for much of his professional career in Australia. The building was a design which was initially part of a larger concept plan for high-rise residential development for McMahon's Point, but which by the time it was completed was falling in popular acceptance, as was the general perception of high-rise, high-density residential development. In recent years, whilst generally respected, it is often cited as an example of a structure inappropriate to its context.
Source: New South Wales Heritage Register.