1053. Harry Seidler /// Ted Meller House /// Castlecrag, New South Wales, Australia /// 1950

OfHouses presents Heroes, part IX: Harry Seidler.   (Photos: © Marcell Seidler. Source: State Library of New South Wales; The National Gallery Australia; Harry Seidler, Chris Abel, ‘Houses and Interiors, Vol. 1’, Mulgrave: The Images Publishing Group, 2003.)

1052. Harry Seidler /// Dr. S. Fink House /// Newport, New South Wales, Australia /// 1948-49

OfHouses presents Heroes, part IX: Harry Seidler.   (Photos: © Marcell Seidler. Source: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales; Harry Seidler, ‘Painting Toward Architecture’, ‘Architecture’ 37 / Oct.1949.)

Dear friends, for the next four weeks OfHouses  will uncover seven extraordinary old forgotten houses designed by one of our personal heroes: the great Australian master Harry Seidler.

(Cover: Harry Seidler /// George Laurence Williamson House - Igloo House /// Mosman, New South Wales, Australia /// 1951-52. Photo: © Max Dupain.)

1051. Glenn Murcutt /// Maramburra Marika and Mark Alderton House (House for the Aboriginal Community) /// Gamarrwa Nuwul Yirrkala, Eastern Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia /// 1992-94

OfHouses presents Heroes, part VIII: Glenn Murcutt.   (Photos: © Reiner Blunck, Glenn Murcutt, Hisao Suzuki. Source: ‘El Croquis’ 163-164 ‘Glenn Murcutt 1980-2012’; Maryam Gusheh, Tom Genehan, Catherine Lassen, Shoko Seyama, ‘The Architecture of Glenn Murcutt’, Tokyo: Toto, 2008.)

1050. Glenn Murcutt /// Murcutt Guest Studio /// Crescent Head, Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia /// 1992

OfHouses presents Heroes, part VIII: Glenn Murcutt.   (Photos: © Anthony Browell, Reiner Blunck, Hisao Suzuki. Source: ‘El Croquis’ 163-164 ‘Glenn Murcutt 1980-2012’; atlasofplaces.com.)

1049. Glenn Murcutt /// Simpson-Lee House (House in Mount Wilson) /// Mt. Wilson, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia /// 1988-94

OfHouses presents Heroes, part VIII: Glenn Murcutt.   (Photos: © Anthony Browell, Hisao Suzuki. Source: ‘El Croquis’ 163-164 ‘Glenn Murcutt 1980-2012’; Maryam Gusheh, Tom Genehan, Catherine Lassen, Shoko Seyama, ‘The Architecture of Glenn Murcutt’, Tokyo: Toto, 2008.)

1048. Glenn Murcutt /// Magney House /// Bingie Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia /// 1983-84

OfHouses presents Heroes, part VIII: Glenn Murcutt.   (Photos: © Max Dupain, Anthony Browell. Source: ‘El Croquis’ 163-164 ‘Glenn Murcutt 1980-2012‘; Maryam Gusheh, Tom Genehan, Catherine Lassen, Shoko Seyama, 'The Architecture of Glenn Murcutt’, Tokyo: Toto, 2008.)

1047. Glenn Murcutt /// Sydney Ball and Lyn Eastway House /// Glenorie, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia /// 1982-83

OfHouses presents Heroes, part VIII: Glenn Murcutt.   (Photos: © Max Dupain, Anthony Browell, Hisao Suzuki, Stephen Oxenbury, Glenn Murcutt. Source: ‘El Croquis’ 163-164 ‘Glenn Murcutt 1980-2012‘; ‘Art World’ Oct./Nov. 2008; Glenn Murcutt, Haig Beck, Jackie Cooper, ‘Glenn Murcutt: A Singular Architectural Practice’, Chadstone: Images Publishing, 2002; Maryam Gusheh, Tom Genehan, Catherine Lassen, Shoko Seyama, 'The Architecture of Glenn Murcutt’, Tokyo: Toto, 2008.)

1046. Glenn Murcutt /// Fredericks House (White House) /// Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia /// 1981-82

OfHouses presents Heroes, part VIII: Glenn Murcutt.   (Photos: © Max Dupain, Anthony Browell, Hisao Suzuki. Source: ‘El Croquis’ 163-164 ‘Glenn Murcutt 1980-2012‘; Glenn Murcutt, Haig Beck, Jackie Cooper, 'Glenn Murcutt: A Singular Architectural Practice', Chadstone: Images Publishing, 2002; Maryam Gusheh, Tom Genehan, Catherine Lassen, Shoko Seyama, 'The Architecture of Glenn Murcutt', Tokyo: Toto, 2008.)

1045. Glenn Murcutt /// William H. Nicholas Farmhouse (House in Mount Irvine) /// Mt. Irvine, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia /// 1977-80

OfHouses presents Heroes, part VIII: Glenn Murcutt.   (Photos: © Max Dupain. Source: ‘El Croquis’ 163-164 ‘Glenn Murcutt 1980-2012‘.)

Dear friends, for the next four weeks OfHouses will uncover seven extraordinary old forgotten houses designed by one of our personal heroes: the Australian master Glenn Murcutt.

(Cover: Glenn Murcutt /// Magney House /// Bingie Point, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia /// 1983-84. Photo: © Anthony Browell.)

1044. Katsuyasu Kishigami /// House in Imazato /// Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan /// 1999

OfHouses presents: Readings, part V - ‘The House Book’.   (Photos: © Tohru Waki. Source: Victoria Ballard Bell, ‘Materials for design’, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2006; ‘The House Book’, London: Phaidon Press, 2004.)

1043. Terunobu Fujimori /// Leek House (Nira House) /// Tamagawagakuen, Machida, Tokyo, Japan /// 1997

OfHouses presents: Readings, part V - ‘The House Book’.   (Photos: © Akihisa Masuda, Shinkenchiku-sha. Source: Terunobu Fujimori, ‘Y'avant-garde Architecture’, Tokyo: TOTO, 1998; Jutakutokushu 08/1997; ‘The House Book’, London: Phaidon Press, 2004.)

1042. Nonda Katsalidis /// Katsalidis Beach House /// St Andrews Beach, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia /// 1992

OfHouses presents: Readings, part V - ‘The House Book’.   (Photos: © John Gollings. Source: Fender Katsalidis Archive; John Gollings, ‘New Australia Style’, London: Thames & Hudson, 1999; ‘The House Book’, London: Phaidon Press, 2004.)

1041. James Grose & Nicola Bradley /// Janet & Paul Newman House /// Balgownie, Wollongong, Australia /// 1988-91

OfHouses presents: Readings, part V - ‘The House Book’.   (Photos: © John Gollings. Source: Graham Jahn, ‘Contemporary Australian Architecture’, East Roseville: Gordon and Breach Arts International, 1994; John Gollings, ‘New Australia Style’, London: Thames & Hudson, 1999; ‘The House Book’, London: Phaidon Press, 2004.)

1040. Shoei Yoh /// Another Glass House Between Sea and Sky /// Shimanogita, Itoshima, Fukuoka, Japan /// 1984-91

OfHouses presents: Readings, part V - ‘The House Book’.   (Photos: © Jaime Ardiles-Arce, E. Morin. Source: ‘Architectural Digest’ 05/1995; Anatxu Zabalbeascoa, ‘The house of the architect’, New York: Rizzoli, 1995; Jean-Louis André, ‘Maisons privées d'architectes’, Paris: Chêne, 2010; Dirk Meyhöfer, ‘Contemporary Japanese Architects’, Köln: Benedikt Taschen, 1994; ‘The House Book’, London: Phaidon Press, 2004.)

1039. Shinichi Ogawa /// Cubist House /// Midorichō, Yamaguchi, Japan /// 1990

OfHouses presents: Readings, part V - ‘The House Book’.   (Photos: © Shinkenchiku-sha. Source: ‘Shinkenchiku’ 03/1991; John Welsh, ‘Modern House’, London: Phaidon Press, 1995; ‘The House Book’, London: Phaidon Press, 2004.)

1038. Sergio Puente & Ada Dewes /// Jungle House (La Casa del Ojo de Agua) /// Santiago Tepetlapa, Tepotzlan, Mexico /// 1985-90

OfHouses presents: Readings, part V - ‘The House Book’.   (Photos: © R. Bryant. Source: John Welsh, ‘Modern House’, London: Phaidon Press, 1995; Christine Desmoulins, ‘25 maisons individuelles’, Paris: AMC Moniteur, 2002; Charles Knevitt, ‘Shelter - human habitats from around the world’, San Francisco: Pomegranate Artbooks, 1996; Nonie Niesewand, 'Contemporary details', London: Mitchell Beazley, 1992; ‘The House Book’, London: Phaidon Press, 2004.)

Dear friends, for the next four weeks OfHouses invites you to discover seven old forgotten houses picked-up from the pages of ‘The House Book’, published by the editors of Phaidon Press in 2004.

(Cover: Nonda Katsalidis /// Katsalidis Beach House /// St Andrews Beach, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria, Australia /// 1992. Photo: © John Gollings.)

1037. Sarah Wigglesworth /// 9 Stock Orchard Street: Straw Bale House (Sarah Wigglesworth & Jeremy Till House) /// Islington, London, UK /// 1998-01

OfHouses presents: Readings, part IV - Gennaro Postiglione, ‘100 Houses for 100 European Architects’.   (Photos: © Ben Blossom, Paul Smoothy. Source: ‘Architects Journal‘; ‘The Architectural Review’ 01/2002; ‘Arquitectura Viva’ 86/2002; Jane Rendell, Jonathan Hill, Mark Dorrian, Murray Fraser, 'Critical Architecture', London: Routledge, 2007; Gennaro Postiglione, ‘100 Houses for 100 European Architects’, Koeln: Taschen, 1994.)