Seidler Session 5: Seidler & the Sydney Opera House

James Weirick keynote on Seidler, the Sydney Opera House and thin-shell concrete structures In our fifth Seidler Session, James Weirwick delivers a keynote. About our speaker: Emeritus Professor James Weirick, holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from Harvard University, he was director of the Urban Development and Design program at School of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, and has published widely on the Griffins. Header image: Installation views from “Migrating Modernism. The architecture of Harry Seidler”, with artworks by Theo Van Doesburg, Josef Albers and "Portrait of Harry & Penelope Seidler" by Petrina Hicks, SMAC San Marco Art Centre, Venice, 2025. Photo: Enrico Fiorese. Migrating Modernism. The architecture of Harry Seidler was originally produced by the Chau Chak Wing Museum in collaboration with and presented at San Marco Art Centre, Venice in 2025. The presentation during the Venice Architecture Biennale of Migrating Modernism. The architecture of Harry Seidler, received support from John Kaldor AO, the ALBN Foundation, the Keir Foundation, the Sarina Russo Foundation, and the Turnbull Foundation. The Australian expanded exhibition of Migrating Modernism. The architecture of Harry Seidler, at the Chau Chak Wing Museum has received support from John Kaldor AO, the ALBN Foundation, the Sarina Russo Foundation, the Sherman Foundation, and the University of Sydney USA Foundation.