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Sculptures of Ronald Bladen

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Allow yourself to be wooed by a modern master. Ronald Bladen is considered one of the fathers of minimalism, but he envisioned himself a romantic. This attitude was a successful attempt to avoid the trap of a pigeonhole.  His interest was in the dramatic effects that a sculpture could have on a viewer, his accomplishments are clear to anyone that approaches his striking monumental works.   

Rose Seidler Home

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When completed in 1950, Rose Seidler House was ‘the most talked about house in Sydney’. Designed by the young Harry Seidler for his parents Rose and Max, the house overturned almost every convention of suburban home design. It was in fact the promise of designing a house for his mother that brought Harry to Australia, and its success helped launch his Australian and soon after international career. The radical design both inside and out integrated architecture, art and technology in a bold and optimistic vision for a new way of living. Today, still surrounded by bushland with panoramic views of Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, the house is 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 and intact post World War II design collections in public ownership.

Nine Story Modern Art

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Located at a hillside on the Hong Kong Island, this nine-story private residence is set within an urban yet relatively low density area. The functional design provides flexibility for the owner to convert the building into apartments in the future, ensuring extended life and potential for adaptive reuse. The building expresses the collision between the formal aspects of family and the freedom of art form on the facade and staircase.