Architect Harry Seidler spent more than 50 years traveling the globe, extensively photographing the peak achievements in architecture from 3000 B.C. to the present day. Thanks to sound advice given to him early on by his photographer brother Marcell (\u201cOnly use Leica cameras and Kodachrome film, which is archival\u201d), Seidler\u2019s hobby quickly developed into a passion and, finally, an impressive archive of world architecture.<\/p>\n
Including, of course, many of the world\u2019s most famous architectural structures, Seidler\u2019s photographs illustrate the history and style\u2014country by country\u2014of architecture in Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas. Divided into chapters by country, each with a brief introduction outlining its architectural history, The Grand Tour offers armchair travelers, students, architecture buffs, and historians the opportunity to browse the buildings of the world through one man\u2019s photographs\u2014the fruits of a passionate, half-century endeavor.
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