Penelope Seidler

And, uh, the, just the dimensions of this guy's contribution to the shape of a city and the shape of a nation is just so moving.

And what I also found moving is that there are photographs and designs of the various buildings, and on some of these images or based on some of this, these images, his wife, Penelope Seidler, has rendered them in cross-stitch.

Like, there are kind of adaptations-

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On this podcast, we ask some of Australia's most loved writers, historians, thinkers and performers to reflect on the libraries that have shaped them.

Today, you will hear from Penelope Seidler.

Penelope Seidler is an architect and heads Seidler Architects.

She is involved with many arts organisations and has founded chairs of architecture at the University of Sydney and the University of New South Wales.

I'm Penelope Seidler and this is The Library That Made Me.

When I was about 10 and excited when a library opened at Wurundjeri, I heard about libraries from my older brother and sister and I knew it was smart to bring home borrowed books and then exchange them every week or so.

I used to ride my bicycle to the library on Saturday to replace the books borrowed on my previous visit and chose two new books.