- ARCHIVE / March, 2007
- 9th World Congress on Art Deco
In April 2007, the Art Deco Society will host the 9th World Congress on Art Deco in Melbourne. The 2007 Congress will be held from Monday 16 April to Friday 20 April, 2007.
A World Congress is held at a nominated city around the world every two years, allowing Art Deco enthusiasts to hear presentations by [...] - Enrico Taglietti awarded RAIA Gold Medal
Italian-born Canberra architect Enrico Taglietti has been awarded Australia’s most prestigious architecture prize—the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Gold Medal for Architecture.
In presenting the Gold Medal at the Australian National University in Canberra on 15 March, RAIA President Carey Lyon said the Award Jury found:
Enrico Taglietti’s work is highly significant in Australian architecture, both [...] - A genius if ever there was one
The death of one of Australia’s forgotten modernists has been reported in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times. Alex Jelinek, whose only fully realised architectural work is the Round House, at 10 Gawler Crescent, Deakin, died on 12 February 2007 aged 81.
Jelinek joined the Prague Academy of Fine Arts in 1946, where he [...]