The Mijuscovic House at 61 Sullivan Crescent, Wanniassa, was designed by Enrico Taglietti in the late 1970s. The house was given planning approval in 1980, virtually completed by its owner-builder in 1983 and nominated for an architecture award in 1987. The house is in excellent … Read More →
Category Archives: Enrico Taglietti
2 Vancouver Street, Red Hill
The Apostolic Nunciature at 2 Vancouver Street, Red Hill was designed by Enrico Taglietti in 1977. The Apostolic Nunciature is the headquarters of the Pope’s representative in Australia and is a large building located in the residential area of Red Hill. The building is an … Read More →
7 Juad Place, Aranda
The Paterson House at 7 Juad Place, Aranda was designed by Enrico Taglietti in 1970. The house is still occupied by the original owners and is in excellent condition. It is one of Taglietti’s ‘fortress’ houses and shows his experimentation with visual and spatial effects … Read More →
13 and 15 Furphy Place, Garran
A pair of houses designed by Anthony Pegrum of Scollay, Bischoff and Pegrum, completed in 1967. Both houses are listed on the ACT Chapter of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture. The houses won the C.S. Daley medal … Read More →
19 Downes Place, Hughes
19 Downes Place, Hughes was designed by Enrico Taglietti in 1965. It is sited on a steeply sloping block with views over the Federal Golf Course and is an excellent example of Taglietti’s sculptural organic style of architecture with its asymmetrical massing, horizontal roof planes … Read More →
The McKeown Houses
These two houses at 109 Irvine Street, Watson are unusual in that they were designed 30 years apart by the same architect for the same client on the same block of land. Both were designed by Enrico Taglietti and are excellent examples of his sculptural … Read More →
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 … Read More →