Enrico Taglietti interviewed by Heather Rusden [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 349894
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Taglietti, Enrico, 1926-2019, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1988
- 6 tape reels (ca. 247 min.)
- Summary:
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Enrico Taglietti, architect, describes his early architectural training and his career in Australia. He speaks of his family background and childhood in Milan; Jesuit schooling; family move to Asmara, Eritrea during WWII where he is taken by the light and colour of the landscape; medical studies in Asmara; Italians in Eritrea; his family being unaffected by the war; shock on seeing aftermath of war in Milan; studying naval engineering in Genoa; architecture studies at Milano Polytechnic University; lecturers Ponti, Nervi, Molino and other influences; association with Le Corbusier; philosophy and architecture; form, function, space; move to Australia in the mid 1950s; the Sydney Opera House; emptiness of Australia; settling in Canberra; views on Burley Griffin.
- Notes:
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- Accompanied by Enrico Taglietti: architect in Australia. Griffith, A.C.T. : E. Taglietti, [198-]
- Recorded on 31 March and 10 June 1988 at the National Library of Australia, Canberra and elsewhere.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-216025320
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (8 p.) and transcript (typescript, ii, 48 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Rusden, Heather, 1948-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Until 2058 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1988
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