The Dingle House
Defined by its strong horizontal roof planes, the Dingle House responds to the site, a steep cross-sloping block, by way of an ingenious three-way split-level plan.
Designed in 1965 by Enrico Taglietti, the house was originally bagged brick, painted white, illustrating Taglietti’s desire for the sculptural and graphic. Enrico Taglietti studied architecture in Milan, Italy before moving to Australia in 1955. By 1956 he had established his architecture practice in Canberra, where he has been based since. The Dingle House was one of Taglietti’s early domestic commissions and demonstrates many of the themes displayed in his large scale commercial designs.
There is a concept I'd always been attached to: the principle that to be a modern architect, one has to sever oneself totally from the past and ask questions as though nothing existed before. Canberra was the ideal place.
Enrico Taglietti in 50/60/70 Iconic Australian Houses: three decades of domestic architecture
Details from the house designed by Enrico Taglietti. Photographs by Michael Wee for the publication 50/60/70 Iconic Australian Houses: three decades of domestic architecture, by Karen McCartney
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