Casa Malaparte, A. Libera

They say Cuzio Malaparte got inspired from Chiesa dell’Assunta in Lipari - where he was exiled during the Fascist Regime - for the projectation of his own house in Capri: Casa Malaparte (1937).

 As the writer used to define it "A House like Me", the design belongs to himself, while the Architect - Adalberto Libera - was used only to obtain the tecnichal permissions.

 Casa Malaparte is considered one of the Italian Modern Architecture's masterpieces because it represents the union between reationalist modernity and natural environment.

 The impervious location, the pompeian red colour, the reverse pyramidal stairs leading to the roof patio and the Mediterranean vegetation - integral part of the project - are the main features of this edifice, which has been picked out as the setting of many movies and advs.

A.G.