Casa Malaparte

Casa Malaparte (Villa Malaparte) is a house on Punta Massullo, on the eastern side of the Isle of Capri, Italy. It was build between 1938 and 1942, first designed by Italian architect Adalberto Libera for Curzio Malaparte (also Kurt Erich Suckert). Malaparte actually rejected Libera's design and built the home himself with the help of local stonemasons. Casa Malaparte is a red masonry box with reverse pyramidal stairs leading to the roof patio. On the roof is a free standing curving white wall of increasing height. It sits on a dangerous cliff 32 meters above the sea overlooking the Gulf of Salerno. Access to this private property is either by foot from the Town of Capri or by boat and a staircase cut into the cliff. The house has been restored and much of the original furniture is still there.