Karl Lagerfeld: Casa Malaparte

FewmodernbuildingsembodysuchmodernistbeautyandmythicalmagicasCasaMalaparte,designedbytheItalianpoetandnovelistCurzioMalapartein1937asahomeforhimself,andlatermadefamousbyJean-LucGodard's1963filmContempt,starringBrigitteBardot."NoplaceinItalyhassuchawidehorizontostareat,norsuchadepthoffeeling,"wroteMalaparteofthelocaleinCapriwhereheerectedtheCasa."Asiteonlyforstrongmenandforfreespirits.Here,inthiswilderness,Iamthefirstonewhowillbuildahouse."KarlLagerfeldvisitedthesiteforfivedaysinNovember1997andtookaseriesofPolaroids,whichhesubsequentlytransferredtoArchesmoldmadepaper.Firstpublishedin1999(andlaterasaslipcasededitionwithHouseintheTrees),thisbeautifullyprintedbookisnowmadeavailableagainasasingle-volumeedition.