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#ArchictecturePorn: “Casa Brutale” Is a Bond Villain Pad For 2016

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Casa Malaparte

Casa Malaparte

Intended as a sideways wink to the infamous Casa Malaparte on the eastern side of the Italian island of Capri, Casa Brutale is an unbuilt and innovative wood, glass, and concrete design that converges with the surrounding earth offering amazing views of the Aegean from its cliffside perch. A glass-bottom swimming pool on the roof is a poetic continuation of the blue sky and sea. This liquid design element also functions as a skylight that illuminates the minimalist interiors below which feature a massive glass facade that will someday frame the beauty of the ocean views, if it ever gets built. Fifty steps lead down to the entrance — an rotating door of vintage wood — while the bare concrete and wooden planks of the interior are a nod to the the brutalist movement. It’s 21st century Bond. Just add helicopter and a Tesla, a Rothko, Dom and a sexy companion. I know, you can already see the demise of our villain as Bond flies away in the helicopter with the girl, and fires a parting shot into the pool…

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