Adalberto Libera

Italian architect, one of the major exponents of rationalism

Place of birth
Villa Lagarina, 16 July 1903 Rome, 17 March 1963

Adalberto Libera (16 July 1903 – 17 March 1963) is one of the most representative architects of the Italian modern movement.

Adalberto Libera was born in Villa Lagarina in the Tyrol region of Austria-Hungary (now in Trentino) in northern Italy. He graduated from the Art Institute of Parma in 1925 and then in 1928 from the Scuola Superiore di Architettura in Rome.

He became acquainted with Futurism through his fellow Trentino Fortunato Depero. Even before graduating he was one of the founders of MIAR (Movimento Italiano per l'Architettura Razionale or “Italian Movement for Rational Architecture”) and later became its secretary. Based in Rome, MIAR was a rival organization to the Gruppo Sette, which was based in Milan and Como. He was invited by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe to the 1927 Stuttgart Exhibition (Deutscher Werkbund). In 1928 and 1931 he organized the MIAR exhibitions of “Architettura Razionale” in Rome….Wikipedia….>>