and its defeat in World War II, Libera along with everyone else underwent a period of personal and professional crisis, but after living quietly for several years in his home town of Trento, he recovered and began again to work on numerous projects, including public housing and office buildings, in a new style that turned its back on Fascistic modes of expression. Many of his greatest projects are from this postwar period. In 1954–1962 he designed and built the Regional Government building for the Trentino Region in Trento. Main works Palace of Congresses, EUR (1930s) Post Office, via Marmorata, Rome (1932) Casa Malaparte, Island of Capri (1938) Housing Units, Cagliari (1950–1953) Cassa del Mezzogiorno, Cagliari (1953) Main Cathedral, Spezia (1956–1969) See also Italian Rationalism Modernism References External links Adalberto Libera's "Mediterranean Climate" : from a Problem of Style to a Category of Dwelling. by F. Garofalo in Environmental Design: Journal of the Islamic Environmental Design Research Centre (1990): 10-17 Villagio Olimpico in Rome (1960) by A. Libera (with drawings and photos) Libera Adalberto. Fascismo - Architettura - Arte / Arte fascista web site 1903 births 1963 deaths People from Trentino 20th-century Italian architects Italian fascist architecture