After designing the successful Casa Rustici, Giuseppe Terragni and Pietro Lingeri were commissioned to create the Casa Comolli Rustici by the wealthy Rustici Family. This building acted as a rental apartment complex for the lower-middle class whereas the Casa Rustici was a luxurious villa turned family apartment building. The Casa Rustici brought Terragni and Lingeri more fame but the Casa Comolli Rustici has some underrated features. The building appears to be two buildings when viewed from the South facing side. The seven floored body towers over the rest of the building creating an illusion of disconnection. However, shown by the picture below, the building is just one building with three distinct bodies.

The highly complex composition Terragni and Lingeri designed is a consistent theme between the 5 residential buildings they worked together on. Casa Comolli Rustici has a C-Shaped layout which generates an internal courtyard as it was built on a rectangular plot. This courtyard was an important feature for the residents of Casa Comolli Rustici. Terrangi and Lingeri’s collaboration continued after this building, but the harmony they had was considered lost after Casa Comolli Rustici.

Images retrieved from:

Arbalete’s photograph

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milano_-Casa_Comolli-Rustici-_Vista_frontale.jpg

Lombardy Cultural Heritage

https://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/architetture/schede/3m080-00008/