Annalisa Capurro

Annalisa Capurro is an interior designer, lecturer, architectural historian, and internationally recognized speaker with more than three decades of experience working across commercial, residential, hospitality, preservation, and textile design in Australia, the United States, Italy, and Scandinavia.

Annalisa is a Partner and Principal Designer at Capurro + Davis Design, a Palm Springs–based practice specializing in mid-century modern renovation and restoration, alongside the creation of refined, contemporary, and sustainable interiors. Annalisa serves on the Board of Directors of Modernism Week, where she holds the position of Treasurer, contributing to the stewardship, global promotion, and preservation of modern architecture and design culture.

A highly respected educator for several decades, Annalisa has held numerous professional leadership roles, including Vice-President of the Art Deco Society of NSW, member of the Australian Institute of Architects’ 20th Century Heritage Committee, Councillor for the Design Institute of Australia, and board positions with the Australian Architecture Association and Modern Art Projects.

A passionate advocate for the preservation of modern architecture, Annalisa is the owner of the 1957 Sulman Award–winning Jack House in Sydney, designed by architect Russell Jack, and was instrumental in securing its listing on the NSW State Heritage Register.