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Mario Botta
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1943
Mario Botta is a Swiss architect. At age fifteen, Botta dropped out of secondary school and apprenticed with the architectural firm of Carloni and Camenisch in Lugano. After three years, he went to the Art College in Milan for his baccalaureate, and then to Università Iuav di Venezia for his professional degree in 1969. During his time in Venice, Botta got to meet and work with architects Carlo Scarpa, Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier. Botta started his own architectural practice in Lugano in 1970.
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Mario Botta is a Swiss architect. At age fifteen, Botta dropped out of secondary school and apprenticed with the architectural firm of Carloni and Camenisch in Lugano. After three years, he went to the Art College in Milan for his baccalaureate, and then to Università Iuav di Venezia for his professional degree in 1969. During his time in Venice, Botta got to meet and work with architects Carlo Scarpa, Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier. Botta started his own architectural practice in Lugano in 1970.
Mario Botta is a renowned Swiss architect born in Mendrisio in 1943.
His prolific career spans over 70 works that define 20th-century modern architecture.
Beyond his work as an architect, he has excelled as a designer, restorer, and university professor.
His creative versatility has even led him to venture into the world of theatrical design.
His most iconic projects include internationally renowned museums and several landmark churches.
