Mario Botta - His personal & intellectual biography

Mario Botta participated at our event in Berlin in 2017.
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Mario Botta was born in Mendrisio, Ticino, on April 1, 1943. After an apprenticeship in Lugano, he first attended the Art College in Milan and then studied at the University Institute of Architecture in Venice. He received his professional degree in 1969. While studying in Venice, he had the opportunity to meet and work for Le Corbusier and Louis I. Kahn.
Botta’s professional career began in 1970 in Lugano. Known for his single-family houses in Ticino, his work encompasses many other building types including schools, banks, administration buildings, libraries, museums, and sacred buildings. Along his work, he teaches extensively in giving lectures, seminars, and courses in architectural schools in Europe, Asia, North- and South America.
Since the beginning of his career, his work has been recognized internationally and honored with prestigious awards, besides being presented in numerous exhibitions and publications. www.botta.ch

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Mario Botta my favorite Architect among all - his Single Family houses among my favorites especially House at Ligornetto 1975-76, among his commercial projects the Watari-Um in Tokyo 1985-1990.

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The Best Mario Botta 😎👍🍷🍷🍷

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Certo che la sua amicizia con un personaggio come Sgarbi (ammesso che sia vero), non gli farebbe un grande onore alla luce degli avvenimenti recenti...

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