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Mario Botta | |
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 Mario Botta (2016) | |
| Born | 1 April 1943 Mendrisio, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Buildings | National Bank of Greece, Athens San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NCKimbrell Fiber Innovation Center Santa Maria degli Angeli, Monte Tamaro, Switzerland |
Mario Botta is a Swiss architect born in Mendrisio, Ticino on 1 April 1943. 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 the architects: Carlo Scarpa, Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier. Mario Botta started his own architectural practice in Lugano in 1970.[1]
- ^ Wrede, Stuart (1986). Mario Botta. New York: Museum of Modern Art. p. 8. ISBN 0870702580.
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