The Architecture of Mario Botta
Botta, Mario50 USD
Date
1988
Category
Design
Description
Drawings, plans, and photographs of office buildings, theaters, homes, recreation areas, urban renewal projects, banks, gymnasiums, schools, and libraries designed by the Swiss architect.
Excerpt
At age fifteen, Botta dropped out of secondary school and apprenticed with the architectural firm of Carloni and Camenisch in Lugao. 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.
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