Biography
Mario Botta is a Swiss architect born in Mendrisio, Ticino on April 1st, 1943. 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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GenderMale
Birthday1943-04-01 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceMendrisio, Ticino, Switzerland
CitizenshipsSwitzerland
AwardsRatzinger Prize, Legion of Honour, honorary doctor of the University of Neuchâtel
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