Mario Botta
- Birthdate
- 1943
- Nationality
- Swiss
- Occupation
- Architect
Mario Botta was born in Mendrisio (Switzerland) in 1943. He completed his apprenticeship in the architecture firm Carloni et Camenisch. He then went to study at the University Institute of Architecture in Venice. It was during his stay in Venice that he met and worked for Le Corbusier and Louis I. Kahn. After graduating in 1969, he built his first family homes in the canton of Ticino and then gradually throughout the world.
His work has gained international recognition. He has won numerous prizes such as the Award of Merit for Excellence in Design for the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, the annual IAA Award (2005), the International Prize for Architecture and the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage Europa Nostra following the restructuring of La Scala in Milan. A large part of his works have been presented at exhibitions.
Among its achievements are the André Malraux Theatre and Cultural Centre in Chambéry, the Villeurbanne Library, the SFMOMA Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, Evry Cathedral, the Jean Tinguely Museum in Basel, the Cymbalista Synagogue and the Jewish Heritage Centre in Tel Aviv, the Dortmund Municipal Library, the Friedrich Dürrenmatt Centre in Neuchâtel, the MART Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rovereto, the Kyobo Tower in Seoul, the Tata CS office building in New Delhi and Hyderabad, the Bodmer Foundation, the Museum and Library in Cologne, the Pastoral Centre and the Church of Pope John XXIII in Seriate, the Public Library of Bergamo and the restoration of the Scala Theatre in Milan, the Santo Volto Church in Turin and the Wellness Centre in Arosa.
