Mario BOTTA

(1943~)

Swiss architect and professor whose works can be found in his homeland Ticino (Tessin) and all over the world | 1943 born in Mendrisio / Switzerland | 1961 apprenticeship as structural engineering draughtsman | 1965 works for Le Corbusier | 1969 diploma at “Istituto Universitario d’Architettura di Venezia” | 1970 opens office in Lugano; cooperation with Louis Kahn | 1983 honorary member of the “Association of German Architects” | 2006 honorary doctorate from the “University of Freiburg” | 2011 director of the “Università della Svizzera italiana” in Mendrisio