Mario Botta

Mario Botta was born in Mendrisio, Ticino, in 1943. After an apprenticeship with the architectural firm of Carloni and Camenisch in Lugano, he studied at both the Art College in Milan and the University Institute of Architecture in Venice. Directed by Carlo Scarpa and Giuseppe Mazzariol, he received his degree in 1969. During his time in Venice, he met and worked for Le Corbusier and Louis I. Kahn. His accolades include the Merit Award for Excellence in Design by the AIA for the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco; the IAA Annual Prix 2005, for the Kyobo Tower; the International Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design; and the “European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage Europa Nostra”, for the restructuring of the Theatre alla Scala in Milan.