Mario Botta (born April 1, 1943) is a famous modern architect born in Mendrisio, Ticino canton, Switzerland. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Mendrisio is a city in the Southern part of Switzerland, in Canton Ticino. ... Canton Ticino or Ticino (German: (help· info)) is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. ...

He designed his first house at age 16, although no-one mentions if it was built, and studied at the Liceo Artistico in Milan and the Istituto Universitario di Architettura in Venice. His ideas were influenced by Le Corbusier, Carlo Scarpa, Louis Kahn. He opened his own practice in 1970 in Lugano. Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese: Milán) is the main city of northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed region in Italy. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venexia) , the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto and of the province of Venice in Italy. ... Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (October 6, 1887–August 27, 1965) was a Swiss architect famous for his contributions to what is now called modernism, or the International Style. ... Brion-Vega cemetery, 1970-72 Carlo Scarpa (1906, Venice - 1978, Sendai), was an Italian architect with a profound understanding of materials. ... Louis Isadore Kahn (February 20, 1901 – March 17, 1974) practised as an architect in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and taught architecture there and at Yale University. ... Location within Switzerland Lugano is a city in south-east Switzerland, in the Italian speaking canton of Ticino, which borders Italy. ...

He designed his first buildings at age 16, a two-family house at Morbio Superiore in Ticino. While the arrangements of spaces in this structure is inconsistent, its relationship to its site, separation of living from service spaces, and deep window recesses echo of what would become his stark, strong, towering style. His designs tend to include a strong sense of geometry, often being based on very simple shapes, yet creating unique volumes of space. His buildings are often made of brick, yet his use of material is wide, varied, and often unique. His trademark style can be seen widely in Switzerland particularly the Ticino region and also in the Mediatheque in Villeurbanne (1988), a cathedral near Évry (1995), and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art or SFMoMA (1994). Recently (1998) he designed the new bus station for Vimercate (near Milan), an impressive red brick building linked to many facilities, underlining the city's recent development. Canton Ticino or Ticino (German: (help· info)) is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. ... Canton Ticino or Ticino (German: (help· info)) is the southernmost canton of Switzerland. ... Villeurbanne is a city and commune in eastern central France. ... Évry is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. ... The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (or SFMOMA) is a major modern art museum and San Francisco landmark. ...

He worked at La Scala's theatre renovation, which proved controversial as preservationists feared that historic details would be lost. La Scala by night This article is about the opera house. ...

On January 1, 2006 he received the Grand Officer award from President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is the list of Presidents of the Italian Republic with the title since 1948. ... Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (born in Livorno, 9 December 1920) was elected as the tenth President of the Italian Republic on May 13, 1999. ...

External links

• Official website
• Family house at Riva San Vitale
• Mario Botta: architect biography
• Swiss Architecture by Mario Botta at the Francisco Marroquín University