Mario Botta

by Aurora Cuito

Mario Botta (*1943, Switzerland) trained as a technical draftsman and was an assistant to Le Corbusier and later Louis Kahn. He has attempted to reconcile traditional architectural symbolism with the aesthetic rules of the Modern Movement. Botta gained international acclaim for such buildings as the Capuchin convent in Lugano. In the 1980's, he designed the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco.

80 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

Reviews

[Ruth · Rating 3 out of 5]

I will never be able to see a large, vertical pipe with horizontal stripes and an angled top covered in glass and not think Botta again.