Mario Botta

Mario Botta ( Mendrisio , April 1 1943 ) is a Swiss architect, born in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino . Along with Aurelio Galfetti , Luigi Snozziand Livio Vacchini he is part of the "Ticino School.

He studied at the Liceo Artistico in Milan and the Istituto Universitario di Architettura in Venice . His ideas were influenced by Le Corbusier , Carlo Scarpa and Louis Kahn . He started his own architectural practice in 1970 in Lugano , Switzerland .

In the Netherlands he built late 90's office and apartment La Fortezza on the Avenue Céramique in Maastricht and in 2008 the apartment La Vista inCruquius (Haarlemmermeer) .