The first gesture of an architect is to draw a perimeter; in other words, to separate the microclimate from the macro space outside. This in itself is a sacred act. Architecture in itself conveys this idea of limiting space. It's… — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
To me it was fascinating, the idea of going to university and studying a subject - architecture - that I had already faced in… — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
Buildings in modern cities have lost their metaphoric aspect. Much contemporary architecture is very fragmented and busy on the outside. It's like a skin… — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
The architect aspires to build in a city as the artist aspires to exhibit his works in a museum. — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
It was very useful to learn the history, the theory, and the art of building from a practical background. — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
There is great mystery in a church. For me, there is a great privilege to be confronted with the design of a church because… — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
Church architecture describes visually the idea of the sacred, which is a fundamental need of man. — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
Architecture is the constant fight between man and nature, the fight to overwhelm nature, to possess it. The first act of architecture is to… — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
Great architecture of the past was always clear. SFMOMA is still a simple building to understand. — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
For me, architecture is not just creating a space to protect people but to make them dream as well. — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
There's no point in us designing synthetic laboratories that could just as well be in Dusseldorf or Helsinki. San Francisco has its light, which… — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
I want to modernize the ancient. I prefer to work with materials formed naturally over thousands of years. — Mario Botta Copy Share Image
