Mario Botta is a Swiss architect born in Mendrisio, Ticino on 1 April 1943. He went to the Art College in Milan for his baccalaureate, and then to Università Iuav di Venezia for his professional degree in 1969. During his time in Venice, Botta got to meet and work with the architects: Carlo Scarpa, Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier. Mario Botta started his own architectural practice in Lugano in 1970.
His architecture is tied very closely with nature, and is very simple. Botta believes that architecture is a basic need for man, and therefore creates buildings that symbolize simplicity and the essentials. About his own work, he says "it is an architecture which is measured by the yardstick of a man's needs."
Here we have the table lamp mod. Shogun produced by Artemide in the 1986. Lacquered metal structure and perforated aluminum lampshade.
Fully original and ready to be shipped, in very good condition.
We can rewire the light system to US standards upon request.