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Article: A Spa for the Spirit.
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- Interior Design
- Article date:
- April 1, 2007
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by Fred A. Bernstein
Mario Botta's spa addition to the Tschuggen Grand Hotel in Switzerland offers wellness for both body and mind
In the U.S., Mario Botta is known for a single building: the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, completed in 1995. A dozen years later, he's breaking ground on his second U.S. project, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina. But in Switzerland, where he was born, Botta is seemingly everywhere, with dozens of public buildings to his credit. In many cases, masonry creates powerful forms, which are then topped by dramatic skylights reaching toward the heavens. Botta buildings tend to feel like chapels, even when their ...