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Mario Botta by Matteo Fieni Image Credit: Alexandre Tabaste I have lived in Lugano for the past forty years, but the only public commission the city has ever entrusted to me was a bus stop,” Mario Botta humorously confesses. This is despite the fact that this native of Switzerland, born in Mendrisio on April 1st, 1943, is the first Swiss architect of international renown since Le Corbusier. Thus, it’s no surprise that he describes Switzerland as both “a mother and a wicked stepmother.” He has built cathedrals, synagogues, towers, and modern-art museums all over the world, yet his hometown has only ever commissioned him for a bus stop. ....
Published: May 24, 2021 16:15 Matthias Debureaux The dome of the Heinens building in Cleveland Image Credit: Erik Drost In Westbourne, on the southern coast of England, a temple of consumption lives up to its name. It’s a Tesco minimarket – in an old Methodist church. Tesco Express in Westbourne Image Credit: Alexandre Tabaste The location choice was controversial, and one customer still makes the sign of the cross when he enters the store. The stained glass is original, but the church’s candles and liturgical objects have been replaced with crates of spirits, cigarettes and draw tickets. In another building conversion hotly disputed by locals, a Despar supermarket opened last winter in an old theatre on the Strada Nuova, in the historic heart of Venice. The project drew as much praise as criticism. The neo-gothic architectural gem, which first housed a ....