BUILDING: Church of San Giovanni Battista by Mario Botta, Mogno, Switzerland, 1994-96
February 15th, 2012
February 15th, 2012
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This extraordinary stripy church is clad inside and out in alternating bands of grey Riveo granite and white Peccia marble, both of which are native to the region. Mario Botta’s structure replaced the original church, built in 1626, that was destroyed by an avalanche in the 1980s.
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