Nestor Bottino

Bottino was born in La Plata, Argentina in 1955. In 1964 he and his family moved to Texas. In 1977 Bottino received a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree from Texas A&M University. In 1976 he served an internship in the office of architect Bruce Goff. He received a Masters of Architecture degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1984 and joined the office of Michael Benedikt Architect (1984-1986). In 1985 he worked at Architekturbüro Szyszkowitz + Kowalski in Graz, Austria. He joined the New York City office of Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates in 1986 and was named Principal in 2000. In 2004 Bottino founded Bottino Grund Architects with offices in New York City and Austin, Texas.{{cite web|last1=Rollfing|first1=Phillip|title=Former student elevated to partner at prestigious New York design firm|url=http://archcomm.arch.tamu.edu/archive/news/fall2010/stories/Bottinopartners.html|website=ArchOne|publisher=Texas A&M School of Architecture}}

Bottino joined Holzman Moss Architecture in 2008 and the firm name was changed to Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture in 2010.{{cite news|title=Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture Marks the Addition of New Partner Nestor Bottino|url=https://www.prlog.org/10500714-holzman-moss-bottino-architecture-marks-the-addition-of-new-partner-nestor-bottino.html|accessdate=23 February 2018|agency=PR Log|publisher=Cecilia Bonn Marketing and Communications}}

In October 2019 Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture merged with California-based Steinberg Hart, and Bottino became a partner at Steinberg Hart.{{cite press release |author= |title=Steinberg Hart and Holzman Moss Bottino Architecture Combine to Elevate Design, Expand Opportunities and Strengthen Client |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2019-11-18/steinberg-hart-and-holzman-moss-bottino-architecture-combine-to-elevate-design-expand-opportunities-and-strengthen-client |location=Los Angeles & New York City |publisher=Bloomberg |date=November 18, 2019 |access-date=2020-06-22}}

Bottino has held a number of adjunct academic appointments, including teaching design studios focused on performing arts facilities at the University of Texas at Austin (2004 and 1998), Texas A&M University (1998), and with Malcolm Holzman and Eve Beglarian a music and architecture studio at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1998).{{cite web|title=Electronic Arts Performance Series|url=https://evbvd.com/twistedtutu/openSecrets/creditsText.htm|website=Rensselaer - Open Secrets|accessdate=23 February 2018}}

In 2014 Bottino was elevated to Fellow of the American Institute of Architects for “creating rich, innovative, cultural architecture.”{{cite news|last1=Schaulson Frenz|first1=Camila|title=Names in the News|url=https://www.aiany.org/news/names-in-the-news-29/|accessdate=23 February 2018|agency=AIA New York}}

File:Texas A&M University Corpus Christi Performing Arts Center 2.jpg|Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi Performing Arts Center

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File:The Globe News Center for the Performing Arts.jpg|Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts, Amarillo, Texas

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• Malcolm Holzman
• Douglas Moss

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