Mino Caggiula began his career in Switzerland in a construction company. After the diploma of bricklayer at SPAI Biasca in 1997, he graduated in Architecture at SUPSI Lugano in 2001. To complete his technical education, he attended the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio where he worked in various areas of construction and architectural design.From 2004-2005 he attended the Columbia University in New York, together with Prof. Arch. Kenneth Frampton. During this time he had significant experience working in the office of architect Steven Holl in New York, winning several international competitions such as the first places in the Herning Center of the Arts in Denmark, (opened in September 2009), the Museum for the City of Surf and Ocean in Biarritz in France (opened in June of 2011), as well as the construction of the district plan of the Linked Hybrid Complex in Beijing China (opened in January 2009).Between 2005 and 2007 he took part in several international conferences and obtained a Master of Art in Architecture at the Academy of Mendrisio with a plan for the urban redevelopment of the entire lagoon of Venice with Architect Elia Zenghelis, winning first prize SIA, Switzerland, and first prize Veneto Region, Italy.Later he founded an architecture firm in Lugano, maintaining close collaboration with Professor Architect Elia Zenghelis, then deciding to pursue a career as an individual, founding the firm Mino Caggiula Architects.