Armando Ronca

Armando Ronca (13 September 1901 – 19 March 1970) was an Italian architect who has executed numerous buildings and interior designs, mainly in South Tyrol, Trentino and Milan.

Life
Armando Ronca studied engineering in Genoa, Turin and Padua. In the mid-1930s, Ronca moved to South Tyrol, and influenced significantly the architecture of Bolzano and Merano until well into the 1960s.

Selected projects

 * 1935: Villa Cembran, Merano
 * 1938–40: Palazzo del Turismo (Cinema Corso), Bolzano (demolished 1988)
 * 1952: "Rainerum" institute, Bolzano
 * 1955: Extension of the "San Siro" football stadium, Milan
 * 1959: "Eurotel" hotel complex, Merano
 * 1964: "INA-Casa" residential complex, Bolzano
 * 1970: Pius X church, Bolzano

Exhibitions

 * 2017: Armando Ronca, Architektur der Moderne in Südtirol, 1935–1970, Kunst Meran / Merano Arte, Merano