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
Bibliography
- Flavio Schimenti. Armando Ronca. Memorie di Architettura a Bolzano e in Alto Adige, 1929–1969, Praxis 3, Bolzano 1999
- Kunst Meran, Andreas Kofler, Magdalene Schmidt, Jörg Stabenow (eds). Armando Ronca: Architektur der Moderne in Südtirol, 1935–1970, Zürich 2017
- Roman Hollenstein: "Mailand in den Alpen". In Neue Zürcher Zeitung, November 21, 2017, p. 36.
References
- Feiersinger, Werner. Armando Ronca: Architektur der Moderne in Südtirol 1935–1970. Kunst Meran, Kunst, Kofler, Andreas, Schmidt, Magdalene, Stabenow, Jörg, Kofler, Andreas, Martignoni, Massimo. Zürich. ISBN 9783038600619. OCLC 988179618.
- Obermair, Hannes. Lavori in Corso—Die Bozner Freiheitsstraße. Fabrizio Miori, Maurizio Pacchiani. Bozen-Bolzano: La Fabbrica del Tempo—Die Zeitfabrik. pp. 30–2. ISBN 978-88-943205-2-7.