Armando Ronca
# 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
