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Armando Ronca

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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.[1]

Life

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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

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Armando Ronca: Residential tower of the INA-Casa residential complex (1964), Bolzano
  • 1935: Villa Cembran, Merano
  • 1938–40: Palazzo del Turismo (Cinema Corso), Bolzano (demolished 1988)[2]
  • 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

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

Bibliography

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  • 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.