Flora Ruchat-Roncati (1937–2012) was a Swiss architect and professor. She was from

Ticino Ticino (), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino,, informally ''Canton Ticino'' ; lmo, Canton Tesin ; german: Kanton Tessin ; french: Canton du Tessin ; rm, Chantun dal Tessin . ...

, and became a pioneering figure in the Ticinese School of architecture, which was influential in the mid-1970s, mixing the sensitivity to the traditional with modernism. She graduated from the ETH Zurich in 1954, and became the first woman professor and chair of Architecture and Design in 1985. She was co-winner, with her assistant Renato Salvi, of a competition to design the Transjurane highway in 1988. The highway joins the Swiss and French road networks through the Jura mountains and involves many tunnels. Eleven of the tunnels are over a kilometre long.

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Swiss women architects Architects from Ticino Academic staff of ETH Zurich 1937 births 2012 deaths {{Switzerland-artist-stub