Ada Bursi

Ada Bursi (1906 Verona – 1996 Castiglione Torinese) was an Italian architect known for her work in graphic design, painting, interior design and architecture. She joined the Turin Order of Architects in 1940 as the first female architect to become a member.

Early life and education Ada Bursi was born in Verona in 1906, and then moved with her family to Turin. In the 1920s, she studied at the school of Felice Casorati. Tempera drawings of hers were first published in 1929, appearing in the magazine La Casa bella. She began work in the Turin city's technical office in 1941, where she would be employed until 1971.

In 1945 Bursi was one of the founders of the Gruppo di Architetti Moderni Torinesi “Giuseppe Pagano”, the Modernist collective based in Turin. She Bursi began designing modular forms of furniture in 1946, part of a collaboration with Amedeo Albertini and Gino Becker.

Bursi was one of the first members of the (, or AIDIA), Italy’s professional association for women in engineering and architecture.

Bursi retired from the Order of Architects in 1975, and died in 1996 in Castiglione Torinese.