Ripellino graduated from the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Rome and since 1992 has co-owned and co-led the company Rosenbergs Arkitekter with fellow architect Inga Varg.

[citation needed] Whilst studying at the University of Rome (Università di Roma La Sapienza) Ripellino won a scholarship to Sweden’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan) hosted by Professor Bengt Hidemark.

Anversa and L. Thermes Ripellino graduated in architecture and technology and returned to Sweden to begin working with Swedish architect Lennart Bergström.

[1] After three years with Bergström, Ripellino began working at Rosenberg & Stål Arkitektkontor where he became a part-owner with Inga Varg.

During his time at the firm Ripellino has been responsible for, amongst other work, building projects like the Lindhagsskrapan high-rise in the Kvarteret Lusten district of Stockholm, the high-rise Rica Talk Hotel next to Stockholmsmässan exhibition halls, Bankhus 90 [2]- office buildings of the leading Nordic bank SEB (Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB), major urban development projects like Västra City and Täby Parkstad, as well as interior design projects like Hotel Birger Jarl.