Ca' Tron is a historic palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal and featuring a small Italian garden.
The building, whose origins likely date back to the Gothic period, was completed in the late 16th century and reached its peak under the patronage of Andrea Tron, a renowned diplomat and ambassador, candidate for the Dogeship, who commissioned the two additional wings. 
Since the 19th century—after the extinction of the Tron family—the palazzo has had a variety of uses (as an education authority, a court auction house, and housing apartments), and was purchased by the Iuav in 1972 and restored to a design by architect L. Bellemo.
Work began on structural consolidation, reorganisation of the layout, and the reclamation of spaces (such as the ground floor) necessary for the palazzo's new functions.

The building is now home to international exhibitions and houses the IR.IDE research infrastructure and the FEEM@IUAV – EPiC (Earth and Polis Research Centre) research cluster.