Franca Helg

Franca Helg
Born (1920-02-21)21 February 1920
Milan
Died 4 June 1989(1989-06-04) (aged 69)
Milan
Nationality Italian
Alma mater Polytechnic University of Milan
Occupation Architect
Practice Polytechnic University of Milan

Franca Helg (21 February 1920 Milan – 4 June 1989 Milan) was an Italian designer and architect.

Biography

Graduated from the Politecnico di Milano in 1945, Franca Helg was active both in the field of architectural planning and in industrial design, with important project interventions often in collaboration with Franco Albini, with whom she was for long associated professionally, from 1951 until the death of Albini in 1977.[1][2] Subsequent to which she worked with Marco Albini and Antonio Piva.[2]

After having been assistant to the seat of architectural composition held by Lodovico Barbiano di Belgiojoso first at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia (Iuav) and then at then at the Politecnico di Milano, there followed associate teaching in 1967, teaching the same discipline, in which she became tenured in 1984.[1]

Among her works, the Roman stores La Rinascente, in Piazza Fiume, the Terme Luigi Zoja of Salsomaggiore, the Museo degli Eremitani in Padova.[1]

Works

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Franca Helg, from Scienza A Due Voci, women in Italian science from the Settecento to the Novecento (Università di Bologna)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Helg (hèlġ), Franca, Enciclopedie on line, from the site of the Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani
  3. L'architettura.
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