Franca Helg (1920–1989) was a leading Italian architect and designer, one of the few women to make her mark on the postwar modernist landscape. A graduate of the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1945, she began a decisive collaboration with Franco Albini in 1951, which produced landmark projects such as the reorganization of Genoa’s museums (Palazzo Bianco, Palazzo Rosso, and the Treasury of San Lorenzo), as well as residential and industrial buildings, and celebrated furniture and lighting designs published by Cassina, Arflex, and Arteluce. Alongside her practice, she taught architectural composition at the Polytechnic University of Milan, passing on a vision that combined technical rigor with poetic sensitivity. Her work, at the crossroads of architecture and design, embodies a sober and human modernity that left a lasting imprint on the 20th century.