Biography

Born in Modena in 1937, Franca Stagi graduated in architecture from the Politecnico di Milano in 1962. From 1963 to 1984, together with Cesare Leonardi, she ran an architecture and design office in Modena, where several progressive furniture designs were created. Her best-known architectural projects include parks and cemeteries as well as the restoration of churches and synagogues in and around Modena. Franca Stagi died in her hometown in 2008.