E18: Francine Monaco

In this episode of The Right Angle Podcast, Elle Liu interviews Francine Monaco, co-founder and principle architect of D’Aquino Monaco. D’Aquino Monaco is a design firm she established in 1997 with Carl D’Aquino to allow and create more opportunity for the dialogue between “the container” and the “contained.”

As an architect and interior designer, Francine has created a diverse career combining the practical with the magical to create memorable timeless spaces. Her focus on the intersection of architecture and interior design led to a uniquely balanced practice and holistic approach.

For the past 23 years she served as a professor at Pratt Institute's Interior Design Department. Her constant encouragement for students to pursue design in both conceptual and practical matters, easily made her one of my favorite studio professors when I studied there.