She has a diploma in architecture from the Ecole des beaux-arts in Paris and a Masters in environmental design from Yale University. Editor of the magazine 'L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui' from 1974 to 1979, she joined Bernard Huet's team. She designed and built several social housing programmes in Paris and public buildings (schools, hospitals, office and administrative buildings) and received the Ordre National du Mérite medal for her work. She belongs to the Franco-British Union of Architects.