She was educated at the University of applied sciences in Nuremberg, University of Stuttgart and the Architectural Association (AA) in London and graduated from the AA Design Research Laboratory (DRL) with a master´s degree M. Arch AA in 2000. She received several awards, such as a steel construction award, a wood construction award, the award of the Rudolf-Lodders-Society, the BDB award, the award for Eternit buildings and the DB Prize for offices of the future.