After tiring of the prospect, she turned to architecture entering the Academy the following year and graduating in 1956.
[3] Her design for a marina in Nivå (1968) brought her the Academy's small gold medal although she was the only woman among 18 participants.
In Nerja in the south of Spain, taking full account of local building traditions, she rebuilt and restored her own house in 1970 and in 1976, undertook similar work on a house belonging to Knud W. Jensen, director of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
In 1976, she won a commission to design an extension for the Holstebro Art Museum, adding a square-shaped structure pointing out in all directions.
The museum's functional requirements are beautifully addressed in a simple style, with plenty of daylight illuminating the exhibition spaces.
She arranged a number of exhibitions, including a retrospective of her husband's work at the Louisiana Museum after his death in 1980.