Among other works, she was co-designer of the expansion of the Palacio de las Cortes in 1994 and was project director for the Olympic Village on Barcelona's Avinguda Diagonal.

Rubert has focused on heritage, public and green spaces, mobility, and transport, especially in the cities of Barcelona, Madrid, and Cartagena, where she has designed management and layout plans.

Her projects include the 1994 expansion of the Palacio de las Cortes of Madrid (meeting place of the Congress of Deputies), together with Josep Parcerisa and Joan Clos, after winning a competition where 287 proposals were presented.

She received the 2004 National Urbanism Award of Spain [es] in the Journalistic Initiative category from the Ministry of Housing for her contributions to public knowledge and debate on subjects pertaining to the city of Barcelona.

[4] Maria Rubert de Ventós was appointed full professor of the ETSAB Department of Urban and Territorial Planning in 2011, becoming the country's first woman to reach that rank in the subject.