A qualified architect, with post-graduate studies in landscape design, Alena has gained her experience specialising top-end residential projects, with particular interest in timber construction. Her professional career has also seen her working on commercial, hotel and public buildings. Her current role sees her overseeing all aspects of the design from inception through to construction and handover, including the cost estimating of projects through the design and construction process. Looking for a new challenge and business opportunities, Alena is integrating into the French architectural system, to transfer her skills to the local market and use her knowledge in the context of the from a British based regulatory system and to adapt it to the French regulatory system.