Anca Borgovan studied at the Ion Minchu Institute of Architecture between 1952 and 1958. Upon graduation, she started working in the group of architects Cezar Lăzărescu and Lucian Popovici on the Leisure Complex in the Eforie Nord resort. In 1960, she moved to ISCAS, where she worked on designing a complex of hotels and restaurants “10’000 Beds” in Mamaia under Lăzărescu. In addition to the latter and Borgovan, the team included L. Popovici, L. Staadeker, A. Toma, V. Constantinescu, M. Laurian, V. Petrea, A. Ionescu, and C. Ionescu. The project was awarded the prize of the Union of Romanian Architects in 1961. In 1968, Borgovan moved to the Carpathian Design Institute, where she worked until emigrating to the US in 1986. Between 1970 and 1984, Borgovan was the head of the architects’ group. Among her realized projects at this time were the parliament building in Khartoum, Sudan (1970-1977, head architect Cezar Lăzărescu) and the expansion of the Prof. Dorin Hociotã Hospital in Bucharest. Her independent projects included lake-side hotels in Bucharest (1960). In 1973, Borgovan defended a doctoral dissertation, devoted to the design of leisure spaces.