Born in 1953, Georgeta Gabrea studied architecture, with the specialization in the history of Romanian architecture, at the Ion Mincu Institute of Architecture. In 1974, she also studied at the Andrea Palladio International Center for Architectural Studies, Vicenza, Italy. She graduated from the Ion Mincu Institute in 1978. During the 1970s, she co-authored several articles in the journal Arhitectura.

Between 1978 and 1986, Gabrea was employed at the Institute of Subway Construction (“Metroul”), where she worked on the design of several subway stations and residential buildings in Bucharest. In 1986, she moved to Bucharest Project (“Project Bucuresti”) institute, remaining there until 1994. There, in collaboration with Venera Trisnevschi-Geta, Gabrea worked on the projects for the Bucharest Municipal Library, the “Boema” Musical Theatre, and the sports complex at the Country Club. In 1992, Gabrea and Trisnevschi-Geta started their independent architectural practice, Capitel Ltd., which specialized in private houses, office buildings, and shopping malls.

Gabrea’s archive is housed at the International Archive of Women in Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.