Marta Doehler-Behzadi was born in Berlin in 1957 and studied at the HAB Weimar from 1975 to 1980. Her research studies were followed by a doctorate in 1986. From 1984 to 1990 she worked in the office of the chief architect of the city of Leipzig. In 1989, she also worked briefly at the Bauakademie der DDR in Berlin.

After the fall of the Berlin Wall, she continued to work as an architect and urban planner. In doing so, she often dealt with building projects from the GDR era, on which she also wrote numerous publications, especially after 1990.

She lives in Leipzig and Weimar.