Education
In 1919, Gorska emigrated together with her Polish family to Paris where she studied under Robert Mallet-Stevens at the École Spéciale d"Architecture in Montparnasse.
In 1919, Gorska emigrated together with her Polish family to Paris where she studied under Robert Mallet-Stevens at the École Spéciale d"Architecture in Montparnasse.
She was one of the few women of her day to receive a university diploma in architecture. Graduating in 1924, she became one of the few women of her times to have an architectural diploma. She then worked with a Madame Lipska on the well-received renovation of a farmhouse for the American Barbara Harrison converting the barn into a dining-room and finishing the bathroom in orange, yellow, and gold mosaics.
Writing in London"s The Architect and Building News in 1930, Howard Roberston and Frank Yerbury commented: "One might suggest that modernism was ruthless, even brutal, and that these attributes are masculine.
But we have evidence in a series of striking modern interiors, that women are equally responding to the urge for modern expression." They became known for the modern cinemas the designed for the Cinéac group. In 1937, she received a commission for the Polish pavilion at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne.
By 1932, Gorska was a full member of the influential French Union of Modern Artists.