Helen Giblin graduated from the School of Architecture, University College Dublin in 1977. She has spent the last 25 years in private practice. She is a member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland and of the American Institute of Architects. She has a diploma in Project Management from Trinity College Dublin.

She joined A & D Wejchert, Architects in1981, where she worked on the award winning Anco Training Centre at Loughlinstown after working initially in Edinburgh for Basil Spence Glover and Ferguson. Subsequently she worked with a number of practices in Ireland, UK and Boston, USA before returning to A & D Wejchert in 1995, firstly as an Architect . She became an Associate in 1997 and Partner in 1999.. She was project architect on Smithfield Village, an innovative inner city mixed use development. She has particular interest in urban design and in integrating old with new as in Smithfield, Dublin and the Old Papermill in Jeziorna, Poland and is the partner in charge of the practice's conservation accreditation.

She also has expertise in healthcare, and is familiar with all aspects, both primary and acute. She was project architect on the €60 million development at Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown.

She joined the American Institute of Architects Continental Europe in 1995, assisted Don O'Neill in organizing conference in Dublin in 2000 and is currently a member of the Board.