Girard was born and lived in Paris. Girard's main developments include apartment buildings in the 13th and 19th arrondissements of Paris and in the Aunettes district of Évry in the southern suburbs. She also designed the Cité de Kerigonan in Brest. Girard taught at the Paris-Belleville School of Architecture.
Selected works
Among Edith Girard's social housing developments are:
227 PLA housing units in the îlot Carnot, Stains (completed 1984)
111 PLI housing units, quai de Loire, Paris – Awarded the "Equerre d’argent" (1985)
107 PLA housing units in the Aunettes development in Évry (1987)
82 PLA housing units and 5 artists’ studios in the Rue du Chevaleret, Paris (1990)
128 PLA housing units in the Kerigonan quarter, Brest (1990)
120 PLA housing units in the îlot Carnot, Stains (1992).
62 PLA housing units in the Hautes-Bruyères ZAC development, Villejuif (1993)
35 PLI housing units in the Rue de Flandre, Paris (1993)
72 PLI housing units in the Rue des Vignoles, Paris (1994)
