Tegnestuen Raadvad

Born 09.11.1945, Ringe, Denmark; Danish citizenship. Married to Beate Knuth Federspiel, conservator, Associated professor at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Conservation; two children: Esben (b. 1996) and Cecilie (b. 1990).

Professional training and qualifications:

1966 - 1969	Teachers Training College, Emdrupborg Statsseminarium, Copenhagen. Teachers Training Diploma (1969).

1969 - 1976	Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Department of Restoration, Copenhagen. M.A. in Architecture (1976).

1979	Course on Treatment and Conservation of Stone, Venice; ICCROM, International Centre for the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural property.

1981	Course on Conservation of Historic Structures, Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, York University.

1992	Ph.D, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Copenhagen.

Professional registration and committee work:

	Member of the Federation of Danish Architects (MAA).

	Member of the Association of Danish Consulting Architects.

1995 - 2009	Executive member of the Danish National ICOMOS Committee (The International Council on Monuments and Sites)

	Member of ICOMOS DK and ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Cultural Tourism.

1998 - 2006	Member of the Advisory Board on the Cultural Environment, Copenhagen County.

Professional experience:

1974 - 1976	Student participation in bilateral Danish-Egyptian programme for restoration of historic buildings and monuments in the Gamaliyya District of Old Cairo, Egypt.

1977 - 1978	Associate expert, UNESCO, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation; programme for the preservation of historic monuments and sites in the Herat Province, Afghanistan.

1978 - 1979	Architect, employed at the office of professor Vilhelm Wohlert, Copenhagen.

1980 - 1981	Associate expert, UNCHS-Habitat, United Nations Centre for Human Settlements , lecturing at Ardhi Institute, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

1981 - 1982	Preservation planning advisor on integrated preservation and development planning of the Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania; UNCHS-Habitat.

1981 - 1982	Lecturer, Oslo School of Architecture, conducting study project for rehabilitation and urban renewal, Zanzibar Old Stone Town, Tanzania, with financial support by NORAD.

1982 -	Established private consulting office in Copenhagen. The office is specialised in cultural heritage preservation, restoration of historic buildings and archaeological sites conservation and management, planning for cultural tourism, community development and projects related to integrated urban development planning. The office acts in a consulting capacity to the National Cultural Heritage Agency and to the Royal Palaces and Properties Agency.

	International references: UNESCO, ICOMOS, ICCROM, UNCHS – Habitat, NORAD, SIDA, DANIDA and the World Bank.

International Competitions:

1987	Protective building for the ruin of Hamar Cathedral, Norway.

1988	Library building, Tønsberg, Norway, including plans for the protection and presentation of Medieval ruins.

1996	Member of the jury for the international architect competition for a new Museum for Aquarelle Painting, Bohuslen, Sweden.

1999	3rd prize in pre-qualified international architect competition ‘Shelters for five churches in Lalibela, Ethiopia’ (financed by EU/European Development Fund).

2003	Member of international jury for the Athens Ephemeral Structures International Architectural Competition, Greece, as representative of IUA, the International Union of Architects.

Teaching experience:

1980 - 1981	Lecturer, School of Architecture (Ardhi), Dar-es Salaam, Tanzania .

1982	Lecturer, School of Architecture, Oslo, Norway .

1983 - 1985	Lecturer, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, Department of Restoration and the Foreign Students Department, Copenhagen (part-time).

1986	The International Centre for the Study of Cultural Property (ICCROM), Rome, Italy.

1992	Lecturing at The Copenhagen University Extension ('Folkeuniversitet').

2003	Lecturing, Raymond Lemaire International Centre for Conservation, University Leuven, Belgium.

2004 - 2008	Lecturing at the Advanced International Training Programme on Conservation and Management of Historic Buildings, Lund Technical University, Sweden.

2008	Lecturing on Management of Cultural Heritage Sites in Kosovo, Cultural Heritage without Borders (CHwB)

2010	Lecturing on Architectural conservation and transformation; Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden.

2010	Participation in United Nations Institute for Training anf Research (UNITAR) Series on the Management and Conservation of World Heritage Sites, Seventh Session, Hiroshima, Japan April 2010.