CURRICULUM VITAE

Education:

2004 PhD from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

1991 Bachelor of Architecture, The Cooper Union, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, New York.

Awarded The American Institute of Architects Henry Adams Medal and Certificate of Merit for being the schools First ranking student

1984-1988 The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

 

Current Position:

Principal of Anders Abraham Architects, Bredgade 66, 1260 Copenhagen K

Head of Master’s program in Art and Architecture, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture since 2012

Professor of architecture theory, design and artistic research at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture since 2010

Art consultant for The Bispebjerg Project – the new Bispebjerg Hospital appointed by Danish Arts Foundation

 

Academic appointments:

2012 – present: : PhD advisor at AHO, Architecture and Design School in Oslo

2011 – present: Visiting Professor at Hong Kong University, Hong Kong

2010 – present: Visiting Professor at AHO, Architecture and Design School in Oslo

2010 – present: Professor of architecture theory and design and artistic research, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

2002-2010 Associate Professor in architecture theory and design and artistic research, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

2000-2003 Visiting Professor at The Cooper Union, New York

2001 Guest lecturer and workshop leader at the International Architectural Workshop, KTH Stockholm

1995-1997 Visiting scholar in residence at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, Department of Architecture, Detroit, USA

1992-1998 Assistant Professor, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

1991-92 Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute, New York, Professor Raimund Abraham’s Advanced Design Studio

1990-92 Worked for Professor Raimund Abraham, New York

1987 Worked for Architect Bernard Tschumi, New York

 

Selected projects:

Villa in Hillerød, 2015, under construction

Pavilion Gammel Holtegård, Denmark Competition 2015

Maa pavilion Kings Garden, Denmark Competition 2015

Hansted Reserve, Thy. Project for Realdania and Danish Nature Agency. 1. Prize 2013, under construction

Hjortegården, Herlev. Competition, 2. Prize 2013

Våler church, Norway. Competition 2012

Pilgrim Center, Røldal, Norway. Competition 2012

Master plan and townhouses for the Carlsberg City. Invited competition 2011

Saltholm Reserve. Project 2011

Falkonergården High School in collaboration with R + M. Competition 2010

Dense living, a project for a 4 hectares sustainable city. Competition 2010

Points between lines, for the Danish Arts Foundation, the Committee for Art in the Public Space for Campus Rådmandsmarken, Profession School Metropol, 2008-2010 realized

Stændertorvet, Roskilde. Competition, 3. Prize 2010

Master plan and housing for Nes Municipality, Faroe Islands. Project 2006

Hunstad, Brösarp, Sweden, for the Danish Arts Foundation. In collaboration with architect Christina Capetillo and curators Annesofie Becker & Martin Christiansen, 2007-2010 commission

Four houses for photographer and writer, Rørvig. Project 2008

Church and parish hall, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands. Competition, Honorable Mention, 2007

Residence and studio in Marbletown, New York. Project 2002-2006

Glasshouse, Borås. Competition 2006

Kalmar Museum, Kalmar, Sweden. Competition, 2. Prize, 2005

Axeltorv, Næstved. Competition 2005

Urban conditions, transformation of urban blocks. Project, 2004

Harbour # 2. Project 2001

Transition – Danish Arts Foundation, 2000 commission

 

Selected exhibitions:

2016 The Danish pavilion, on the 15th International Architecture Biennale, Venice

2015 House in Motion, The Utzon Center, Denmark

2014 House in Motion, DAC The Danish Architecture Centre, Denmark

2012 A New Nature, DogA – Norwegian Design and Architecture Center, Oslo, Norway

2012 Drawing by Drawing, DAC – Danish Architecture Centre, Copenhagen

2009 Hunstad, Danish Arts Foundation, Copenhagen

2008 Workshop and the world, Gallery, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture School of Architecture

2008 Hunstad, NEON Gallery, Brösarp, Sweden

2005 Home and atlas, Autumn Exhibition, Charlottenborg

2004 Inspirations, exhibition on the occasion of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture 250th anniversary, Meldahls Smedie, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

2003 A NEW NATURE, 9 architectural states between liquid and solid, Meldahls Smedie,

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

2001 Nattens sand, Nordjyllands Art Museum, Aalborg

2000 TRANSITIONS: SPACE in the DISPERSED CITY, the Danish pavilion, on the 7th International

Architecture Biennale, Venice

1998 Pure process, the Danish Arts Foundation, Charlottenborg

 

List of Publications

2016

“Dense living, the project and the film” in Public space. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture,

2015

A New Nature – 9 Architectural Conditions Between Liquid and Solid, Lars Müller Verlag

House in Motion, catalog DAC/The Utzon Center, Denmark

2012

A New Nature, DogA catalog – Norwegian Design and Architecture Center, Oslo, Norway

”Field studies” in the Nordic journal of Architecture no. 3. Vol 2. Winter 2012, p. 124 -127

“Field studies” in The Makings of an Architectural Model, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,

School of Architecture publishers

Drawing by Drawing, DAC Danish Architecture Center, catalog

2010

The zone divided city, Anders Abraham, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

2009

A NEW NATURE, Anders Abraham, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture Publishers

KA 09, Education, Research, School of Architecture

2008

“A New NATURE” in The Oxford Conference, Wit Press, 2008

Institute 1’s workshop, 2007 + 2008, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, catalog

The planned city II, Anders Abraham, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

The planned city, Anders Abraham, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

The motive-less city, Anders Abraham, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

The historic city, Anders Abraham, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

The American city, Anders Abraham, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

Architecture Committee logbook, the Danish Arts Foundation, Architecture Committee 2008

KA 08, Education, Research, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

Selected 2006-1999

KA 06, Education, Research, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture

Charlottenborg’s Autumn Exhibition, catalog, 2005

Urban landscape, The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, catalog, 2005

Nordic Architecture Research, no.3, 2005. Page 8-23

Less Aesthetics, More Ethics, 7th International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, catalog, 2000

Transitions, publisher B, Copenhagen, 2000

Transition, spaces in the sprawling city, publisher B, Copenhagen, 1999

 

Bibliography:

Decoration of the Metropolitan University College, movie, Danish Arts Foundation

Construction + Architecture, May 2010, # 31, page 80, review of the book A NEW NATURE

The Architect 06 June 2010 vol 112, pp. 20-21, review of the book A NEW NATURE

Dagbladet Information, “In families with Manhattan“, 3 June 2010 Review of the book A NEW NATURE

Politiken August 17, 2009, “17 scholarship housing” by Karsten Ifversen

The Weekend Newspaper No. 32, 7 August 2009 “An artist community in Scania“, by Lisbeth Bonde

Architecture M, vol.1 # 4 2009, “Hunstad”

Construction, No. 5, 2005, pp. 10-11, “Young Danish architects honored in Sweden and Norway”

Weekend newspaper 7th- 15th April 2004 “Inspirations” by Lisbeth Bonde

The Architect No. 09, 2003, pp. 22-23, “Architecture as a state. Interview with Anders Abraham” by Birgitte Kleis

The Architect 26, November 2001, “Dialogue at the water’s edge“ by Lene Dammand Lund

Research and Practice in Architecture, Alvar Aalto Academy 2001, pp. 20-22, “Material as a Medium” by Carsten Juel- Christiansen

 

Affiliations:

2016-2019 member of the board of The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation

2014-2016 alternate member of the Royal Academy

2011-2014 Member of the Royal Academy

2008-2011 Member of the jury for the architectural section of the Artists’ Society

 

Awards, grants and endowments:

Danish Arts Foundation’s three -year working grant 2001-2004

Danish Arts Foundation: 1993, 1994, 1997, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014

Margot and Thorvald Dreyer Foundation: 1988, 1989, 1990, 2001, 2004, 2009

 

Lectures and critiques:

2013:

AHO, Architecture and Design School in Oslo

Hong Kong University, Hong Kong

2012:

DogA – Norwegian Design and Architecture Center, Oslo, Norway

AHO, Architecture and Design School in Oslo

AAA School of Architecture, Aarhus

2011:

Hong Kong University, Hong Kong

AHO, Architecture and Design School in Oslo

University of Manitoba, Canada

Ministry of Culture Conference on Artistic Research, Copenhagen

2010:

Kolding School of Design

AHO, Architecture and Design School in Oslo

Bookforum, Copenhagen

2009:

The Oxford Conference

Selected: The Cooper Union School of Architecture, KTH Stockholm, Cranbrook Academy of Art, University of Detroit, University of Michigan, Zenobio Institute, Venice etc