Professor Mads Gaardboe

Welcome to Mads Gaardboe's homepage. I joined UniSA in 2004 as Head of the Louis Laybourne Smith School of Architecture and Design, which is located on UniSA's City West Campus in the new Kaurna Building. Prior to this position I was Professor and Head of Department of Architecture, and Associate Director of Liverpool School of Art at John Moore's University in the U.K. I was also a Subject Specialist with the British Quality Assessment Agency and External Examiner at the University of Central England, Birmingham, and Leeds Metropolitan University. As a practicing architect I have worked in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Australia, with practices in Canberra and London. My research has focussed on urban design related to the history of new towns and campus design. The design and architecture of tourist developments and hotels is a second area of focus.

• History and Theory (Design, Culture and Environment)
• Architectural Criticism (Architectural Criticism and Communication)
• Urban Design

Fellow of The Royal Society of Art (United Kingdom)

Member of the Federation of Danish Architects

Associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects

Registered with the Architects Registration Board (United Kingdom)

Former Vice President, Liverpool Architectural Society, Royal British Institute of Architects.

B.Arch. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen

MA Arch. The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen

M.Sc.Arch.and U.D. Columbia University, New York

• Planning and design of New Towns and adaptation of original ideas to new environments; in particular the connection between British New Towns and Australasia.
• University Campus Design and Planning, in the urban and suburban context. The development of physical environments to support academic activity.
• Urban Tourist Developments and Hotel Design.
• Critical communication of architecture and design to the general public.

Selected architectural and urban design projects: Esteghlal Grand Hotel, Tehran, Iran. Ceylon Intercontinental Kemer Hotel and Annex, Antalya, Turkey. Intercontinental hotel, Tirana, Albania. Burton & Garran Hall refurbishment, A.N.U., A.C.T. Australian Medical Association’s National Headquarters, A.C.T. Mt.Hotham Ski Resort, Victoria. Pavilion Hotel, A.C.T. Tintern Girls Grammar School Year 7 Centre, Melbourne, Victoria. New Africa Hotel, stage 2, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Tuggeranong Town Centre, A.C.T. Belconnen Town Centre Stage 2, A.C.T.

Selected publications and presentations: 2005 North Terrace Redevelopment in Landscape Australia 2003 Urban Picnic website. 2000 “Urban Tourism; Global Projects of architectural Excellence” in Built Environment, U.K. 1997 “Perspectives of International Practice” presentation at the Royal Danish Academy of Art. 1996 Banks,J. Gaardboe,M. “Buildings and Landscapes” book published by the Australian National university. 1996 “Canberra, post-war strategies for regeneration” presentation at the Centre for Advanced Architectural Studies, University of York, U.K. 1996 “The Choice Between Heritage and Sustainability” presentation at sustainability conference at University of Humberside, U.K.

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Architecture and Urban Design

• urban design and urban regeneration
• architecture generally.