Manuel Benedikter studied architecture at the „Technische Universität Wien“ and the “Esquela Tecnica Superior de Arquitectura Barcelona”. Graduating from TU Vienna. State-exam at the University of Venice and admission to the Italian Association of Architects. Experience at various architect’s offices in Austria, Italy, Porto Alegre (Brazil) and Zürich (Switzerland), 2000-2003 initially working for and then partner in architects association „plan werk stadt - architekten“ (Dellago, Hofer, Prugg, Benedikter) in Bolzano. 2004 founded “Manuel Benedikter architect”. Teacher at the KlimaHouse-Courses for planners and consultants, lectures and workshops for craftsmen and enterprises on the subjects of the window and its installation, the energy efficient building design and eco-refurbishment. March 2007 admission to the official list of KlimaHouse-Certifiers. November 2008 admission to the official list of KlimaHouse-Consultants. January 2009 teaching assistant at the free University of Bolzano in the Master CasaClima program for the Design Workshop.