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Tel/Fax: +44 (0)1924 277552

Horbury Hall Church Street Horbury Wakefield WF4 6LT UK

Also at:

9 Rue de Pontoise 75005 Paris France

Büyük Hendek Cad. 53/5 Şişhane 34420 Istanbul Turkey

525 Lakhechaur Marg Kathmandu Nepal

2A Masinsinan Street Teachers Village Quezon City 1100 Metro Manila Philippines

Our office network

Our headquarters is Horbury Hall, a Grade I historic building in Yorkshire, which has been dated by dendrochrology to 1474. In addition, we have offices in Paris, Istanbul, Kathmandu and Manila.

The Conservation and Development Team

Principal: David Michelmore B.A.,M.Phil.

Associate: Vardan Mkrtchyan Dip.Arch.,Dip.Trans.

Consultants: Pelin Çelik B.Arch.,M.Arch.,M.A

Peter de Vere Moss, B.Sc.,FSZ,FRGS

David Michelmore is a specialist in the conservation of cultural heritage. He has extensive experience in the implementation of the World Heritage Convention and has wide experience in urban management issues in addition to the conservation of historic buildings, ancient monuments and archaeological sites. He is a former UNESCO International Technical Adviser and is President of and UK Representative on the International Wood Committee of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites).

Vardan Mkrtchyan was formerly Historic Buildings Architect in the Commission for the Protection of Monuments in Armenia, which is noted for its wealth of outstanding monuments. He has specialist experience in the conservation of ancient monuments and historic buildings and has been responsible for the design and supervision of a number of conservation schemes in the UK and Europe and has particular expertise in the documentation of heritage sites, monuments and buildings..

Pelin Çelik has degrees in architectural conservation from Paris and Istanbul. She formerly worked for the Aga Khan Trust for Culture and subsequently in UNESCO headquarters in Paris. She has international experience in preparing conservation proposals, including survey, design and working with and leading architectural teams, planning the conservation of ancient monuments, and in the preparation of development projects.

Peter Moss is a specialist in the management of natural resources, in forest ecology and integrated conservation and development. He has a comprehensive background in biodiversity and forest conservation, wildlife conservation, range ecology, national parks and protected areas, integrated management planning for rural development, ecotourism, human resource development; analysis of institutional and legal issues; land tenure and land rights resolution and natural resource conservation policy. He has experience in the preparation and implementation of strategic plans, environmental impact assessments, community-based natural resource conservation and development and participatory programmes.

The consultancy has language fluency in English, French, German, Russian, Turkish, Armenian, Nepali and a number of African languages.

Countries of work experience:

Armenia Bulgaria Greece Kazakhstan Pakistan United Kingdom

Azerbaijan China Hong Kong Laos Philippines Vietnam

Bangladesh Cyprus Iraq Malaysia Portugal

Belgium France Italy Nepal Thailand

Bhutan Georgia Japan Norway Turkey