Background
Bønecke was born in Copenhagen where he trained as a mason under his father while in the same time training as an architect at N. H. and Niels Sigfred Nebelong studios.
Bønecke was born in Copenhagen where he trained as a mason under his father while in the same time training as an architect at N. H. and Niels Sigfred Nebelong studios.
He then went abroad where he first spend several years at the building school Holzminden before working for four years as a draughman for Theophil Hansen in Vienna. He then continued his travels for another two years, mainly in Italy. After his return to Denmark in 1865, Bønecke settled as a master mason in Copenhagen but soon received a considerable amount of architectural assignments.
In 1863, he was appointed to Building Inspector in Copenhagen and from 1888 to 1913 he served as Stadsbygmester ("City Builder").
In 1979 he drafted a proposal for a new building act which later formed the basis for the Copenhagen Building Acting of 1889
He continued his private practice besides his public offices. Their first collaboration was on an orangery (known as Pompeii) completed in 1876 for Jacobsen"s home, now known as Carlsberg Academy.
He also designed Carlsberg Lighthouse and the new main entrance (Stjerneporten, "Star Gate") to Old Carlsberg. lieutenant has previously been believed that he also designed the Palm House at Copenhagen Botanical Garden in collaboration with J. C. Jacobsen who sponsored its construction but it has now been established that it was most likely designed by Christian Hansen.
In 1885, he designed the small Well House in the Royal Danish Horticultural Society"s Garden.
Bønecke married Augusta Vilhelmine Lorentze née Biørn on 3 June 1866. He hled one of the highest offices at the Free Masons" Lodge in Copenhagen. He is buried at Assistens Cemetery.