Bernd Sikora

Bernd Sikora (born 18 August 1940 in Stollberg) is a German architect, graphic designer and author.

Life and work
Sikora was born into the merchant family of Georg and Eleonore Sikora. After spending his childhood and youth in Oelsnitz in the Ore Mountains, he travelled to Leipzig, Stuttgart and Lake Maggiore and decided to become an architect. After graduating from high school, he studied architecture and structural engineering at the Leipzig School of Civil Engineering from 1956 to 1960.After successfully completing his studies, he worked as an architect in building construction until 1965.Through his collaboration with artists in trade fair and exhibition construction, he became increasingly interested in design.From 1965 to 1970, he studied at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig under Werner Tübke and Wolfgang Mattheuer, among others.After completing his studies, Sikora worked as a freelance artist in the field of applied arts and from 1971 was given a lectureship in design theory at the Technical University of Magdeburg and from 1972 to 1997 a lectureship in art history, stage design and design theory at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig.After German reunification, he founded his own architectural practice together with Hans Krusenbaum and Bodo von Essen and was involved in various art and cultural projects, including the Waldstraßenviertel and ‘Neue Ufer’ in Leipzig. He was a lecturer in industrial architecture at the Institute for Industrial Archaeology, History of Science and Technology at the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology and is a speaker at lectures and guided tours.

Sikora is a founding member of the Deutscher Werkbund Sachsen. He was chairman of the Deutscher Werkbund from 2006 to 2008.

Sikora was friends with the photographer Norbert Vogel.

Buildings



 * 2000: Glückaufturm, observation tower on a former spoil tip in Oelsnitz/Erzgeb.
 * 2003: Saints Bridge, A footbridge bridge over the Elstermühlgraben in Leipzig
 * 2006: The square above the Gustav Adolf Bridge on the Elstermühlgraben in Leipzig