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.^[1]

Sikora is a founding member of the Deutscher Werkbund Sachsen.^[2] He was chairman of the Deutscher Werkbund from 2006 to 2008.

Sikora was friends with the photographer Norbert Vogel.

Work

Buildings

Der Glückaufturm (lit. 'The tower of happiness')

• 2000: Glückaufturm, observation tower on a former spoil tip in Oelsnitz/Erzgeb.
• 2003: Saints Bridge, A footbridge bridge over the Elstermühlgraben in Leipzig^[3]
• 2006: The square above the Gustav Adolf Bridge on the Elstermühlgraben in Leipzig

Bibliography

Title	Region	Date	Ref.
Leipziger Landschaften[a]	Rudolstadt	1986	[4]
Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge. Die Neue Landschaft.	Leipzig	1999	[5]
Tage in Oelsnitz im Erzgebirge.	Leipzig	2009	[6]
Industriearchitektur in Sachsen. Erhalten durch neue Nutzung	Leipzig	2010	[7]
Das Leipziger Waldstraßenviertel – Ein Führer durch Geschichte und Gegenwart	Leipzig	2011	[8]
Unterwegs. Zwischen Leipzig und dem Erzgebirge[b]	Leipzig	2015	[9]
Balanceakte. Ein Leben zwischen Kunst, Architektur und Politik.	Halle (Saale)	2018	[10]
Siebenhöfen Mitteldeutscher Verlag,	Halle (Saale)	2020	[11]

Notes

1. Written with Peter Guth and Norbert Vogel
2. Written with Peter Franke

References

1. "Mitarbeiter am Institut für Industriearchäologie, Wissenschafts- und Technikgeschichte der TU Bergakademie Freiberg". TU Bergakademie Freiberg. Retrieved 2017-09-11. (In german)
2. "Bernd Sikora – VITA" (PDF). Architektenkammer Sachsen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2016-06-07.
3. Bernd Sikora. "Heiligenbrücke über die Weiße Elster in Leipzig (2003)". miriquidimedia.de (in German). Retrieved 2023-12-28.
4. Guth, Norbert; Vogel, Peter; Sikora, Bernd (1986). Leipziger Landschaften (in German). Rudolstadt: Greifenverlag, Rudolstadt. ISBN 978-3735202055.
5. Sikora, Brent (1999). Oelsnitz /Erzgebirge: Die neue Landschaft (in German). Leipzig: Passage-Verlag. ISBN 978-3932900273.
6. Sikora, Brend (2009). Tage Oelsnitz Erzgebirge Bilder (in German). Leipzig: Miriquidi Media. ISBN 978-3-9809271-1-6.
7. Sikora, Brend (2011). Industriearchitektur in Sachsen: Erhalten durch neue Nutzung (in German). Leipzig: Edition Leipzig. ISBN 978-3361006546.
8. Sikora, Bernd (2011). Das Leipziger Waldstraßenviertel: Ein Führer durch Geschichte und Gegenwart (in German). Leipzig. ISBN 978-3-361-00654-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
9. Sikora, Brend; Franke, Peter (2015). Unterwegs: zwischen Leipzig und dem Erzgebirge (in German). [[Leipzig]: SaxVerlag. ISBN 978-3867291309.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
10. Sikora, Brend (2017). Balanceakte: Ein Leben zwischen Kunst, Architektur und Politik (in German). Halle (Saale): Mitteldeutscher Verlag. ISBN 978-3954629565.
11. Sikora, Brend (2020). Siebenhöfen: Roman (in German). Halle (Saale): Mitteldeutscher Verlag. ISBN 978-3963113840.