Erling Viksjø practised at a period when the terms of architecture itself were under argument.
The record lists Erling Viksjø as Norwegian architect (1910–1971).
Erling Viksjø was born at Trondheim in 1910. His recorded nationality is Norway. He trained at Norwegian Institute of Technology.
Modernism rejected ornament and historical style, arguing that a building should express its structure and its function - a claim contested ever since.
He is recorded as architect.
His best-known building is Tromsø bridge. Buildings outlast their architects and usually their purposes, which is what makes the discipline unforgiving.
That the work was built in Norway shaped it: climate, materials, planning law and who holds the budget all decide what can actually be built.
Erling Viksjø died in 1971, aged 61. The buildings remain, still in use by people who never knew the name - which is the particular afterlife architecture offers.
Achievements
- Notable work: Tromsø bridge
- Trained at Norwegian Institute of Technology
