Wikingborg
Wikingborg is a villa in Bremen’s Borgfeld district, with a high, tent-like roof above its main living area. Round roof tiles give the structure a distinctly three-dimensional surface. An arcade shelters the curved entrance, where a horse sculpture stands in front.
Architect Eberhard Gildemeister designed the house, completed in 1962 for shipowner and broker Helmut Parchmann. Conservative early-sixties design shapes both its exterior and its elaborate interior. During construction, the villa cost about two million marks, while Parchmann’s company entered a widely publicised insolvency process.
Bremen’s heritage conservation laws have protected the building as a monument since 1981. The villa is divided into private apartments, while its architectural features remain visible from outside. A golden Viking ship once crowned the roof’s peak, above the rounded tiles and gently sloping roof.
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