Education

1965   Professional Degree in Architecture, University of California, Berkeley. Phi Beta Kappa

Exhibitions

 2025 Solo Exhibition, The Sea Ranch Lodge, Sea Ranch, California. March–June 2025. 12 paintings. (posthumous)

2023 Solo Exhibition, Vintage Wine Shop, Berkeley, California. More than 25 large-scale paintings.

2004–2010 Group exhibitions, Fourth Street Studio and Gallery, Berkeley, California

1986 Architect's Paintings, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

1982–2004 Group annual exhibitions, Trondheim, Norway.

1968 IBM-Sponsored Exhibition, Los Angeles, California. In collaboration with Jesse Reicheck. 50 black and white drawings.

Selected Publications

1977   A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction. Co-author. Oxford University Press. With Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein, Max Jacobson & Shlomo Angel

1986   A New Theory of Urban Design. Co-author. Oxford University Press. With Christopher Alexander et al.

1993   Christopher Alexander and Contemporary Architecture. Author. Architecture and Urbanism Journal. Published in 3 languages. Held by 132 libraries worldwide.

1999   Arbeidsnotater / The Pluralist Reader

2016   What Can I Be? Illustrator. Text by Ann Rand. Princeton Architectural Press.

2022   Ingrid Fiksdahl King: Paintings. Complete collection of large-scale abstract paintings.

Collections

Works held in approximately 25 private collections in the United States and Norway

Archives

Professional papers and archival materials, College of Environmental Design Archives, University of California, Berkeley

Academic Positions

1982–2004   Professor of Architecture, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim. Director, Graduate Design Studio: Theory and Experimentation. During sabbaticals, returned to the Center for Environmental Structure, University of California, Berkeley.

1970–1990   Lecturer in Design, University of California, Berkeley, College of Environmental Design

Professional Practice

1966–1984   Architectural Practice, San Francisco Bay Area. Offices include: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill · Lyman Jee · Stoller Partners · Center for Environmental Structure