Vaardal-Lunde was educated at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, graduating in 1940.
After World War II, he participated in the rebuilding efforts and reconstruction in Finnmark until 1948.
In 1948, he began his own architectural firm in partnership with Torgeir Alvsaker.
In 1970, he opened his own architectural firm called E. Vaardal-Lunde.
He designed a number of public buildings (hotels, churches, hospitals, and others), mostly in Western Norway.