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That Blue Rain. Anli Tensing, 1984.

That Blue Rain

The delicate minimalist drawing was completed for the architectural exhibition at the Tallinn Matkamaja (hiking house, currently named as Hopner…

House for a Romantic. Ain Padrik

House for a Romantic – House for a Physicist

At the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, architecture and especially residential building was starting to…

Opera and ballet theatre

Tallinn’s new opera and ballet theatre was planned to be built in the area of Süda Street, in the intersection…

The Architects’ House

The Architects’ House

The Architects’ House was to become the centre of Estonian architectural life, replacing the buildings destroyed during the war on…

Dialogue “Client-architect”

Dialogue “Client-architect”

“Client-architect” by Veljo Kaasik is a visual dialogue between the architect and the client. The work depicting the design process…

Sauna in Kobela

Sauna in Kobela

The Linda kolkhoz sauna, designed by architect Toomas Rein, is located in the small village of Kobela in Võru County…

Shopping center in the Rotermann quarter. Competition work, 1989

Competition entry for the shopping centre at Mere Boulevard in Tallinn

Up until now the factory premises of the Rotermann Quarter had been closed off and an architectural competition was organised…

Vanalinnastuudio Theatre project. Vilen Künnapu, Ain Padrik, 1987

Vanalinnastuudio theatre building in Tallinn

Comedy theatre Vanalinnastuudio, which started out in Tallinn Teachers’ House, became so popular under the leadership of the legendary theatre…

Festive document for the re-establishment of the Estonian Association of Architects

Festive document for the re-establishment of the Estonian Association of Architects

The Estonian Association of Architects was the first of the creative associations to strive for independence in the late 1980s…

Linnahall Square and the Merepargi Taimelinn (the Plant City of the Sea Park)

Linnahall Square and the Merepargi Taimelinn (the Plant City of the Sea Park)

Tallinn Linnahall was built during the building frenzy which preceded the 1980 Olympics, but the surroundings were not developed as…