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post updated 3 August 2024

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We’ve selected what we feel are the key examples of Estonian Architecture. We aim to include significant and interesting Estonian buildings. We cover completed buildings, new building designs, architectural exhibitions and architecture competitions across Estonia. The focus is on contemporary Estonian buildings.

We have 2 pages of Estonian Architecture selections.

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Estonia Architecture News

Estonia Architecture News – latest additions to this page, arranged chronologically:

23 January 2024
Pilgrims’ House, Vana Vastseliina, Võru Maakond
Design: studio ARGUS
Pilgrims House Estonia
photo © Maris Tomba
Pilgrims House, Estonia, Northern Europe

18 Jan 2024
Fahle Gallery Street, Tallinn
Design: studio ARGUS
Fahle Gallery Street Tallinn Estonia
photo © Terje Ugandi
Fahle Gallery Street, Tallinn, Estonia

17 Jan 2024
Põltsamaa Castle, Põltsamaa, Jõgeva Maakond
Architects: studio ARGUS
Põltsamaa Castle Estonia
photo © Tõnu Tunnel
Põltsamaa Castle, Estonia building

27 September 2023
Piil Treehouse
Design: Arsenit
Piil Treehouse
photo © Yifan Liu
Piil Treehouse

6 Nov 2022
KÄBI, Maidla village, Rapla county
Design: architects Mari Hunt and Arvi Anderson (b210)
Maidla Nature Villa KÄBI, Rapla, Estonia Architecture News
photo © Tõnu Tunnel
Maidla Nature Villa KÄBI

24 May 2022
Kindergarten and Community Center in Tammiste, Tori Parish, Pärnu County, southwestern Estonia
Design: RMJM Milano Architects
Kindergarten and Community Center in Tammiste, Estonia Architecture News
image courtesy of architects practice
Kindergarten and Community Center in Tammiste Building

12 Apr 2022
The Rural Municipal Building in Saue, north-western Estonia
Design: molumba, Architects
Rural Municipal Building in Saue, Estonia
photo : Tõnu Tunnel
Rural Municipal Building in Saue
The rural municipal building is located in the southern part of the central park of Saue.

18 Jan 2022
Port of Tallinn
Design: Salto Architects
Port of Tallinn Cruise Terminal Estonia
image courtesy of architects practice
Port of Tallinn Cruise Terminal

20 Oct 2021
Kärdla City Pavilion, Kärdla, Dagö Island
Design: Bornstein Lyckefors Arkitekter
Kärdla City Pavilion Estonia
photo : Tiit Veermäe
Kärdla City Pavilion, Hiiumaa

15 Feb 2021
Maidla Nature Villa, Maidla village, Rapla county
Design: b210 architects
Maidla Nature Villa Estonia
photo © Priidu Saart
Maidla Nature Villa

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Architecture in Estonia

Estonia Architectural Design Archive

8 Nov 2019
Ülemiste Terminal, Tallinn
Design: Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA)
Ulemiste Terminal Tallinn Estonia Architecture News
render : negative.com
Ülemiste Terminal in Tallinn
Zaha Hadid Architects (UK) working with Esplan (Estonia) have been have been awarded first place in the design competition for the new Ülemiste Terminal of the Rail Baltic railway in Tallinn.

19 Aug 2013
A Path in the Forest, Kadriorg, Tallinn
Design: Tetsuo Kondo Architects
A Path in the Forest - Estonian Architecture
photo : Tetsuo Kondo Architects
A Path in the Forest
The architects say this about the project:
“In the elegant woods of Kadriorg, we added a path.
A path which relies on the forest as it flutters through the woods with over 300 years of age.
I feel that the appearance of the woods slightly changes when you walk along this path. We no longer are looking up at the woods from the ground but we get closer to the leaves and sliver through the branches.”

21 Mar 2013
TAB 2013 Vision Competition, Tallinn
Väike-Õismäe Estonia
photo : Arne Maasik
TAB 2013 Vision Competition
The Estonian Centre of Architecture in collaboration with the City of Tallinn announced the Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2013 Vision Competition: Recycling Socialism. According to the curators of TAB 2013, the aim of the open international vision competition is to gather architectural ideas and methods to enhance the current life quality as well as to envision the future of the iconic block-housing district of Väike-Õismäe (“Little Blossom Hill”) in Tallinn.

Lasva Water Tower
Architects: logon
Lasva Water Tower building interior
picture from architects
Lasva Water Tower Building
Lasva Water Tower is pretty much off the beaten track. The traditional route for young people born in the periphery on the outskirts of Europe would be to move to a nearby urban centre, onto the capital and maybe onto a wealthier city as part of how to survive.

Semi-autonomous sauna, western Estonia
Design: Architectural Bureau Pluss
Semi-autonomous sauna Estonia building
image from architect office
Sauna Building in Estonia
It sometimes happens that houses are located by the sea. Often these houses include a sauna in this part of the world. The ‘heart’ of the sauna, hot room (also known as vapour bath or steam room), might also stand apart from the dwelling.

Tallinn Architecture Biennale
Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2022 TAB Estonia
image courtesy of TAB
Tallinn Architecture Biennale : New international architecture forum – 2011
Estonian Centre of Architecture and TAB Tallinn Architecture Biennale
TAB Tallinn Architecture Biennale main exhibition “11FLIRTS” at Kadriorg Palace, Tallinn, opens during the Gala of TAB Tallinn Architecture Biennale. It deals with experimental architecture and relates it to the context of an existing Baroque palace and art museum.

New Estonian Architecture Exhibition
‘BOOM/ROOM’, Moscow
Pärnu Central Library building Estonia
photo : Kaido Haagen
New Estonian Architecture Exhibition – 2011
Exhibition BOOM/ROOM: NEW ESTONIAN ARCHITECTURE will open on 21 June at MUAR – Russian State Museum of Architecture, Moscow. BOOM/ROOM, produced by the Estonian Centre of Architecture in collaboration with the Estonian Embassy in Moscow, presents a distinct selection of Estonian architecture from the last decade.

Estonia Architecture

Major Estonian Buildings / Structures, alphabetical:

Academy of Arts, Tallinn
Mikou Design Studio
Tallinn New Academy of Arts
picture from architect office
Tallinn New Academy of Arts

Apartment building in Tallinn
2009
Architects Ott Kadarik, Villem Tomiste, Mihkel Tüür
Apartment building in Tallinn
photo : Paco Ulman

Arensburg Boutique Hotel & Spa in Kuressaare
2007
KOKO Architects (Margit Kärner, Lea Laidra, Raivo Kotov)
Arensburg Boutique Hotel & Spa
photo : Martin Siplane

Central square, Rakvere
2004
KOSMOS Architects (Ott Kadarik, Villem Tomiste, Mihkel Tüür, Veronika Valk)
Central square in Rakvere
photo : Ott Kadarik

EGCC Golf Club in Jõelähtme
2005
Architect Andres Siim
EGCC Golf Club Jõelähtme
photo : Martin Siplane

Hotel Telegraaf, Tallinn
2007
Architect Martin Aunin
Hotel Telegraaf in Tallinn Estonian Architecture
photo from Estonian Centre of Architecture

Kindergarten Lotte, Tartu
2008
Kavakava OÜ

Koidula apartment building, Tallinn
2005
3+1 Architects (Markus Kaasik, Andres Ojari, Ilmar Valdur, Merje Müürisepp)
Apartment building in Tallinn - Estonian Architecture
photo : Arne Maasik

Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn
2007
Vapaavuori Architects

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Estonian Tower Building:

Tallinn TV Tower, Pirita
1980

312m high, Galaxy Restaurant with great views
Tallest structure in the Estonia

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