In the country’s cultural capital, an ethnograhic center founded in 1909 moves into a long container that aspires to be a symbol of national prosperity in the wake of regained independence. The project questioned the competition rules and called for
Observance of the 100th anniversary of Estonia’s declaration of indepedence included an international competition to revamp the central square of the city of Kärdla, on Dagö Island. Bornstein Lyckefors Arkitekter and Mareld Landscape together worked
A design drawn up by the British firm Zaha Hadid Architects – in collaboration with the Estonian practice Esplan – has been awarded first prize in the competition for Rail Baltic’s new terminal in Ülemiste, a subdistrict of the country’s capital. The
This proposal is for a center dedicated to the contemporary classical composer Arvo Pärt. It is located near Kellasalu in Pärt’s native Estonia, in an elegant, dense stretch of forest where the silence of nature presents itself to those who are willi
The new center devoted to the Estonian composer preserves the pines in the woods around it, aiming in this way to foster dialogue between architecture, music, and natural environment.
The three pavilions are shaped as megaphones, built with untreated larch wood, and rest on stones collected in the surroundings. They function as attention amplifiers, prompting to listen to the sounds of the forest and to observe nature... [+]
Over a unitary roof that folds to adapt to the varying heights required inside the building, a series of pentagonal courtyards of different sizes and positions manage to preserve the existing trees in the dense forest around the center. The facades,
Formada por una etérea estructura de acero, una pasarela describe un recorrido en espiral que, desde el suelo, conduce a un singular paseo por las entrañas de un bosque.
Making reference to democracy’s proximity and transparency, Tallinn’s new Town Hall asserts its presence as a porous canopy, a deep latticework placed over a large public marketplace. Each working room of the public institution will be totally visib
El municipio costero de Viimsi está situado en las afueras de Tallin, al noreste de la capital y colindante con ella. Su nueva escuela se encuentra ante un afloramiento de rocas areniscas poblado por árboles de gran altura. La estructura formal del e
