Swissôtel Tallinn [SEP] architect
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Swissôtel Tallinn


Swissôtel Tallinn is a luxury hotel in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, and is managed by Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts. Designed by architect Meeli Truu from Nord Projekt AS, Swissôtel Tallinn, at a height of 117 metres (384 ft) is one of Baltic’s tallest hotels. This hotel is part of the Tornimäe complex, located in the heart of Tallinn, which consists of the hotel and a residential building. The luxury hotel has 238 rooms and suites, 3 restaurants, 3 bars, a spa, and fitness
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Swissôtel Büyük Efes


The Swissôtel Büyük Efes (formerly known as Büyük Efes Hotel) is a hotel located near Cumhuriyet Square in İzmir, Turkey. It is part of the Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts chain. The initial design of the hotel was prepared by architect Paul Bonatz in 1950, but was soon discontinued due to the architect's health problems. The project was soon reassigned to and completed by Turkish architect Fatih Uran. The hotel opened officially in 1964. The hotel was originally owned by The Pension Fund (). In 2003 a new architectural
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Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow


Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow is a 5-star hotel in Moscow managed by Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts. The idea of the hotel project began in 1995, when the OAO Moskva Krasnye Holmy was established to develop a business complex called "Riverside Towers", located on the eastern tip of the Kremlin Island. The shareholder of this joint stock company is ENKA Holding. The hotel construction was designed by Russian architects TTA, with the participation of international architect firm Woods Bagot. For the interior design, the work of interior design company BBG-
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Swissôtel Berlin


Hotel and the 2007 Germany's Leading Conference Hotel. It was managed by Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, which is part of the FRHI Hotels & Resorts group. In early 1991, the Hamburg architects Gerkan, Marg and Partners were retained to draw up a plan for the new Swissôtel Berlin and the commerce building, which led to a pre-notification in 1993. A number of versions with solutions for different unitizations were developed between 1995 and 1998. These plans coordinated between the Charlottenburg district office of Berlin, the building owner,
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Swissôtel The Stamford


Swissôtel The Stamford, formerly known as the Westin Stamford, is a hotel in Singapore managed by Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts. Designed by architect I.M. Pei, at a height of it is one of Southeast Asia's tallest hotels. It is part of the Raffles City complex comprising two hotels, the Raffles City Convention Centre, Raffles City shopping centre, and an office tower. Situated at 2 Stamford Road, the hotel sits above City Hall MRT Station and Esplanade MRT Station. The 5-star hotel is a sister hotel of Fairmont Singapore
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Swissôtel


Swissôtel Hotels and Resorts, commonly known as Swissôtel, is a chain of hotels pitched at the higher end of the hotel market. The chain currently includes 37 properties in 17 countries. Swissôtel is owned by AccorHotels, which acquired FRHI Hotels & Resorts in 2016. The corporate offices for Swissôtel are located in the Prioria Business Center on the property of Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland, near Zürich. Swissôtel was founded in 1981 as a joint venture between the Swissair and Nestlé groups, with its headquarters in the Swiss city of
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Swissôtel The Bosphorus


Swissôtel The Bosphorus is a luxury hotel in Istanbul and is managed by the Switzerland-based hotel chain Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts. The hotel is located in the centre of Istanbul, the largest city in Turkey, on the European banks of the Bosphorus. The hotel is member of The Leading Hotels of the World. Designed by Kanko Kikaku Sekkeisha, the hotel was built in 1989 by Anadolu Japan Turizm AS and opened in 1991. In 2011 the new Swissôtel Living concept was launched allowing people to rent apartments and make use of
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Swissôtel


back to Zurich, where it was headed by its President, Meinhard Huck, who retired in 2013. In December 2015, AccorHotels purchased Swissôtel, along with Raffles and Fairmont hotels, in a $2.9 billion deal. The Swissôtel in Lima, Perú, was involved in the process that led to the sanction of the Peruvian football player Paolo Guerrero. According to the player's defense against FIFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the player was contaminated by having consumed a tea contaminated with coca leaf served in the Swissôtel
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Swissôtel Nankai Osaka


The hotel originally opened in March 1990, as . The building stands 36 floors (with three more floors below ground), and high. In 2003, Raffles Hotels and Resorts signed a deal with Nankai Electric Railway to operate the Nankai South Tower Hotel. As a result of this deal, the property's name was changed to Swissôtel Nankai Osaka, and it became the first Swissôtel Hotels and Resorts property in Japan. In 2016, AccorHotels acquired FRHI Hotels & Resorts, Swissôtel Nankai Osaka become the upper and luxury tier property
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Swissôtel


International Limited, the company that by this stage owned both the Raffles and Swissôtel brands. In May 2006, Colony Capital, together with Kingdom Hotels International, acquired Fairmont Hotels & Resorts. With the completion of the transaction, the Fairmont and Raffles International portfolios were combined, transforming the companies into a global hotel leader (headquartered in Toronto) called Fairmont Raffles Hotels International, with 120 hotels in 23 countries under three brands – Fairmont, Raffles and Swissôtel. After the transaction, the corporate office of Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts moved
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Robert Seppings


Sir Robert Seppings, FRS (11 December 176725 April 1840) was an English naval architect. Seppings was born to Robert and Lydia Seppings at Fakenham, Norfolk, on 11 December 1767 and baptised three days later. In 1782 he was apprenticed in HMNB Devonport, Plymouth. In 1800, when he had risen to be master shipwright assistant in the yard, he invented a device which greatly reduced the time required to repair the lower portions of ships in dry dock when compared with the laborious process of lifting then in vogue.
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Swissôtel The Stamford


1997 when the Baiyoke Tower II was completed in Bangkok, Thailand. On 1 January 2002 the two Westins were sold to Swissôtel/Raffles Hotels and both hotels were renamed, The Westin Stamford becoming Swissôtel The Stamford and The Westin Plaza becoming Raffles The Plaza. When Raffles Hotels was acquired by Fairmont in 2006, the smaller hotel was again renamed, becoming the Fairmont Singapore. Swissôtel The Stamford has 15 food and beverage outlets including JAAN by Kirk Westaway (awarded one star in the Michelin Guide's Singapore edition for 3 consecutive years
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Tiit Kaljundi


in this movement were graduates from the State Art Institute in the early 1970s. This group included Kaljundi, Avo-Himm Looveer, Ain Padrik, Jüri Okas, and Ignar Fjuk, as well as Veljo Kaasik and Toomas Rein from an older generation of architects. After the 1983 exhibition in the Tallinn Art Salon, they became known as the “Tallinn Ten" or the "Tallinn School," a broader term to describe the group used by the Finnish architect Markku Komonen. Early in his career, Kaljundi was an architectural
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Anton Lembit Soans


Anton Lembit Soans (September 17, 1885 Oranienbaum, Russia – November 26, 1966 Tallinn, Estonia) was an Estonian architect, urban planner and lecturer. One of the founding members of the Estonian Architects Union. In 1905, he graduated from the Tallinn Peter’s School of Science (now Tallinn Secondary School of Science). In Estonia, it was not possible to study architecture or engineering, so Anton Soans got his professional education at the Riga Polytechnic Institute (now Riga Technical University) in 1905–1913. At the same
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Tallinn French School


Mr Leesi addressed Tallinn Secondary School No. 7, asking the school administration to give Tallinn French School back its historical building at 3 Hariduse Street. On 31 August 1996, the school moved back to Hariduse St. The architect of the school building is Herbert Johanson, an outstanding Estonian architect from the 1930s. The school building was built in the functional style. Reproductions of works of art cover the walls of the school building (Modigliani, Picasso, Rembrandt, van Gogh etc.). All students take yearly tests on these
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Eero Endjärv


Eero Endjärv (born 24 January 1973) is an Estonian architect. Endjärv was born in Tallinn. From 1988 to 1991 he studied in the 43rd Secondary School of Tallinn. From 1991 to 1995 he studied in the Tallinn Technical University. From 1995 he studied in the Estonian Academy of Arts in the department of architecture and city planning. He graduated from the academy in 2001. Since 2001 Endjärv has worked in the architectural bureau Agabus, Endjärv & Truverk OÜ as an architect and partner. Since 2009 he has also been active
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Karl Tarvas


Karl Tarvas (until 1940 Karl Treumann; 19 April 1885 in Tallinn – 26 December 1975 in Tallinn) was an Estonian architect. Karl Tarvas graduated as an architect from Riga Polytechnic Institute in 1915. During World War I he worked on building shore batteries, and from 1919 to 1923 he became director of shore battery construction. From 1923 to 1926 he worked as an architect in Harju County, Estonia, and proceeded to work as a freelance architect in an independent office until 1940. He designed many buildings in the suburbs of
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Tallinn Power Plant


The Tallinn Power Plant () is a former power plant located in Tallinn, Estonia. Construction of the power plant was initiated by Volta company and it was decided by the Tallinn City Council in 1912 after the work of special committee established in 1909. The plant was located next to the Tallinn Gas Factory at the location of the former Stuart fortress. The plant was designed by Volta and the architect was Hans Schmidt. Originally it used three Laval-type steam turbines and three electric generators—all produced by Volta. Two
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Swissôtel Zürich


. As well as hotel and conference facilities, the hotel also contains a bar and restaurant ("Le Muh"), a branch of the Starbucks coffee chain, a hairdresser and a confectionery shop. The hotel was designed by Fred A. Widmer and built by Karl Steiner AG. It opened in 1972, as the Hotel International Zürich. In 1980 a management contract with Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, founded by Swissair and Nestlé, was signed. Since then, the hotel has officially been called the Swissôtel Zürich. On St
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Sep Ruf


Sep Ruf (full name Franz Joseph Ruf; 9 March 1908, in Munich – 29 July 1982, in Munich) was a German architect and designer, belonging to the Bauhaus group. He was one of the representatives of modern architecture in Germany after World War II. His elegant buildings received high credits in Germany and Europe and his German pavilion of the Expo 58 in Brussels, built together with Egon Eiermann, achieved worldwide recognition. He attended the Interbau 1957 in Berlin-Hansaviertel and was one of the three architects who
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Tallinn University


Central Asia) rankings published by Quacquarelli Symonds, up from 87th in the 2016 edition. In QS World University Rankings by Subject, Tallinn University placed in the 201-250 bracket in Sociology, making it the best university in the Baltic States in the discipline. Tallinn University's main campus buildings have Latin names. Terra (Latin: earth) is the main and oldest building on Tallinn University's campus. It was built for the Tallinn English College in 1938. The building is under heritage protection (architects Alar Kotli and
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Jüri Okas


Jüri Okas (born 26 August 1950 in Tallinn) is a notable Estonian architect, installation artist and printmaker. From 1957 to 1968 Jüri Okas studied in the 46th Secondary School of Tallinn (today’s Pelgulinna Gymnasium of Tallinn). From 1968 to 1970 he studied in the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute (today’s Tallinn Technical University). From 1970 Jüri Okas studied in the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (today’s Estonian Academy of Arts) in the department of architecture. He graduated from the institute in 1974. From
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Swissôtel Zürich


The Swissôtel Zürich, formerly known as the Hotel International Zürich, is a luxury hotel in the Swiss city of Zürich. The hotel is located in the Oerlikon quarter of the city, directly opposite Zürich Oerlikon railway station, and roughly halfway between the city centre and Zurich Airport. The hotel is part of the chain managed by Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, which is based in Zürich and is part of the FRHI Hotels & Resorts group. It has 350 guest rooms and a height of , making it the tallest hotel in Zürich
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Watergate complex


by the Swissôtel hotel group. But the hotel underperformed other Swissôtel operations of similar size, location, and price. Jean-Louis Palladin's eponymous restaurant in the building closed in 1996. The hotel subsequently underwent a renovation in 2000. Swissôtel was purchased by Raffles Hotels and Resorts, and Raffles' management contract ended in May 2002. Blackstone began managing the hotel, and put it up for sale in the fall of 2002 (with an asking price of $50 million to $68 million). Monument Realty bought the
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Alar Kotli


Alar Kotli (27 August 1904 in Väike-Maarja - 4 October 1963 in Tallinn) was an Estonian architect. He studied sculpture at the art school "Pallas" in Tartu during 1922-1923 and mathematics at the University of Tartu. He graduated from the Gdańsk University of Technology in 1927 as an architect. Among the most famous and influential Estonian architects, Kotli has created several important landmarks in Tallinn. These include the Estonian Song Festival grounds (1957-1960, with Henno Sepmann & E. Paalmann), the main
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Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow


BBGM was selected. BBG-BBGM is internationally recognized as one of the leaders in the design of hotels, spas, restaurants and other hospitality projects. The Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow was the tallest hotel building in Moscow when it was completed in 2005. The building features 34 stories. Its design is influenced by geometries, with its circular tower being paired with a stepped, rectilinear podium. After the opening in 2005, Swissôtel Krasnye Holmy Moscow was named “The Best Design Hotel” by Lodging Hospitality Magazine. Moscow's landmark
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Ain Padrik


Ain Padrik (born April 27, 1947) is an Estonian architect. Padrik graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts as an architect in 1971. He belonged to the group of young architects and artists called the Tallinn School, which was grouped from Tiit Kaljundi, Vilen Künnapu, Leonhard Lapin, Avo-Himm Looveer and Ülevi Eljand. During the Soviet period he worked at EKE Projekt. In 1991 Padrik and Vilen Künnapu formed the company Künnapu & Padrik. Padrik has been a teacher at Tallinn University of Technology. He is part
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Swissôtel Amsterdam


Swissôtel Amsterdam is a four-star luxury hotel in Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands, and is managed by the Switzerland-based hotel chain Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts. Swissotel Amsterdam is located near Dam Square, in the heart of Amsterdam’s historic city centre. The hotel was partly built in the 19th and finished in the 20th century. Designed by Hendrik Petrus Berlage who is considered the "Father of Modern Architecture" http://www.mediamatic.net/2121/nl/hendrik-p-berlage ,and takes heavy influence from the Neo-Romanesque brickwork architecture. The hotel officially opened
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Tallinn School No. 21


Tallinn School No. 21 is a secondary school in Tallinn, Estonia. The school was founded as the Tallinn kroonualgkool No. 21. The first schoolhouse was a wooden house on J.Poska 6a. In 1923/24 as the number of students grew, a new schoolhouse was needed. The schoolhouse is at Raua 6. The architect was Artur Perna. In 2001-2003 the schoolhouse was renovated. The school provides both primary and secondary education. In the secondary stage (gymnasium) students can choose between real-sciences, English,
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Anton Uesson


civil engineer. He began his career as an architect and engineer by constructing many of Tallinn's Jugendstil buildings in the 1910s, working for Tallinn's then-mayor Voldemar Lender. By the spring of 1912, Uesson was constructing over 40 houses in the capital city. In 1918 Uesson was a founding member and member of the board of trustees of the Tallinn Technical Institute. In 1919, Anton Uesson was elected the Deputy Mayor of Tallinn; a post which he held until 1934, when he became deputy mayor, which post
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Swissôtel Berlin


and the architects. The planning and building permissions were finally received at the end of 1998. The hotel was under construction from August 1998 until 2001 and opened on 21 August 2001. In October 2013, the hotel received a facelift of the public areas. The hotel closed down in November 2018 and will be redeveloped as offices and business center. The building is high and has a video screen outside the hotel, facing "Kurfürstendamm". The lower three floors of the building are occupied by a branch of the fashion retailer
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Zurich Airport


limousines can be arranged. The Circle, a complex intended to include a medical center, a conference center, shops, restaurants, offices, and hotels, is under construction opposite the "Airport Centre". The complex was designed by Japanese architect Riken Yamamoto and is planned for completion in 2019. Several companies have their headquarters on or about the airport. These include Swiss International Air Lines, Swiss World Cargo, Swiss AviationTraining, Edelweiss Air, gategroup, Helvetic Airways, Swissôtel, and Rega. Other companies that were formerly
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Karl Tarvas


type of building remained an undisputed favorite of the architect. The Tallinn House was not a professionally designed standard project, it was the outcome of local building regulations and construction techniques in everyday practice, that would be suitable for the poorer population as well. That type of house was inherent in the designs of engineers and technicians. This makes Karl Tarvas a unique architect who is consciously orienting for housing for the poorer citizens, doing so very well. The Tallinn House was both socially and architecturally conservative in its time. The spread
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Swissôtel The Stamford


and has 1,252 rooms and suites, 15 restaurants and bars, Raffles City Convention Centre, and one of Asia's largest spas, Willow Stream Spa. A major renovation of the hotel was completed in 2019. The hotel was designed by architect I.M. Pei as the Westin Stamford Singapore, along with its adjacent smaller sister hotel, the Westin Plaza. When completed by the South Korean firm SsangYong Group in 1986, the Westin Stamford was the world's tallest hotel building, rising to a height of , and held that title until
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Ernst Gustav Kühnert


Ernst Gustav Kühnert (21 January 1885 in Tallinn, Estonia – 14 September 1961 in Lübeck, Germany) was an Estonian architect and art historian of Baltic German origin. He studied at the Riga Technical University from 1902 to 1905 and at the Techniche Hochschule Dresden from 1906 to 1908. From 1910 to 1912 Kühnert worked at a private architecture bureau in Kiel, and during the periods of 1912-1914 and 1918-1944 in Tallinn. In 1945 he moved to Lübeck. Kühnert's most active period as an architect was in
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Jacques Rosenbaum


at Riga Polytechnic Institute in Riga. He graduated from university in 1904. After finishing his studies in 1904, Rosenbaum became town architect of Tartu. In 1907, he left the position and moved to Tallinn. Rosenbaum's most productive and arguably most creative time as an architect was during the years 1907–1919, when he worked in Tallinn in a style which can broadly be described as Art Nouveau. His first projects of this time (including a project for a rebuilding of the house of the Blackheads), which were not executed
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Leonhard Lapin


Ten" but they can be put under wider term "Tallinn School" because it covered wider circles of architects, artists, designers and engineers of that generation. During the Soviet time acting as a group was more effective because they could accomplish more than while standing alone. The main message of the group was that architecture is a form of art. The greater goal was to change architecture, environment, people´s attitude towards them and to give sense to contemporary society and culture. "Tallinn's School" experimental architects and artists
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Valve Pormeister


Valve Pormeister "née" Ulm (13 April 1922 – 27 October 2002) was an Estonian landscape architect who became an architect. She was one of the first women to influence the development of Estonian architecture, becoming one of the country's most inventive modernisers of rural architecture in the 1960s and 1970s. She is often known as the "Grand Old Lady" of Estonian architecture. Pormeister was born in Tallinn, studied briefly agronomy at Tartu University and went on to study landscape architecture in Tallinn State Institute of Applied Art.
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Helen Novikov


Helen Novikov (born November 26, 1976) is an Estonian architect and former Olympic luger. She represented Estonia at the 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics. Novikov was born in Tallinn and grew up in Tõrva. She attended the Estonian Academy of Arts in architecture. Following the 1988 Olympics, she got her Bachelor of Applied Science degree at the Tallinn University of Applied Sciences. Novikov began luging in 1987. She trained in Sigulda, Latvia with coaches Viljo Grauding and Peter Kirdi. She is currently an architect for Ritsu AS,
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Estonia Theatre


The Estonia Theatre is a Jugendstil building designed by Finnish architects Armas Lindgren and Wivi Lönn. It was built as a national effort with the leadership of Estonia society in 1913 and was opened to the public on 24 August. At the time, it was the largest building in Tallinn. The opera house was heavily damaged in the Soviet air raid on Tallinn on 9 March 1944. It was reconstructed in a classical and Stalinist style, and reopened in 1947. In 1946, it served as the home of the newly created Tallinn
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Jaan Tiidemann


Jaan Tiidemann (born 21 August 1971 in Tallinn) is an Estonian architect. Jaan Tiidemann studied in the Estonian Academy of Arts in the department of architecture. He graduated from the academy in 1997. From 1996 to 1999 Jaan Tiidemann worked in the Mai Shein Architectural Bureau. From 1999 he works in the Jaan Tiidemann Architectural Bureau. Most notable works by Jaan Tiidemann are the Golf Club of Tallinn in Niitvälja and the Veskimöldre kindergarten. Jaan Tiidemann was one of the nominees of the 2008 Best Young Architect award. Jaan Tiidemann is
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Erich Jacoby


Erich Roman Ludvig Jacoby (16 June 1885 in Tallinn, Estonia – 10 December 1941 in Gdynia, Poland) was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. E.Jacoby is one of the first ten leading architects of Estonian professional architecture, being the founding member of the Estonian Architectural Association (1921) Influenced the Estonian architectural culture significantly through its creative and institutional activities. Erich Jacoby was born in Tallinn as a son of the town engineer Carl Gustav Jacoby. He studied architecture at the Hanover University of Technology (1905-1907)
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Karl Tarvas


Tallinn, particularly two-story houses with stone stairwells, and stone apartment buildings. He also designed Viinistu Elementary School and the church on the island of Naissaar. In 1921 15 architects, including Karl Tarvas, founded the Association of Estonian Architects. Karl Tarvas differed from others of his time by designing vernacular architecture for the middle class. He designed mainly 2- and 3-storey residential buildings in Tallinn, being a true professional in his area. Tarvas planned houses skilfully and thoughtfully. Lots of his works are found on the streets of
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Erika Nõva


Erika Nõva née Volberg (4 April 1905, Muuksi – 22 April 1987, Tallinn) was an Estonian architect, remembered mainly for her farmhouse designs. She was the first woman to graduate as an architect in Estonia. Nõva studied at the Tallinn College of Engineering becoming the Estonia's first female architecture graduate in 1925. Her first post was with the Settlement Office run by the Estonian Ministry of Agriculture which established new areas for settlement on land owned by the State. The hundreds of farmhouses she designed between 1933 and 1938 were
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Edgar Johan Kuusik


questions. In 1973 Kuusik published the book "Construction Engineering", which became the architectural textbook for several generations of Estonian architects. The works of Kuusik include a number of specially designed buildings: the Abja-Paluoja Bank House (1929, later the post office), the Tallinn Art Hall (1934, with Anton Soans), the premises of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Tallinn at the former Kanuti Guild Building (1933), the modern cinema of Tallinn 1930s Modern (destroyed) and Helios (standing empty
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Villem Tomiste


architect. Since 2002 he is a partner in architectural office KOSMOS. In 2012 office name was changed into Stuudio Tallinn. He is best known for his wide range of completed works and polemical/published interventions concerning the subject of urbanity and city-life. The completed works include: the Central Square for the Town of Rakvere; apartment buildings in Laagri; a mixed-use city-block in Rotermanni Quarter in the City of Tallinn and the apartment building with retail space in the Old Town part in the City of Tallinn
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Erich Jacoby


and graduated from the Riga Polytechnic Institute in 1913. He then began work as an architect and in 1915 he became a master of the Finnish national romantic architecture at Lars Sonck. In Tallinn, in 1913-1915, together with H. Schmidt and from 1920 to 1927, together with F. de Vries, architectural bureaus were designed, mainly for residential buildings, as well as for alterations in the Tallinn Old Town and industrial buildings in Tallinn. In 1915-1918, Jacoby was mobilized in a tsarist army in the construction of
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Raine Karp


Raine Karp (born 23 July 1939 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian architect. Raine Karp studied construction at the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute (TPI) for two years (1957-1959) and went to study architecture in Tallinn State Institute of Applied Art (1959-1964). During the time of the Estonian SSR he worked at the SDI Eesti Kommunaalprojekt (1960-1963), the SDI Eesti Projekt (1963-1973 and 1978-1990) and the SDI Eesti Tööstusprojekt (1975-1978). After
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Estonian Drama Theatre


The Estonian Drama Theatre () is a theatre in Tallinn, Estonia. It has the role of a national theatre for Estonia. The Estonia Theatre is located next door. The building that houses the Estonian Drama Theatre was originally built for the German theatre of Tallinn and completed in 1910 to designs by Saint Petersburg architects Nikolai Vassilyev and Aleksei Bubyr. The style is Art Nouveau or, more specifically, National Romantic. An Estonian-language drama school was set up in Tallinn in 1920 by Paul Sepp, and from this the
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Elmar Tampõld


Elmar Tampõld (August 3, 1920 – March 7, 2013) was an Estonian-Canadian architect and founder of an academic base for Estonian studies in Toronto. Tampõld was born and raised in Kärdla on the island of Hiiumaa. He attended the Kärdla Reaalkool, graduating in 1938 and then continued his studies in the capital Tallinn at the Tallinn Teachers’ College. Tampõld graduated in 1941. In 1943 he enrolled in the Tallinn University of Technology, but the continuation of World War II interrupted his education and Tampõld relocated to Sweden
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Janna Holmstedt


possible to contribute to the Park for (Un)wanted Sculptures . This virtual sculpture park has been inspired by the Szobor Park in Hungary and is a growing archive of public art that for different reasons is unwanted. "Monument for the Masses" was exhibited at Tallinn City Gallery , Estonia, Sep-Oct, 2006. The online project is represented at Rhizome.org  at the New Museum of Contemporary Art , New York. external website Collaborative project with Katja Aglert , ongoing since 2004. SQUID is a text focused project which aims to make
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Tallinn Airport


cargo in 1937. Preparation and design works for a new passenger terminal started in 1938. 14 various projects were submitted for the architectural contest of the new terminal building, with the one from the architect Artur Jürvetson winning the contest in February the same year. The construction costs were estimated at 300 thousand Estonian kroons. The first airplane of then the flag carrier of Estonia, AGO, arrived at Tallinn Airport on 5 October 1939, flying the route Dessau - Königsberg - Tallinn. As Estonia was occupied by Soviet Union, on
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Tõnu Mellik


Tõnu Mellik (12 May 1934 Tartu – 3 June 1993 Tallinn) was an Estonian architect. He graduated from Tallinn Secondary School in 1952 and continued his studies at the Moscow State All-Union Institute of Cinematography in directing. From 1953 he studied at the State Institute of the Estonian SSR and graduated in 1959. Worked from 1959 to 62. year in Tallinn and in 1964-68. worked as a senior engineer and a junior researcher at the Institute of Building and Building Materials. Between 1968 and 75 He worked as
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Robert Natus


Robert Natus (16 March 1890 – 31 March 1950) was an Estonian architect of Baltic German descent. Born in Viljandi, Estonia, Natus studied in Tallinn and Riga (in Riga Technical University). In 1939, Natus moved to Germany. His best known work is the current City Hall of Tallinn, built in 1932. With its red clinker mosaique façade and lanterns by the Estonian sculptor Jaan Koort, it is the most prominent building surrounding Freedom Square, and the most beautiful example of expressionist art deco in Tallinn.
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Illimar Truverk


Illimar Truverk (born March 20, 1967 in Tallinn) is an Estonian architect. Truverk studied at the Estonian Academy of Arts in the department of architecture and city planning, graduating in 2001. Since then he has worked for the architectural bureau Agabus, Endjärv & Truverk OÜ. Truverk has also been active in the architectural bureau Allianss Arhitektid OÜ beginning in 2009. His notable works include the Viimsi School, the new building of the Tallinn University, the villa in Otepää and the new library of the Tallinn Technical University. Truverk
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Karl Tarvas


Tallinn. His buildings are well-executed and highly valued. Tarvas was active mainly in the 1920–1930s, when the opportunity to take a construction loan, provided the architect with work. He mainly designed two- or three-storey apartment buildings for the peripheral areas of Tallinn, which are so typical of Pelgulinn, Kalamaja and Kadriorg landscapes today. As a further development of the lender's house type, the houses with wood flooring and the staircase with central silicate tiles became site-specifically called as Tallinn-type houses. This
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Stern


called for "fashioning" the after part of the ship. This frame is designed to support the various beams that make up the stern. In 1817 the British naval architect Sir Robert Seppings first introduced the concept of the round or "circular" stern. The square stern had been an easy target for enemy cannon, and could not support the weight of heavy stern chase guns. But Seppings' design left the rudder head exposed, and was regarded by many as simply ugly—no American warships were designed with such sterns
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Anton Lembit Soans


Estonian Architects). Anton Soans had a very varied career. Specialist career began in St. Petersburg as a member of the Association of Apartment Buildings under the guide of Ernst Wierich, it was recommended to work with someone for a few years before becoming independent professional. During World War I, he headed the construction of insurances and military buildings in Petrograd and in Tallinn. Teacher active: 1924–34 at Tallinn Technical College, 1936–39 at the Tallinn Technical University and 1946-56 at the Estonian National Art Institute (now Estonian Academy of
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Tõnis Kimmel


Tõnis Kimmel (born January 22, 1977 in Tallinn) is an Estonian architect. From 1984 to 1992 Tõnis Kimmel studied in the 7th Secondary School of Tallinn (today’s Tallinn English College) and from 1992 to 1995 in the King Gustav Adolf's Grammar School. From 1995 he studied in the Estonian Academy of Arts in the department of architecture and city planning. He graduated from the academy in 2002. From 2002 to 2006, Tõnis Kimmel worked in the architectural bureau KOKO arhitektid OÜ. From 2005 Tõnis Kimmel works in
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Tõnu Laigu


Tõnu Laigu (born February 14, 1956 in Tallinn) is an Estonian architect. From 1963 to 1974 Tõnu Laigu studied in the 46th Secondary School of Tallinn (today’s Pelgulinna Gymnasium of Tallinn). From 1975 Tõnu Laigu studied in the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (today’s Estonian Academy of Arts) in the department of architecture. He graduated from the institute in 1979. From 1979 to 1989 Tõnu Laigu worked in the state design bureau Eesti Kommunaalprojekt (Estonian Communal Design). From 1989 to 1990 he
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Andres Põime


Andres Põime (born August 10, 1957 in Tallinn) is a notable Estonian architect. From 1964 to 1975 Andres Põime studied in the 2nd Secondary School of Tallinn (today’s Secondary Science School of Tallinn). From 1975 he studied in the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (today’s Estonian Academy of Arts) in the department of architecture. He graduated from the institute in 1980. From 1980 to 1990 Andres Põime worked in the state design bureau Eesti Kommunaalprojekt (Estonian Communal Project). From 1991 to present
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Theophilus P. Chandler Jr.


Theophilus Parsons Chandler Jr. (Sep 7, 1845– August 16, 1928) was an American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He spent his career at Philadelphia, and is best remembered for his churches and country houses. He founded the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania (1890), and served as its first head. Born in Boston on 7 Sep 1845, the son of Theophilus Parsons Chandler and his wife Elizabeth J Schlatter, Chandler was educated at Harvard University and in the atelier of
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Swissôtel Berlin


The Swissôtel Berlin was a luxury hotel in Berlin, Germany. The hotel overlooked the crossing of the "Kurfürstendamm" shopping avenue with "Joachimstaler Straße", in the city's Charlottenburg quarter. Both the Zoo railway station and Kurfürstendamm U-Bahn station were nearby. As well as hotel and conference facilities, the hotel included Restaurant 44, which features Swiss cuisine and overlooks the "Kurfürstendamm", as well as the Palermo bar and the Grande Gallerie cafe. The hotel won two awards, the 2008 Germany's Leading Business
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Swissôtel


Swissôtel in Lima hindered the obtaining of evidentiary evidence that was required to sustain its case before the Court of Arbitration for Sport: ""The hotel was an important factor that hurt me, that is very clear, when I came here to Peru to find the evidence of how this had been caused, the Swissotel turned its back on me, they did not support me at any time. What I wanted to know was the truth.""""They threatened the waiter so he would not talk. At the hotel they did not
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Zurich. Initially, hotels were operated in Berne, New York City, Geneva and Zurich. In 1990, the hotel group became a fully owned subsidiary of the Swissair group, and in 1996, its head office moved from Zurich to New York. In 2001, with the parent airline in the serious financial difficulties that eventually lead to its demise, Swissôtel was sold to Raffles Holdings Limited, the owner of the famous Raffles Hotel in Singapore. In July 2005, Colony Capital, a private international investment firm, acquired Raffles
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Swissôtel The Stamford


), recreational facilities, and a convention center. The food, beverage and spa outlets at both Swissôtel The Stamford and Fairmont Singapore are operated by the same management. The Raffles City Convention Centre has 27 meeting rooms capable of accommodating events of all sizes. The Executive Conference Centre with a satellite conference system featuring icon-based touch screen and advanced facilities is the preferred venue for global conferences. The hotel is a vertical-sided skyscraper with balconies. Since 2013, three people have fallen to their deaths from the hotel balconies
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World Qualification Series (2009)


18 - Aug 23" 30th Anniversary of the Lacanau Pro and good conditions this year. Surf, concerts, events scheduled. Check out the video for a summary of the event http://vimeo.com/6994555 "Aug 25 - Aug 30" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 01 - Sep 06" "Sep 04 - Sep 06" "Sep 09 - Sep 12" "Sep 10 - Sep 13" "Sep 08 - Sep 13" "Sep 15 - Sep 20" "Sep 16 - Sep 22" "Sep
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List of 1982–83 NBA season transactions


1982 Oct 2, 1982 Oct 1, 1982 Sep 30, 1982 Sep 29, 1982 Sep 28, 1982 Sep 27, 1982 Sep 24, 1982 Sep 22, 1982 Sep 20, 1982 Sep 19, 1982 Sep 18, 1982 Sep 17, 1982 Sep 15, 1982 Sep 14, 1982 Sep 13, 1982 Sep 10, 1982 Sep 9, 1982 Sep 7, 1982 Sep 2, 1982 Sep 1, 1982 Aug 31, 1982 Aug 27, 1982 Aug 26, 1982 Aug 16, 1982 Aug 8,
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St. John's Church, Tallinn


. The church is built in the neo-Gothic style, with soaring lancet arches, and is a very large building, spanning three principal aisles, with a tall tower at the west end, topped with a decorative spire. There is a choir and chancel, a small semi-circular apse, and a large vestry. The church is built on the eastern edge of Freedom Square, Tallinn, and dominates the square, architecturally. The Master Mason and building supervisor was Carl Sensenberg, and the architect of the church
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Fairmont Singapore


hotels are currently managed by Fairmont Raffles Hotels International. Fairmont Singapore currently houses one of Asia's largest spas - Willow Stream, formerly RafflesAmrita Spa, and shares all sports and recreation facilities with Swissôtel The Stamford. The hotel is connected to Swissôtel The Stamford, Raffles City, City Hall MRT Station, and CityLink Mall. In 2005, the 117th IOC Session was held in the Raffles City Convention Centre, located in Raffles City. Most IOC members stayed in this hotel, as did several well-known figures who came to
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Anton Lembit Soans


time, several other well-known names studied  architecture in Riga, such as Erich Jacoby and Karl Treumann-Tarvas, Herbert Johanson, Eugen Habermann, Ernest Kühnert (also graduates of Tallinn Secondary School of Science) and Edgar Johan Kuusik. This Riga group is considered to be the first generation of Estonian architects. Due to the lack of architects, there was no corresponding organization in Estonia in the tsarist era. In 1921, 10 local architects, including Anton Soans, founded the Estonian Architects Association (now the Union of
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Tallinn University


Mattias Agabus, Eero Endjärv, Raul Järg, Priit Pent and Illimar Truverk. Astra (Latin: star) is the newest building in the university. This building is features laboratories. The building was designed by Ignar Fjuk and completed in 2012. Silva (Latin: forest) was completed in 1982 and is a typical example of Soviet architecture. Designed by the architect Ester Liiberg. Ursa (Latin: bear) was built in 1964 and presently houses the Arts Department. Internationalisation is positioned as one of Tallinn University's goals
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Freedom Square, Tallinn


Freedom Square () is a plaza on the southern end of the Old Town in Tallinn, Estonia, where the military parades and various concerts take place. It is bounded on the east by St. John's Church (built 1862-67), on the south by Kaarli Boulevard and an underground shopping center (2008–09), and on the west by a Victory Column (2009) commemorating the Estonian War of Independence 1918–1920. The current design was created by architects Tiit Trummal, Veljo Kaasik and Andres Alver. Before 2010
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Tallinn Town Hall


divided into two floors and was divided into separate rooms. In 1860, the quadrangular windows were built ogival. In 1944, the spire of the town hall burst into flames and was destroyed in the bombing of Tallinn in the World War II. This was the push to renovation after the war. The restorations were extensive. The tower was restored in 1952. In 1959–1960, the arcade was opened again and the traces of reconstructions from the previous century were removed. In 1971–1975 (architect Teddy Böckler, interior decorators Leila Pärtelpoeg
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AHHAA


Tartu. From the very beginning, the head of Science Centre AHHAA was Tiiu Sild. In 2008, the AHHAA 4D Adventure Cinema was opened in the Lõunakeskus shopping centre in Tartu. In 2009, a branch office of Science Centre AHHAA was opened in Tallinn at the Freedom Square (the Tallinn branch was closed at the end of 2013). On 7 May 2011 Science Centre AHHAA in Tartu opened the doors of its new, 11,156 m² building engineered by architects Vilen Künnapu and Ain Padrik in the heart of the city.
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Ants Mellik


Ants Mellik (1 June 1926 Tartu – 26 September 2005) was an Estonian architect. He graduated from Tallinn Secondary School in 1944 and continued his studies at the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute, graduating in 1950. 1952-56 He was a post-graduate student at the Scientific Research Institute and from 1958 to 68. years of research scientist. He worked in the "Estonian project" and in 1956-57. He was a member of the Construction Committee until then. 1957-58 He was a member of the Architectural
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Ants Mellik


Department of the Executive Committee of the Council of Workers' Deputies of the City of Tallinn, and from 1968 to 92. in the "EKE Project". Son of sculptor Voldemar Mellik and Linda Mellik, brother of architect Tõnu Mellik. Ants Mellik presented a moder conception where architecture evolves from the needs of society, specific circumstances and democratic needs. Ants Mellik drafted a plan for the Tallinn Hiiu quarter and designed the pointbuildings for Ilmarise Street. This residential project was also implemented in Keila and with changes in Mustamäe. Did
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Estonian art


a family in a home. This period of art was not as popular when compared to other art periods. The most notable work is The Bronze Soldier (made by Enn Roos and Supervising architect Arnold Alas) it was unveiled on the 22 September 1947 on the second anniversary of the Soviet Red Army re-entering Tallinn in September 1944. It was originally a war memorial for the people lost in the Second World War, and was moved between several war graves, but subsequently was put at the Tallinn military cemetery where it
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Andres Siim


Andres Siim (born February 25, 1962) is an Estonian architect. Andres Siim was born in Tallinn and studied in the National Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (today’s Estonian Academy of Arts) in the department of architecture. He graduated from the institute in 1985. Andres Siim works in the architectural bureau Siim & Kreis OÜ. Notable works by Andres Siim are the Nissan Center in Tallinn, the main office of the Hansapank bank, and the new dormitory of the Tartu University. Andres Siim is a member of
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Erich Jacoby


a maritime insurance company in Tallinn. In 1921, Erich Jacoby was one of the founding members of the Estonian Association of Architects, from 1927-1932, Erich Jacoby was the head of the Agricultural Union Civil Construction Service from the year 1931 as the Head of the Agricultural Union of Officials, State Officials and Farmers. Head of Construction Services at the Associate Union in 1927-32. From 1932, Erich Jacoby was a lecturer at Tallinn Technical School, as well as actively participated in various competitions at the exhibitions and during
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Enn Vetemaa


Enn Vetemaa (June 20, 1936 – March 28, 2017) was an Estonian writer sometimes referred as a "forgotten classic" as well as "the unofficial master of the Estonian Modernist short novel". Vetemaa was born in Tallinn to a family of an architect. He graduated from Tallinn Polytechnic Institute in 1959 with a degree in Chemical Engineering. His choice of the subject was influenced by his grandfather, a pioneer photographer and radio-engineer, who started photography in 19th century and experimented with radio-transmitting two years
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Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort Bangkok


The Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort Bangkok is a luxury wellness hotel on Witthayu Road, Bangkok, Thailand. The hotel was built by Thai developer Lursakdi Sampatisiri in 1984 as the Hilton International Bangkok at Nai Lert Park, managed by Hilton International. On June 13, 2003 the Sampatisiri family signed Raffles International Hotels to manage the hotel in their Swissôtel division, and on January 1, 2004 it was renamed first Nai Lert Park Bangkok, a Raffles International Hotel and then later Swissôtel Nai Lert Park Bangkok. It contained 338 rooms. Lonely
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Reto Wittwer


1976 he was appointed to director of food and beverage of the Mandarin Singapore International. Two years later Wittwer moved to the Peninsula Group in Hong Kong. In March 1979 Wittwer joined Hyatt International and worked in Canada, Mexico and Indonesia, taking on his first general manager role aged just 30. In 1982 Wittwer returned to Paris as general manager of the Le Méridien Montparnasse. Five years later he changed to the Swissair Nestlé Swissôtel Ltd as vice president for Asia. During his five years with Swissôtel, he was promoted to senior
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Fairmont Singapore


Fairmont Singapore (Chinese: 费尔蒙特酒店), formerly Raffles The Plaza (Chinese: 莱佛士大厦) is the sister hotel of Swissôtel The Stamford located within the Raffles City complex in Singapore. It has a total of 769 rooms and suites housed within two 26-storey towers. Opened as The Westin Plaza in 1986, the hotel was refurbished together with Swissôtel The Stamford, formerly known as the Westin Stamford, and was renamed Raffles The Plaza on January 1, 2002 and Fairmont Singapore on December 12, 2007 with a change in branding. Both
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Leonhard Lapin


value. Lapin belonged to the generation of "young angry architects" together with other young architects who graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts during the 1970s. At that time L. Lapin was a persona non grata among architects but in the arts sphere he was recognized as an enfant terrible. Other group members were Vilen Künnapu, Tiit Kaljundi, Avo-Himm Looveer, Ain Padrik, Jüri Okas, Jaan Ollik and Ignar Fjuk, joined by a bit older architects Veljo Kaasik and Toomas Rein). They called themselves "The Tallinn
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Sep Ruf


1593 to 1596. In the 17th century it was called the Herzog-Max-Burg. After it was destroyed in World War II., only the renaissance-tower was still standing. The city asked some architects to find ideas for the place and allowed to destroy the old tower. Only Ruf and Theo Papst were the two architects, who wanted to save it. So both got the order to build the New Maxburg. The steel skeleton building followed the structure of the tower and in the middle of the buildings
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Tallinn Town Hall


and preserved and a small but exciting part of them is on the exhibition on the Town Hall's attic. You can see there the letters written to the town council and aldermen from the 14th–16th centuries, medieval firefighting equipment, tools, the revolutionary leaflets from the year 1905 etc. Teddy Böckler (17.05.1930 – 08.12.2005), was Tallinn Town Hall's restoration architect since 1959, till the last restoration phase that was finished according to his project in 2006. Most of the elements of the interior decor were not thrown away as
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Arent Passer


Arent Passer (c. 1560 – 1637) was a stonemason and architect of Dutch origin. He was born in The Hague and worked in Tallinn from 1589 until his death. Arent Passer is buried in St. Olaf's church in Tallinn. Best known artwork by Arent Passer is the tomb chest of the Swedish Commander-in Chief Pontus De La Gardie and his wife baroness Sofia Johansdotter Gyllenhielm in the Dome Church, made in 1595. Architectural solution of the facade with numerous relieves of former House of the Blackheads,
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Tallinn Airport


terminal built in 1954 became obsolete and unable to cope with growing airport traffic, the construction of the current terminal building began in 1976 and the terminal was opened in 1980, prior to the 1980 Summer Olympics sailing event, which was held in the city. The architect of the new terminal was Mihhail Piskov, who got visual inspiration from traditional Estonian housebarns, and the interior designer was Maile Grünberg. The runway was also lengthened then. The first foreign airline since World War II to operate regular flights from Tallinn was SAS,
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Mart Port


Mart Port (4 January 1922 – 3 February 2012) was an Estonian architect and pedagogue. He is mostly notable for being in the head of many statutory plans during the Soviet era, those including Tallinn, Tartu, Pärnu, Viljandi and Tallinn's districts Mustamäe, Väike-Õismäe and Lasnamäe. His most notable individual objects include the Viru Hotel (1968–1972), the building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Estonia (now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; with Raine Karp, Uno Tölpus and Olga Kontšajeva,
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Arnold Alas


Arnold Alas (known as Arnold Hoffart until 1939; 1 July 1911 – 20 April 1990) was an Estonian landscape architect and artist. Alas was born in Tapa, and died, aged 80, in Tallinn. He is most known for his work on the World War II memorial ensemble in Tallinn, which is now widely referred to as the Bronze Soldier and includes a two-meter bronze statue (by Enn Roos) of a soldier in a Soviet uniform and an accompanying monumental stone structure. The memorial was relocated amid
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Jacques Rosenbaum


been suggested that he was inspired by the theoretical works of Camillo Sitte in this and other projects. The house on Pikk 23/25 was well received in the local press, and helped establish Rosenbaum as an architect in Tallinn. In 1910, Rosenbaum completed another project for Reinhold Reichman, this time on Pikk 18 – just across the street from the earlier building. This building, possibly the most well-known Art Nouveau building in Tallinn, is a decidedly more purely Art Nouveau. Two large dragons, again sculpted by August Volz
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Mai Šein


Mai Šein (born 10 May 1946 in Räägi, Saaremaa) is a notable Estonian architect. Mai Šein studied in the National Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (today's Estonian Academy of Arts) in the department of architecture. She graduated from the institute in 1970. From 1970 to 1990, Mai Šein worked in the Tallinn office of the soviet design bureau Tsentrosojuz Projekt. Currently Mai Šein works in the architectural bureau Mai Šein OÜ. Notable works by Mai Šein are the Golf Club of Tallinn in Niitvälja, the building
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Veronika Valk


Veronika Valk (born November 21, 1976 in Tallinn) is an Estonian architect. Veronika Valk graduated from Tallinn 21.Keskkool with gold medal in 1994. She studied in the Estonian Academy of Arts in the department of architecture and city planning. She graduated from the academy in 2001 with master's degree, "cum laude". From 1996 to 1997 she studied in the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD, Providence, RI, USA). In 2009, she received Estonian Cultural Endowment National Annual Award in architecture for Lasva
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Siiri Vallner


Siiri Vallner (born 9 April 1972) is an Estonian architect. Vallner was born in Tallinn and studied in the Estonian Academy of Arts in the department of architecture. She graduated from the academy in 1997. From 1998 to 1999 she studied in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. From 2001 Siiri Vallner has worked in the architectural bureau Head Arhitektid OÜ and from 2003 in the architectural bureau Kavakava OÜ. Most notable works by Siiri Vallner are the Museum of Occupations in Tallinn, the sports hall of Lasnamäe, the central
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Yoko Alender


Yoko Alender (born 13 June 1979 in Tallinn) is an Estonian architect, civil servant and a politician. She is a member of the XIII Estonian Parliament, the Riigikogu. Since 2014, she is a member of the liberal Reform Party. From 2013 to 2014, Alender belonged to conservative Pro Patria and Res Publica Union. From 1986-1989, she attended the Tallinn School No. 7. In 1989, she commenced studies at the Estonian School in Stockholm, where she continued until 1995. She attended the Södra
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Bronze Soldier of Tallinn


Estonian War of Independence. Both were later arrested by the NKVD and sent to the Gulag. The Bronze Soldier monument, with its figure of a soldier against a stone background, was created in 1947 by Enn Roos and supervising architect Arnold Alas. It was unveiled on 22 September 1947, on the third anniversary of the Soviet Red Army re-entering Tallinn in 1944. Originally intended as an official war memorial to Soviet soldiers who died fighting in World War II, an eternal flame was added in front of the monument in
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Tiit Kaljundi


Tiit Kaljundi (4 April 1946 - 8 February 2008) was an Estonian architect and a member of the Tallinn School. He graduated first in his class from Viljandi High School in 1964 and then studied at the Polytechnic Institute in the Faculty of Economics. He attended the Estonian Academy of Arts starting in 1965 and graduated in 1970. Tiit Kaljundi became well known in the later part of the 1970s as a part of a new movement of Estonian architects that was led by Leonhard Lapin and Vilen Künnapu. The majority of the architects
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Expo 58


pavilion was designed by the architects Egon Eiermann and Sep Ruf. The world press called it the most polished and sophisticated pavilion of the exhibition. The pavilion of Yugoslavia was designed by the architect Vjenceslav Richter, who originally proposed to suspend the whole structure from a giant cable-stayed mast. When that proved too complicated, Richter devised a tension column consisting of six steel arches supported by a pre-stressed cable, which stood in front of the pavilion as a visual marker and symbolized Yugoslavia's six constituent republics. Filled with
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Sep Ruf


1936-1938 he was ordered to build parts of the Werdenfels and the Kemmel barracks in Murnau, after the war they were used by the US army and German troops. As soon as possible he went back to the building of private houses. In 1939 Ruf had to go to war. From 1940 to 1942 he was allowed to stay at home because he worked as an independent architect with the family of Hugo Junkers. From 1934 to 1936, one year before his death, Junkers had allowed the 26-year-old architect
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