Tallinn Cruise Terminal topped by 850-metre promenade
Tiered seating and a children's playground both feature on the roof of a new cruise terminal building in the Estonian capital, designed by local studios Salto Architects and Stuudio Tallinn. More
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"We're building tunnels not walls" says Angry Birds co-founder behind plan to link Helsinki and Tallinn via undersea tunnel
A €15 billion project to link the capitals of Finland and Estonia via a tunnel beneath the Baltic Sea will create a metropolitan area "much, much better" for tech startups than Silicon Valley, according to CEO Peter Vesterbacka. More
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B210 designs "treehouse-inspired" Maidla Nature Villa to immerse guests in an Estonian bogland
This wedge-shaped holiday cabin by Estonian architecture office B210 is raised above its boggy site on stilts and features steps that climb over the building to reach a rooftop terrace. More
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Estonian Academy of Arts students create furniture from raw limestone
Blocks of limestone are transformed into furniture in this collection by students from the Estonian Academy of Arts. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects unveils plans for high-speed train station in Tallinn
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed visuals for a multimodal Ülemiste terminal in Tallinn, Estonia, which will form part of the Rail Baltica high-speed rail network. More
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Digital models and augmented reality used to build twisting pavilion in Tallinn
SoomeenHahm Design, Igor Pantic and Fologram have built a twisting pavilion for the 2019 Tallinn Architecture Biennale using augmented reality and old-fashioned woodworking. More
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Two gabled black cabins form summer retreat on an Estonian beach
Two gabled cabins with pitch-black exteriors form a holiday house on Matsi Beach in Estonia, built on the remains of a Soviet-era fishing village by architect Hanna Karits. More
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Arvo Pärt Centre by Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos is surrounded by Estonian forest
The Arvo Pärt Centre, which is dedicated to the Estonian composer, is deep in an pine forest and has no main entrance or exit. More
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Zigzag metal roof covers new and old saunas in Estonia
Peeter Pere and Eva Kedelauk have covered a new sauna and an existing traditional wooden smoke sauna, in Varbola, Estonia, with a zigzagging aluminium roof. More
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Arvo Pärt's music celebrated in multi-sensory installation at V&A
A multi-sensory exhibition at the V&A's Norfolk House Music Room, created as part of this month's London Design Festival, aims to bring the work Estonian composer Arvo Pärt to life through his own words. More
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Angular roofs funnel daylight into coastal summer house inspired by traditional Estonian buildings
This summer house in the Estonian village of Muraste comprises a cluster of timber volumes topped with faceted roofs and triangular roof lights that allow natural light to pour into the interiors. More
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Zaha Hadid Architects wins Tallinn port contest
Zaha Hadid Architects has designed a masterplan for Tallinn's port, boasting a new cruise ship terminal as well as office and housing districts intended to spark regeneration around the waterfront of the Estonian capital. More
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Wooden spike shelters grandstand at Estonian stadium by KAMP Arhitektid
The sharply angled roof, walls and steps at either end of this stadium in the Estonian city of Pärnu direct spectators up and into the main grandstand. More
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Floating wooden pavilion designed by students to deal with forest flooding in Estonia
Estonian interior architecture students designed this floating timber pavilion to provide a shelter, sauna and campfire for visitors to the Soomaa National Park wetlands during flooding. More
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Estonia's wedge-shaped national museum opens on former Soviet airbase
A 350-metre-long glass block ramps up from the runway of a former soviet airfield near the city of Tartu to form the Estonian National Museum, which officially opens to the public today (+ slideshow). More
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Kodasema creates tiny prefabricated house that moves with its owners
This tiny prefabricated dwelling by Estonian design collective Kodasema is designed to allow its residents to up sticks and move to a new location in less than a day (+ slideshow). More
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Dorell Ghotmeh Tane's Estonian National Museum occupies site of former Soviet airbase
Paris architecture office Dorell Ghotmeh Tane has created a new home for the Estonian National Museum – a 355-metre-long sloping glass building that rises from the runway of a former Soviet airbase near the city of Tartu (+ slideshow). More
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Venice Biennale's first Baltic States Pavilion investigates post-Soviet infrastructure
Venice Architecture Biennale 2016: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have united for the first time at the Biennale to present the Baltic Pavilion, which explores the impact of redeveloping the region's Soviet-era infrastructure (+ slideshow). More
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KAMP Arhitektid creates tree-filled office within former Soviet-era factory
KAMP Arhitektid has installed angular wooden rooms and five metre-high trees inside a former factory in Estonia, to create an office modelled on a "bright summer forest". More
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Giant timber megaphones designed by students to amplify sounds of an Estonian forest
This trio of mammoth timber funnels is designed to magnify the natural sounds of a forest in southern Estonia, and to double up as a space for ramblers to contemplate and rest. More
