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
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Nieto Sobejano scores Estonian cultural centre for composer Arvo Pärt
News: Spanish office Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos has won a competition to design a woodland cultural centre for the organisation run by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, after claiming their proposal won't involve felling a single tree (+ slideshow). More
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Six-sided modular cabin by Jaanus Orgusaar with wooden walls and fisheye windows
This six-sided wooden cabin by Estonian designer Jaanus Orgusaar has walls that zigzag up and down and two circular windows resembling fisheye camera lenses (+ slideshow). More
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Private house in Tallinn by KAMP Arhitektid
Estonian architects KAMP have completed a timber house outside Tallinn that's cranked around an oak tree. More
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A Path in the Forest by Tetsuo Kondo Architects
A walkway by Tetsuo Kondo Architects winds its way around tree trunks and up into the canopy at a park in Tallinn, Estonia. More
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NO99 Straw Theatre by Salto Architects
Estonian studio Salto Architects have completed a temporary summer theatre in Tallinn made of black spray-painted straw bales. More
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Summer Theatre by Kadarik Tüür Arhitektid
This temporary outdoor stage in Estonia by local studio Kadarik Tüür Arhitektid is made entirely from timber batons. More
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EMÜ Sports Hall by Salto Architects
Estonian firm Salto Architecs have completed a sports hall in Tartu, Estonia, where the concave rectangular structure appears to be draped over the undulating landscape. More
