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Ain Padrik
Ain Padrik (born 27 April 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 of the Union of Estonian Architects. Creation One of his works is the Raikküla Kolkhoz building (1981). The postmodernist building is masterfully bounded with a mansion ensemble close by. Throughout the building there are details of classical architecture - pillars, pilasters and frontons. At the same time the building follows the sample house architecture. In the same year, Padrik and Künnapu took part in the Tallinn 2. Secondary School competition. A postmodern building ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Academy Of Arts
The Estonian Academy of Arts ( Estonian: ''Eesti Kunstiakadeemia'', EKA) is the only public university in Estonia providing higher education in art, design, architecture, media, art history and conservation-restoration. It is based in Tallinn. According to the Statutes of the EKA, the main objective of activity at the Estonian Academy of Arts is to promote creativity and research, enabling the acquirement of a contemporary higher education based on integrated study, meeting the standard of higher education in the field of fine arts, design, media, architecture, art history, conservation-restoration and teacher education. With the Estonian Minister of Education and Research' Act no.145 from February 10, 2007, the EKA was accredited by an international expert committee as an institution. The Estonian Academy of Arts has signed around 80 bilateral agreements with universities which participate in ERASMUS programme, but has also partner institutions outside the ERASMUS higher educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klooga, Estonia
Klooga is a small borough () in Lääne-Harju Parish in Harju County in northern Estonia. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 1,203, of which the Estonians were 642 (53.4%). During the German occupation in World War II, Klooga concentration camp, a Nazi labor camp, was situated there as a satellite camp of Vaivara concentration camp. On 19 September 1944, about 2,000 inmates of the Klooga camp were executed and the corpses burned on pyres. A large area of the settlement is covered by Estonian Defence Forces' military training field Klooga training area. Klooga has rail stations Klooga and Klooga-Aedlinn on the Elron western route. Gallery File:Klooga raudteejaama peahoone.jpg, Klooga railway station File:Klooga alevik.jpg, Former Soviet Army buildings File:Klooga terroriohvrite ühishaud.jpg, Grave of Holocaust victims at Klooga cemetery. File:Klooga lake.JPG, Lake Klooga See also *Kloogaranna Kloogaranna is a village in Lääne-Harju Parish, Harju Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Order Of The White Star
The Order of the White Star ( et, Valgetähe teenetemärk; french: Ordre de l'Etoile Blanche) was instituted in 1936. The Order of the White Star is bestowed on Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and t ...n citizens and foreigners to give recognition for services rendered to the Estonian state. Design Classes The Order of the White Star comprises one special collar class, five basic classes, and one medal: * Special class: Collar of the Order. It is a golden necklet that has smaller Stars in its design all around it. * The five main classes: ** First Class – It has two different types, the male version and the female version. The male version of the Order of the White Star has wider ribbons than the female class. ** Second Class – It has two different types, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AHHAA
Science Centre AHHAA ( Estonian: ''Teaduskeskus AHHAA'') is a science centre located in Tartu, Estonia, and is currently the largest science centre in the Baltic states. AHHAA was established to promote science and technology using interactive exhibits. Since 7 May 2011, Science Centre AHHAA has been in the building located in the centre of Tartu. History AHHAA was established as a project of the University of Tartu on 1 September 1997. Since 2004 it has operated as a foundation constituted by the city of Tartu and the University of Tartu. The activities of the Science Centre AHHAA Foundation are coordinated by a committee composed of Katrin Pihor, Hannes Astok, Aune Valk, Reno Laidre and Jaanika Anderson. Additionally, the practical aspects of the activities of the foundation are appraised by a science committee composed of experts. AHHAA is governed by the board consisting of two members. Tiiu Sild was the head of the board until 2012. She was followed by Andres Juur (hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jõelähtme
Jõelähtme (german: Jegelecht) is a village in Jõelähtme Parish, Harju County, northern Estonia. (retrieved 27 July 2021) Gallery File:Jõelähtme postijaama peahoone1.jpg, Post office File:Jõelähtme rahvamaja juulis 2018.jpg, Community centre File:Mälestussammas.JPG, Estonian War of Independence The Estonian War of Independence ( et, Vabadussõda, literally "Freedom War"), also known as the Estonian Liberation War, was a defensive campaign of the Estonian Army and its allies, most notably the United Kingdom, against the Bolshevik wes ... memorial References Villages in Harju County Kreis Harrien {{Harju-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keila
Keila (german: Kegel) is a town and an urban municipality in Harju County in north-western Estonia, 25 km southwest of Tallinn. Keila is also the location of administrative buildings of the surrounding Keila Parish, a rural municipality separate from the town itself. History The oldest traces of human settlement in Keila trace back 2000 to 3000 years BC. Around 1000 years ago the village of Keila was established along the Keila river. In 1219 the Danish conquered Northern-Estonia and chose Keila as the site on which the Vomentakæ parochial Revala county church was to be built. The first church was a small wooden structure dedicated primarily to St. Michael which was replaced with a stone church at the end of the 13th century. Subsequently, the first written mention of Keila (''Keikŋl'') comes from Danish evaluation book writings in 1241. In the 15th-16th century, a settlement comprising some tens of buildings and a hundred people formed around the church. At the same t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sindi, Estonia
Sindi (german: Zintenhof) is a town in Tori Parish, in Pärnu County, Estonia, with a population of 3906 in 2017. It is located 14 kilometers from the county capital Pärnu, on the left coast of the Pärnu River. History In the area of Sindi was the Mesolithic settlement of Pulli, dating from around 8500 BC - the oldest known settlement in Estonia. It was discovered by geologists in 1965. The settlement probably existed for a short period, as the area was later covered by water. As a swampy region, the area remained unpopulated until the 16th century. The town's name is derived from Clauss Zindt, a mayor of Pärnu in 1565, who founded a manor (Zintenhof) where the town is now. The settlement was formed in 1833 around a textile factory owned by the manor. It officially became a borough in 1921 and a town in 1938. Important to the town's development was the founding of a railway station 1928. The railway operated until 1970. Geography Sindi is located on the left bank of Pärnu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiit Kaljundi
Tiit Kaljundi (4 April 1946 – 1 February 2008) was an Estonian architect and a member of the Tallinn School.ajaleht Sakala, nr.25, 6 veebruar 2008, lk 11 He 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 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.Mart Kalm Eesti 20. sajandi arhitektuur. Lk 315, 414 Early life He was born in Paide and later and graduated first in his class from Viljandi High School in 1964 and then studied at the Polytec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignar Fjuk
Ignar Fjuk (born 12 March 1953, Tartu) is an Estonian architect, politician and radio journalist, most notable for being one of the voters for the Estonian restoration of Independence. He graduated from Hugo Treffner Gymnasium in 1971, and from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 1976 as an architect. For years, Klassikaraadio has been broadcasting his ''Räägivad'' talk show. In 1987, the Culture Council of the Estonian SSR's Artistic Associations was created on his initiative. Fjuk was a member of the Estonian Centre Party. He is currently in the Estonian Reform Party. He was a member of the Constitutional Assembly, as well as a member of the Riigikogu. Fjuk, along with Estonian, speaks English, Russian and Polish Polish may refer to: * Anything from or related to Poland, a country in Europe * Polish language * Poles, people from Poland or of Polish descent * Polish chicken *Polish brothers (Mark Polish and Michael Polish, born 1970), American twin screenwr .... Awards *2001: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
