Dmitri Bruns (, ''Dmitry Vladimirovich Bruns''; ; 11 January 1929 – 21 March 2020) was a

Latvia Latvia, officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is one of the three Baltic states, along with Estonia to the north and Lithuania to the south. It borders Russia to the east and Belarus to t ...

-born

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and

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

n architect and architecture theorist of

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origin. Bruns was born in

Riga Riga ( ) is the capital, Primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Latvia, largest city of Latvia. Home to 591,882 inhabitants (as of 2025), the city accounts for a third of Latvia's total population. The population of Riga Planni ...

. From 1959 he was the secretary of the Union of Architects of Estonian SSR. In 1960–1980 Bruns served as the chief architect of

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

Honours

*Honoured Architect of Estonian SSR, 1973 *The Badge of Honour of Tallinn, 2003

Publications

* "Tallinn täna ja homme", Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus 1962. * "Homne Tallinn", Tallinn: Eesti Raamat 1973. * "Tallinn valmistub olümpiaks", Tallinn: Kommunist 1979. * "Tallinn. Linnaehituslik kujunemine", Tallinn: Valgus 1993. * "Tallinn. Linnaehitus Eesti Vabariigi aastail 1918 – 1940", Tallinn: Valgus 1998. * "Tallinna peaarhitekti mälestusi ja artikleid", Tallinn: Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum 2007.

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at The Union of Estonian Architects 1929 births Architects from Riga Russian emigrants to Estonia Soviet architects Architectural theoreticians Architects from Tallinn 2020 deaths {{Estonia-architect-stub