Erich Roman Ludvig Jacoby (16 June 1885 in

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– 10 December 1941 in

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) was an Estonian architect of

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descent. From 1905 to 1907 he studied at the

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, in 1913 he graduated from the

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. In 1939 he went to Germany. Jacoby has designed many notable buildings in Tallinn, many of which are influenced by

expressionism Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...

, and in 1930s — functionalism. Among his notable creations is Villa Jacoby.

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File:E.Jacoby-A.Rosenberg - 1912-1916.JPG, Tallinn English College (with Aleksander Rosenberg), from 1916. File:Building at Wismari 11, Tallinn.jpg, Villa Jacoby on Wismari street 11 - a perfect example of 1920's Estonian architecture. With baroque-style windows, influence of expressionism and Estonian traditional architecture (gable roof). File:Tallinn Adventist Church.jpg, Advent church on Mere avenue in Tallinn, built in 1923. File:Erika 1.jpg, Erika Street 1, Tallinn, built in 1939. File:E.Jacoby - Pärnu 30 - 1936.JPG, Pärnu road 30, built in 1936. File:E.Jacoby-H.Berg - 1937.JPG, A late functionalistic apartment building in the Old Town of Tallinn, built in 1937 with H.Berg.

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1885 births 1941 deaths Art Nouveau architects Modernist architects Estonian architects Architects from Tallinn Riga Technical University alumni Estonian people of Baltic German descent {{Estonia-bio-stub

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