Peeter Tarvas (until 1940 Treumann; 6 January 1916, in

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– 23 March 1987, in

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n architect and professor.Eesti kunsti ja arhitektuuri biograafiline leksikon (EKABL). Tallinn:

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, 1996. Page 515 From 1935 until 1940, he studied at Brno University of Technology. From 1944 until 1957, he worked at the architectural bureau

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. In 1949, he was awarded the title of associate professor by a decision of the Higher Attestation Commission of the Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education of the USSR. During the period between 1945 and 1954, he taught at the Tallinn Polytechnical Institute, and from 1947 until in 1987, he was a professor at the Estonian SSR State Art Institute faculty (including from 1962 until 1964, the head of the department of architecture, and as vice-rector from 1961 until 1987). Tarvas published articles in ''Sirp ja Vasar'', contributed to the compilation of the ''Almanac of Architects of the Estonian SSR'' and gave presentations within the framework of the Union of Architects of the Estonian SSR. Awards: * 1962: Estonian SSR merited artistic personnel

Works

* 1955: cinema Sõprus (with August Volberg) * Kalev Sports Hall * 1957-1968: Vanemuine Theatre (with Henno Kalmet, August Volberg and

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Gallery

Tallinn, kino -Sõprus- 1955.jpg, cinema Sõprus Kalevi spordihall.08-2011 030.jpg, Kalev Sports Hall Eramu Kose tee 10, 1948.a ..JPG, Peeter Tarvas' home house

References

1916 births 1987 deaths People from Kuressaare People from Kreis Ösel 20th-century Estonian architects 20th-century Estonian educators Soviet educators Soviet architects Brno University of Technology alumni Academic staff of the Tallinn University of Technology Academic staff of the Estonian Academy of Arts Honoured Workers of the Arts Industry of the Estonian SSR {{Estonia-artist-stub