Tiit Kaljundi (4 April 1946 – 1 February 2008) was an

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 ...

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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 Vilen Künnapu (born 30 June 1948) is one of the most important Estonian architects of the last three decades, among the first postmodernist theoreticians and architects in the 1970s. He has worked on various buildings in Estonia and abroad.

. 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 Jüri Okas (born 26 August 1950 in Tallinn) is an Estonian architect, installation artist, and printmaker. From 1957 to 1968, Okas attended Tallinn Secondary School No. 46 (today's ). From 1968 to 1970 he studied at the Tallinn Polytechnic Insti ...

, 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 Paide is a town in Estonia and the capital of Järva County, one of the 15 counties of Estonia. Etymology Paide's German name (originally or in Low German) means 'white stone'. This name was derived from the limestone used for the constru ...

and later and graduated first in his class from

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High School in 1964 and then studied at the

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in the Faculty of Economics. He attended the

Estonian Academy of Arts The Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonian language, Estonian: ''Eesti Kunstiakadeemia'', EKA) is the only public university in Estonia providing higher education in art, design, architecture, Media (communication), media, art history and conservation ...

starting in 1965 and graduated in 1970.(1996). Eesti kunsti ja arhitektuuri biograafiline leksikon. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus

Architectural career

Early in his career, Kaljundi was an architectural assistant at the

. He worked at the Estonian Land Development Project for five years starting in 1970, and following that he worked at the Tentrosojuz Project. In the early 1980s, Kaljundi promoted small town development and was against the Soviet urban development policies of the time. Kajlundi responded to the new mass apartment blocks being constructed by advocating for a polar opposite solution: the

post-modernist Postmodernism encompasses a variety of artistic, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break from modernism. They have in common the conviction that it is no longer possible to rely upon previous ways of depicting the worl ...

villa. During this time period, he also worked on landscaping, working on projects including the

Rakvere Rakvere is the administrative center, or county seat, of Lääne-Viru County in northern Estonia, about 100 km southeast of Tallinn and 20 km south of the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea. Rakvere boasts a distinctive architectural feature: th ...

castle hills, Tartu Toomemägi and the

Sinimäe Sinimäe is a small borough in Narva-Jõesuu municipality, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia. At the 2011 Census, the settlement's population was 319, of which the Estonians were 100 (31.3%). Prior to the 2017 administrative reform of lo ...

memorial. Kajlundi also created other plans for urban development that were later implemented, including the consolidation of the

Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a populated places in Estonia, town on the island of Saaremaa in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Municipality and the seat of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded popul ...

city center and reconstruction of its cultural library. In 1988 he joined the Union of Estonian Architects and in 1997 he established his own office. During this part of his career, his style gradually shifted away from his style of functionalism and moved towards constructivism and conceptualism, which he used to create his own home in Merivälja towards the end of his career.Leonhrad Lapin (2015). Olejad ja minejad. Tallinn. Lk 126,129.

List of works

* Telephone exchange-residential in Kanepi (1973) * Garden city center in Muuga (1973) * Dr Spock's residence (1975) * School building in Muraste (1978) * Apartment house at Pärnu mnt. 18 (1978) - unbuilt * Extension of St. John's Church in Haapsalu (1987) * Reconstruction of ETKVL Tallinn Commercial Inventory Factory (1982) * Shop-canteen in Surju (1986) * Department store in Valga (1987) * Store in Kihnu (1987) * A detailed plan of the land register and the surrounding area of Vallimäe tee 5 (2007) * Maisi 37, architect's district in Tartu (1983) * Viljandi lossivaremete maastike arendamisprojekt (1985) * Agricultural Combine Buildings in Põltsamaa (1987-1992) * Sports building plan of ETKVL(1992) * Reconstruction of the Pärnu mnt. 160 factory building in Tallinn (1993) * A detailed plan of the cemetery area in Rohuneeme (1997) * Tartu Toomemägi (2003) * Memorial of Sinimägede (2000) * Reconstruction project of cultural center-library, with Andres Põime (2002) * The new brother's cemetery in Vistla, with sculptor

Ekke Väli Ekke Väli (born April 19, 1952) is an Estonians, Estonian sculptor. He graduated from the Estonian Academy of Arts, State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (ERKI) as a sculptor in 1979. He is a member of the Estonian Artists' Association. Awa ...

(2008)

Exhibitions

* Art Gallery of Tallinn (1982-1983) * Helsinki, Museum of Finnish Architecture, 9 architects from Tallinn (1984-1985) * Jyväskylä, Museum of Alvar Aalto, 9 architects from Tallinn (1984-1985) * Rovaniemi, 9 architects from Tallinn (1984-1985) * Götebeorg, applied art museum (1988) * Zürich, 10 architects from Tallinn (1989) * Stockholm, Museum of Sweden Architecture, 10 architects from Tallinn (1990) * Väike 2002-2006 (2006)

Awards

"Väike 2002-2006" contest, I-II place - Staircase in Sak

Yachting Centre at Pirita, I place - unbuilt

References

External links

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