Estonia

  • Kentmanni 6 residential and commercial building

    The residential and commercial building at Kentmanni 6 was planned to be the dominant structure in the urban space and complete Rävala puiestee, which starts in front of the Radisson Hotel. So that road users in the vicinity of the building would perceive the continuation of the urban space in the planned Rävala puiestee extension, …

  • Apartment buildings at Vana-Kalamaja 31/ Suur-Laagri 2

    Two distinctive-looking three-storey apartment buildings designed by architect Paavo Kais for the Kalamaja neighbourhood were built in autumn 2014. The basement level of the buildings is of slab concrete, the first two storeys are of Columbia stone, and ceilings are of hollow panel. The structures in the third-storey’s external wall are wood. The façade is …

  • Apartment buildings at Paepargi str 17, 19, 21

    In late 2014, three four-storey apartment buildings with a single design were completed on Paepargi street in the Lasnamäe district of Tallinn. They are built of strong reinforced concrete elements, the buildings have attractive, multi-coloured solutions with architecturally distinct sections, and a uniform system of balconies with glass doors at the same time as the …

  • Mustakivi Shopping Centre

    The construction site of the soon-to-be shopping centre was quite depressing at first sight – there were piles of limestone reaching 4 metres in height, every kind of debris, rubbish and brushwood. It took us three weeks to remove it before we could start with construction. The main challenge during the design process of the …

  • Office Building at Järvevana tee 9g

    The design work of the building was started in early 2002. The elements that took extra time in erecting the frame of the building were the cast-on-site “clean concrete” walls of the ground floor that were 4.5 metres high and 15 cm thick. As a new solution, we used one-time pole forms for casting the …

  • K-Rauta Centre of construction materials

    The contract for design and construction of the K-RAUTA construction materials centre in Pärnu was signed on 28 December 2001. This is a new centre built at the site of the former Ehitusmaailm store in Pärnu, and it is one part of the expansion of the Kesko-owned K-RAUTA construction material retailer in Estonia and Latvia.

  • Factory of recycled animal remains

    The cornerstone was laid on 27 September 2002. Construction of this plant lasted longer than any other site. The budget grew from 15 million to over 40 million and the process of obtaining the permit saw demonstrations by local residents. The ribbon-cutting and the launch ceremony (a symbolic first bone was fed into the machinery) …

  • Tallink City Hotel

    The hotel that was built by Merko Ehitus was opened in May, 2004; the former services centre was turned into the second largest hotel in Estonia. There are 297 hotel rooms, 53 DDL rooms and suites, a restaurant that seats 270 people and a night-club for 130 in the ten-storied hotel. A special mention should …

  • Office building of the Bank of Estonia

    The cornerstone for the Eesti Pank building was laid on 25 April 2003. This project involved problems with the Tallinn Municipal Engineering Services Department’s traffic service, as the street on which the work was done was too narrow. The installation of the tower crane created difficulties. Construction had to take place in conditions where the …

  • Viru Centre

    The project of the Viru Centre that was completed in April, 2004, comprised a new building as well as the reconstruction of the former Viru Hotel – Shopping Centre. Although construction works are always complicated in downtown areas, the most serious problem in the building which is operating is the construction-demolition work (dust, noise, water, …