Extra Chapter: Some buildings from the interwar period


The buildings of the “Oma Kolle” cooperative (Own hearthfire) in Tallinn. Built between 1923-1926.


The apartment building meant for the teachers of municipal schools of Tallinn, finished in 1924. Projected by Herbert Johanson and Eugen Habermann.


An apartment building meant for post workers in Tallinn. Built in 1924 by Herber Johanson.


The buildings meant for the workers employed by Tallinn. Built in 1929 by Herbert Johanson.


The buildings of the bureaucrats of the State Oil Share Industry in Kohtla, built in 1921.


A bank building in Tallinn, built in 1923.


Apartments in the so called “Tallinn style”, built during the 1920s.


The Estonian Bank building in Viljandi, built in 1927. By Karl Burman. Rebuilt after the war in a changed style.


The water filter building, built in 1927. Meant to clean the drinking water of the capital.


Mud sanatorium in Pärnu. Built in 1927, designed by Olev Siinmaa.


Kentmanni 20A building in Tallinn. Built in 1925, designed by an unknown German architect.


The functionalist apartment buildings on Raua street, built during the early 1930s.


Olev Siinmaa´s own house in Pärnu, built in 1933. The first functionalist building in Estonia.

 

Tammekannu villa in Tartu. 1932.


Haapsalu Health Spa during the 1930s.


Kalma public Sauna in Tallinn, built in 1928.


The building of the presidential chancellery, now the presidential palace. Built in 1938. By Alar Kotli.


Apartment buildings in Tallinn, from 1940.


Pärnu Bank building, built in 1939.


Viljandi Town Hall, built in 1931.


Tõrva Town Hall, built in 1937.



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