Ülar Mark (born 12 February 1968) is an Estonian architect. He graduated from the Department of Architecture of the Tallinn University of Art (today's

Estonian Academy of Arts The Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonian: ''Eesti Kunstiakadeemia'', EKA) is the only public university in Estonia providing higher education in art, design, architecture, media, art history and conservation-restoration. It is based in Tallinn. Ac ...

) in 1995. From 1999 to 2002 Ülar Mark worked as the chief architect of the city of

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, Ida-Viru county, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which ...

. Since 2002, Mark has worked in the architectural bureau Urban Mark OÜ. Ülar Mark is a member of the

Union of Estonian Architects Union of Estonian Architects (or Estonian Association of Architects, EAA; et, Eesti Arhitektide Liit) organizes architects, landscape architects and architecture researchers. EAA re-established 27 June 1989. EAA is a legal successor of ''Esto ...

and from 2006 to 2007 was the chairman of the union. From 2009 to 2013 Ülar Mark worked as the chairman of the Estonian Center of Architecture. From 2009- Ülar Mark is partner of Allianss Architects OÜ. Notable works by Ülar Mark are the gallery of the Bank of Estonia, the Tallink Spa Hotel and the new railway station of

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after the Northern European country's political and financial capital, Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 91,407 (as of 2021). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of ...

. In addition, Ülar Mark has designed numerous urban and planning projects in Estonia and abroad. Mark has been in a long-term relationship with singer and actress

Kärt Tomingas Kärt Tomingas (born 5 April 1967) is an Estonian stage, television, voice and film actress, singer, lecturer and acting and theatre pedagogue. Tomingas' career began in the 1980s as a folk-pop, rock and jazz singer and soon after began a career ...

for many years. The couple has a daughter, Roberta, and currently live in

Lääne-Viru County Lääne-Viru County ( et, Lääne-Viru maakond or ''Lääne-Virumaa'') is one of 15 counties of Estonia. It is in northern Estonia, on the south coast of the Gulf of Finland. In Estonian, ''lääne'' means western and ''ida'' means east or eastern ...

. Mark has also a son Ailan Daniel from a previous marriage.Eesti Päevaleht
''Kärt Tomingas: iga hetk on oluline''. 26 October 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

Works

*Single-family home on Silgu Street, 2002 * Eurovision 2002 stage design *Gallery of the Bank of Estonia, 2004 *project Joint Space for the Architectural Biennale of

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

, 2006 *Detail plan of the Fortuna quarter in Tartu, 2006–2007 *Hotel Haanja, 2007 *Ugandi Spa hotel, 2007 *New train station of Tartu, 2008 *Tallink Spa hotel, 2008

Competitions

*Fortuna quarter in Tartu, 2003; I prize *planning competition of Seewald, 2005 *planning competition of the Koidu settlement, 2006 *planning competition of the Maakri quarter in Tallinn, 2006 *Joint office building of ministries, 2007 *Embassy of Estonian Republic in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

, 2007 *New train station of Tartu, 2008; I prize

References

Union of Estonian Architects, membersArchitectural Bureau Urban Mark OÜ, works
http://www.allianss.eu/eng/#/ Estonian architects 1968 births Living people Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class {{Estonia-architect-stub