Dmitri Bruns (russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Брунс, ''Dmitry Vladimirovich Bruns''; lv, Dmitrijs Brūns; 11 January 1929
– 21 March 2020
) was a
Latvia-born
Soviet
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and
Estonia
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n architect and architecture theorist of
Russian
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*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
origin.
Bruns was born in
Riga,
Latvia. From 1959 he was the secretary of the
Union of Architects of Estonian SSR. In 1960–1980 Bruns served as the chief architect of
Tallinn
Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju '' ...
.
Honours
*Honoured Architect of Estonian SSR, 1973
*The Badge of Honour of Tallinn, 2003
Publications
* "Tallinn täna ja homme", Tallinn: Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus 1962.
* "Homne Tallinn", Tallinn:
Eesti Raamat 1973.
* "Tallinn valmistub olümpiaks", Tallinn: Kommunist 1979.
* "Tallinn. Linnaehituslik kujunemine", Tallinn: Valgus 1993.
* "Tallinn. Linnaehitus Eesti Vabariigi aastail 1918 – 1940", Tallinn: Valgus 1998.
* "Tallinna peaarhitekti mälestusi ja artikleid", Tallinn:
Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum 2007.
References
External links
Profile at The Union of Estonian Architects
1929 births
Architects from Riga
Russian emigrants to Estonia
Soviet architects
Architectural theoreticians
Architects from Tallinn
2020 deaths
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