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Erika Nõva née Volberg (4 April 1905,

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– 22 April 1987,

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) was an Estonian architect, remembered mainly for her farmhouse designs. She was the first woman to graduate as an architect in

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Biography

Nõva studied at the Tallinn College of Engineering becoming the Estonia's first female architecture graduate in 1925. Her first post was with the Settlement Office run by the Estonian Ministry of Agriculture which established new areas for settlement on land owned by the State. The hundreds of farmhouses she designed between 1933 and 1938 were inspired by traditional farm dwellings housing people on one side and livestock on the other. Her simple, pragmatic designs were also reflected in her farmhouse furniture. The schools in

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and Peressaare were also designed by Erika Nõva. After the

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, Nõva carried out planning work for municipalities and farming areas, frequently returning to farmhouse design."Architectural exhibitions 2005"
, ''Architecktuurimuuseum.ee''. Retrieved 12 February 2012. An exhibition of Erika Nõva's work arranged by her granddaughter Siiri Nõva was held in 2005 at the Museum of Estonian Architecture in Tallinn. Eriks's elder brother

August Volberg August Volberg (18 December 1896 Muuksi, Harju County – 21 June 1982 Tallinn) was an Estonian architect and educator.Eesti kunsti ja arhitektuuri biograafiline leksikon (EKABL). Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus, 1996. Page 600 In 1927 h ...

was also an architect.

Selected works

Among Erika Nõva's principal works are:"Esimene Eesti naisarhitekt Erika Nõva – 100"
, ''Sonumitooja.ee''. Retrieved 11 February 2012. *Tallinn Sports Hall (1938) *Tallinn English College, together with

Alar Kotli Alar Kotli (27 August 1904 in Väike-Maarja - 4 October 1963 in Tallinn) was an Estonian architect. He studied sculpture at the art school ''Pallas'' in Tartu during 1922-1923 and mathematics at the University of Tartu. He graduated from the Univ ...

, (1939), now the main building at

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*Tallinn Central Hospital (1940) * Kalev Stadium, together with Alar Kotli (1952)

References

Literature

* Lass, Anne: ''Erika Nõva: minu töö ja elu'', 2006, Tallinn, Arhitektuurimuuseum, 72 pp. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Nova, Erika 1905 births 1987 deaths People from Kuusalu Parish People from the Governorate of Estonia 20th-century Estonian architects 20th-century Estonian women artists Estonian women architects Tallinn University of Technology alumni