Eugen Sacharias (21 April 1906 in

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– 13 March 2002 in

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) was an Estonian architect. He studied at the

Czech Technical University in Prague Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU, cs, České vysoké učení technické v Praze, ČVUT) is one of the largest university, universities in the Czech Republic with 8 faculties, and is one of the oldest institutes of technology in Centra ...

from 1925 to 1931, after which he came to

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to become one of the most important local designers of modern dwellings. His early-1930s creation based on the simple rules of functionalistic architecture, while in the latter part of the decade, more influence of

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appeared. Sacharias has created a number of small villas, big apartment buildings and even a few small churches. He fled from

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in 1941 in fear of Soviet terror, and spent the following eight years in Germany (living in

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, Berlin, and Gleiwitz in Eastern Germany), where he continued to work as an architect. In January 1945 he fled with his family from the approaching Russian troops back to Werneck, where he lived until 1949. He then moved to

, Australia, where he managed to create his own architecture bureau and carry on as an architect.

Gallery

File:Eugen sacharias - pärnu 8 - pilt 1.JPG, An apartment building on one of the main streets in Tallinn - Pärnu road. The building was built in 1936. File:E.Sacharias - Pärnu 23 - 1934.JPG, An apartment house on Pärnu road, built in 1934. File:E.Sacharias - Pärnu 26 - 1935.JPG, Pärnu road 26, built in 1935. File:Tallinna Peeteli kirik (2).jpg, Tallinn Bethel Church in

Pelgulinn Pelgulinn (Estonian for ''"Refuge Town"'') is a subdistrict () of Põhja-Tallinn (North Tallinn) in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is located about northwest from the city centre. Pelgulinn borders Kalamaja to the east, Kelmiküla to the so ...

References

1906 births 2002 deaths Modernist architects Estonian architects People from Schweinfurt (district) Czech Technical University in Prague alumni Estonian emigrants to Australia German emigrants to Czechoslovakia Czechoslovak emigrants to Estonia {{Estonia-architect-stub