Mai Šein (born 10 May 1946 in Räägi,

Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring . The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island and west of Muhu island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago. The capital of the isla ...

) is an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

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. Mai Šein studied in the National Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (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 the department of

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. She graduated from the institute in 1970. From 1970 to 1990, Mai Šein worked in the Tallinn office of the soviet design bureau Tsentrosojuz Projekt. Currently Mai Šein works in the architectural bureau Mai Šein OÜ. Notable works by Mai Šein are the Golf Club of Tallinn in Niitvälja, the building of the Energetics department of the Tallinn Technical University, apartment building on Koidula Street and the terrace housing on the Sõpruse road. Mai Šein 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 ...

Works

*Tallinn Golf Club in Niitvälja, 1998 (with Jaan Tiidemann) *Koidula border guard station *Energetics Department of the Tallinn Technical University, 2004 (with Andrus Padu) *Apartment building on Koidula Street (with Andrus Padu) *Terrace housing on Sõpruse Road (with Andrus Padu) *Saekoja eco-hotel in

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Union of Estonian Architects, members
1946 births Living people People from Saaremaa Parish Estonian architects Estonian women architects Estonian Academy of Arts alumni {{Estonia-architect-stub