Tiit Trummal (born 18 July 1954 in

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 ...

) is a notable

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. Tiit Trummal graduated from the 2nd Secondary School of Tartu (today's

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Gymnasium). From 1972 he studied in the State Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (today's

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) in the department of

architecture Architecture is the art and technique of designing and building, as distinguished from the skills associated with construction. It is both the process and the product of sketching, conceiving, planning, designing, and constructing building ...

. He graduated from the institute in 1977. From 1980 to 1984 Tiit Trummal worked in the state design bureau Eesti Maaehitusprojekt (Estonian Rural Design). From 1984 to 1989 he worked as the chief architect of

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. From 1990 to 2006 Tiit Trummal worked in the architectural bureau Alver&Trummal Architects OÜ. Currently Tiit Trummal works in the Tiit Trummal Arhitektid OÜ. Most notable works by Tiit Trummal are the Ferrum department store in

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, De La Gardie department store in Tallinn, the City Plaza office building and the new design of the Vabaduse Square ( Freedom Square) in Tallinn. Tiit Trummal is a member of the

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Works

*Pioneers' Camp in Ilmjärve, 1983 *Restaurant in

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, 1992 (with

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) *De La Gardie department store, 1999 (with Andres Alver) *Reconstruction of the old hospital into a hotel on the Roosikrantsi Street, 1997 (with Andres Alver) *Ferrum department store

, 2002, (with Andres Alver) *Apartment buildings in

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, 2004 *City Plaza, 2006, (with Andres Alver) * Freedom Square (Estonian: ''Vabaduse väljak''), 2009 (with Andres Alver,

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) *Monument to

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, 2010 (Mati Karmin) File:Kuressaare.Ferrum.jpg, Ferrum department store in

, 2002 File:Freedom Square St Johns.JPG, Reconstructed Freedom Square in Tallinn, 2009.

Competitions

*The planning competition for Harju Street in the Old Town of Tallinn, 1987; I prize *New design of the Freedom Square, 1998; I prize

References

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