Tõnu Laigu (born 14 February 1956, in

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 ' ...

) is an

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architect. From 1963 to 1974 Tõnu Laigu studied in the 46th Secondary School of Tallinn (today's Pelgulinna Gymnasium of Tallinn). From 1975 Tõnu Laigu studied in the State 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 architecture. He graduated from the institute in 1979. From 1979 to 1989 Tõnu Laigu worked in the state design bureau Eesti Kommunaalprojekt (Estonian Communal Design). From 1989 to 1990 he worked in the architectural bureau E-Stuudio OÜ and from 1990 to 2001 in the architectural bureau Kuup OÜ. From 2001 Tõnu Laigu works in the architectural bureau QP Arhitektid OÜ. Most notable works by Tõnu Laigu are the apartment building on the Sõpruse road, the logistics center of the COAL company and the new apartment building on the Mäepealse street. Tõnu Laigu 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 ...

and belongs to the board of the union.

Works

*Single-family home in Tallinn, 1989 *Apartment building in

Narva Narva, russian: Нарва is a municipality and city in Estonia. It is located in Ida-Viru County, Ida-Viru county, at the Extreme points of Estonia, eastern extreme point of Estonia, on the west bank of the Narva (river), Narva river which ...

, 1989 *Kose Secondary School, 1990 *Apartment building in Tallinn, 2000 *Single-family home Nõmme, 2002 *Apartment building on Sõpruse road, 2003 *Duplex in

Nõmme Nõmme ( Estonian for ''"Heath"'') is one of the 8 administrative districts ( et, linnaosa) of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It has a population of 39,422 () and covers an area of , population density is . The district is largely a middle-cla ...

, 2004 *AS COAL logistics center, 2005 *Single-family home Nõmme, 2005 *Athletics hall of

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, 2006 *Apartment buildings on Mäepealse Street, 2008

Competitions

*Modern Art Museum of

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, 1993 *Western Entrance of the Tallinn Zoo, 2005; II Prize *Kihnu Harbour, 2005; II prize *Tabasalu center, 2007; I prize *Sports hall of the Lyceé Francais in Tallinn, 2007; I prize

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Union of Estonian Architects, membersArchitectural bureau QP Arhitektid OÜ, works
1956 births Living people Architects from Tallinn Estonian Academy of Arts alumni {{Estonia-architect-stub