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Hanno Grossschmidt
Hanno Grossschmidt (born 7 October 1973) is an Estonian architect. From 1980 to 1991, Hanno Grossschmidt studied in the 7th Secondary School of Tallinn. From 1991 to 1993, Hanno Grossschmidt briefly studied in the Tallinn University of Technology. From 1993, he studied in the Estonian Academy of Arts in the department of architecture and city planning. He graduated from the academy in 1997. From 1998 to 1999 he studied in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. During that period he worked in the Lee McAllister Architectural Consulting Services bureau. From 1999 Hanno Grossschmidt is an architect and co-owner in the COO Architects (since 2004 HG Architecture OÜ) architectural bureau. Most notable works by Hanno Grossschmidt are the sports halls in Lasnamäe and Pärnu, Lootsi apartment building in the harbor area of Tallinn, Forum department store and the Old and New Flour Storage in the Rotermanni Quarter. In 2003 Hanno Grossschmidt received the annual archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 '' maakond'' (county). Tallinn is the main financial, industrial, and cultural centre of Estonia. It is located northwest of the country's second largest city Tartu, however only south of Helsinki, Finland, also west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, north of Riga, Latvia, and east of Stockholm, Sweden. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century, Tallinn was known in most of the world by variants of its other historical name Reval. Tallinn received Lübeck city rights in 1248,, however the earliest evidence of human population in the area dates back nearly 5,000 years. The medieval indigenous population of what is now Tallinn and northern Estonia was one of the last " pagan" civilisations in Europe to adopt Christianity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pärnu Concert Hall
Pärnu Concert Hall ( et, Pärnu kontserdimaja) is a concert hall in Pärnu, Estonia. The hall is operated by Eesti Kontsert. The most solemn events in Pärnu are held there. For example, the Mayor and New Year's Eve celebrations. The hall is also home for Pärnu Music School, Pärnu City Orchestra, music shop (Is Music team). The architects of the building are Katrin Koov, Kaire Nõmm and Hanno Grossschmidt. The main construction contractor was AS Remet. Construction on the hall began in early 2002 hall and opened to the public on 30 November 2002. The cost of the building was 95 million kroons, of which 75 million kroons came from the state budget and 20 million kroons from the Pärnu city budget. Pärnu City Orchestra The Pärnu City Orchestra ( et, Pärnu Linnaorkester), is the house orchestra of the Pärnu Concert Hall. History The Pärnu City Orchestra was founded in 1994, although its origins can be traced back to a salon orchestra that was founded by a pair of loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estonian Architects
Estonian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Estonia, a country in the Baltic region in northern Europe * Estonians, people from Estonia, or of Estonian descent * Estonian language * Estonian cuisine * Estonian culture See also * * Estonia (other) * Languages of Estonia * List of Estonians This is a list of notable Estonians. Architects *Andres Alver (born 1953) *Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020) *Karl Burman (1882–1965) *Eugen Habermann (1884–1944) *Georg Hellat (1870–1943) *Otto Pius Hippius (1826–1883) * Erich Jacoby (1885–19 ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1973 Births
Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is sworn in for a second term as President of the United States. Nixon is the only person to have been sworn in twice as President (1969, 1973) and Vice President of the United States (1953, 1957). * January 22 ** George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship. ** A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 flight from Jeddah crashes in Kano, Nigeria; 176 people are killed. * January 27 – U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War ends with the signing of the Paris Peace Accords. February * February 8 – A m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bank Of Estonia
Bank of Estonia ( et, Eesti Pank) is the central bank of Estonia as well as a member of the Eurosystem organisation of euro area central banks. The Bank of Estonia also belongs to the European System of Central Banks. Until 2010, the bank issued the former Estonian currency, the kroon. The Governor of the Bank of Estonia, currently Madis Müller, is a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. TALIBOR Prior to the introduction of the euro, TALIBOR or the Tallinn Interbank Offered Rate was a daily reference rate based on the interest rates at which banks offer to lend ''unsecured'' funds to other banks in the Estonian wholesale money market (or interbank market in Estonian kroons). TALIBOR was published daily by the Bank of Estonia, together with TALIBID (Tallinn Interbank Bid Rate). TALIBOR was calculated based on the quotes for different maturities provided by reference banks at about 11.00 am each business day by disregarding highest and lowes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Võru
Võru (; vro, Võro; german: Werro) is a town and a municipality in south-eastern Estonia. It is the capital of Võru County and the centre of Võru Parish. History Võru was founded on 21 August 1784, according to the wish of the Empress Catherine II of Russia, by the order of Riga Governor general count George Browne, on the site of the former Võru estate. Geography and climate The town is situated on the shore of Lake Tamula. Võru has a humid continental climate (''Dfb'' according to the Köppen climate classification) with warm summers and cold winters. Võru has one of the most continental climates in Estonia: both the temperatures of 35.6 °C, which is the highest temperature ever recorded in the country and - 43.4 °C, which is very close to the coldest temperature ever recorded in the country (after Jõgeva) are recorded here. Precipitation is usually higher in early summer to late autumn, and lower in late winter to early spring. Culture The Võru Folklore Festiva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kohtla-Järve
Kohtla-Järve is a city and municipality in northeastern Estonia, founded in 1924 and incorporated as a town in 1946. The city is highly industrial, and is both a processor of oil shales and is a large producer of various petrochemical products. During the 1944–1991 Soviet occupation, large numbers of immigrant workers from Russia and other parts of the former USSR were brought in to populate the rapidly growing city. The population in the Kohtla-Järve area which had been, as of 1934 census, over 90% ethnic Estonian, became overwhelmingly non-Estonian in the second half of the 20th century. According to more recent data (as of 2006) 21% of the city's population are ethnic Estonians; most of the rest are Russians. Kohtla-Järve is the fifth-largest city in Estonia in terms of population. Kohtla-Järve is unusual among the municipalities of Estonia due to its territory being made of several discontiguous parts. The two main parts, Järve (Kohtla-Järve proper) and Ahtme, bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomomi Hayashi
Tomomi Hayashi (林 知充、born February 1, 1971, in Toyama, Japan) is a Japanese- Estonian architect. From 1990 to 1994 Tomomi Hayashi studied in the Yokohama National University (横浜国立大学 ''Yokohama Kokuritsu Daigaku'') in the department of architecture. From 1995 to 1999 he studied in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, at the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center (WAAC). From 1994 to 1995 Tomomi Hayashi worked in the Maki and Associates architectural bureau as an assistant. From 1999 to 2001 he worked in the Rafael Viñoly Architects architectural bureau. From 2001 to present he works in Estonia - from 2001 to 2003 in HEAD Arhitektid OÜ architectural office, in 2003 in KOSMOS OÜ architectural office and from 2004 to present in Hayashi-Grossschmidt Arhitektuur (HGA). Most notable works of Tomomi Hayashi are the Lasnamäe track and field hall (2003), Museum of Occupations (2003), FOORUM department store (2007), the Rotermann's Old and Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siiri Vallner
Siiri Vallner (born April 9, 1972) is an industrious Estonian architect. She works mostly in community projects, as well as in many competitions. She is a member of the Union of Estonian Architects. Biography Born in Tallinn, Estonia, she spent a lot of her childhood going to work with her parents, surrounded by technology. Her parents worked in IT during the time of the Soviet Union, picking up personal projects after their normal work hours. As a teenager recently graduating high school, she was opposed to many of her options of a career. Though she graduated from a high school specializing in sciences, she was not interested in pursuing math as a career. This left her with architecture. She got into, and studied at the Estonian Academy of Arts in the architecture department, graduating in 1997. From 1998 to 1999 she studied in the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Following her Graduating from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, she work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakumäe
Kakumäe ( Estonian for ''"Owl Hill"'') is a subdistrict ( et, asum) in the district of Haabersti, Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is located at the top of the Kakumäe Peninsula, which is part of the Baltic Klint in the Tallinn Bay. Kakumäe has a population of 1,733 () and is one of the wealthiest regions in Estonia. Small island Liivakari belongs to Kakumäe, located near Cape Kakumäe. File:Kakumäe Tallinn Estonia.jpg, File:Kakumäe cliff.jpg, Kakumäe cliff at the end of Kakumäe peninsula File:Kakumäe poolsaar.JPG, Kakumäe peninsula seen from Tabasalu Tabasalu is a small borough ( et, alevik) in Harju County, northern Estonia, located about 13 km west from the capital Tallinn. It is the administrative centre of Harku Parish Harku Parish ( et, Harku vald) is a rural municipality in Ha ... cliff File:Red Sunset in Kakumae Tallinn.JPG, Sunset at Kakumäe File:Kakumäe rand 2021.jpg, Beach in Kakumäe References Subdistricts of Tallinn { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaire Nõmm
Kaire Nõmm (born on 20 April 1971 in Tallinn) is an Estonian architect. In 1997 she graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts in architecture speciality. Since 2014 she is working at the company Lahemahe OÜ. She is also the architect of Hiiumaa Parish. Works * 2005: Pärnu Inner-City Gym (with Heidi Urb, Katrin Koov and Siiri Vallner) * 2002: Pärnu Concert Hall Pärnu Concert Hall ( et, Pärnu kontserdimaja) is a concert hall in Pärnu, Estonia. The hall is operated by Eesti Kontsert. The most solemn events in Pärnu are held there. For example, the Mayor and New Year's Eve celebrations. The hall is a ... (with Katrin Koov and Hanno Grossschmidt) References 1971 births Living people Estonian women architects Estonian Academy of Arts alumni Architects from Tallinn {{Estonia-architect-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
