Tõnis Kimmel (born 22 January 1977 in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

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architect. From 1984 to 1992 Tõnis Kimmel studied in the 7th Secondary School of Tallinn (today's Tallinn English College) and from 1992 to 1995 in the King Gustav Adolf's Grammar School. From 1995 he studied in the

Estonian Academy of Arts The Estonian Academy of Arts (Estonian language, Estonian: ''Eesti Kunstiakadeemia'', EKA) is the only public university in Estonia providing higher education in art, design, architecture, Media (communication), media, art history and conservation ...

in the department of architecture and city planning. He graduated from the academy in 2002. From 2002 to 2006, Tõnis Kimmel worked in the architectural bureau KOKO arhitektid OÜ. From 2005 Tõnis Kimmel works in the

Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

city government in the department of architecture. Most notable works by Tõnis Kimmel are the apartment building on the Vabriku Street and the new synagogue of Tallinn. For the new synagogue of Tallinn Tõnis Kimmel received the annual architectural award of the Estonian Cultural Endowment in 2006.

Works

*furniture factory of Neiser, 2000 (with Indrek Näkk) *reconstruction of an apartment building in Tallinn, 2003 (with Raivo Kotov) *apartment building on Vabriku Street, 2005 (with Raivo Kotov) *single-family home in Haaslava village, 2006 (with Merje Müürisepp) *New Synagogue of Tallinn, 2006 (with ) *open air exhibition of art on the walls of apartment blocks in

Annelinn Annelinn (Estonian for ''"Anne's Town"'') is a neighbourhood of Tartu, Estonia, located on the left bank of Emajõgi River. It has a population of 27,755 (as of 31 December 2013), or 27.34% of the whole city's population. With an area of , it i ...

, 2009

References

Tõnis Kimmel CV
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Estonia opens first new synagogue
BBC News, 16 May 2007 1977 births Living people Architects from Tallinn Estonian Academy of Arts alumni {{Estonia-architect-stub