Uno Tölpus (14 August 1928
Kunda – 11 August 1964
Käsmu
Käsmu (, ) is a village in Haljala Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northern Estonia, (retrieved 28 July 2021) on the territory of Lahemaa National Park. It's located northwest of Võsu, on the Käsmu Peninsula in the Gulf of Finland, surround ...
) was an
Estonia
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n architect. He was one of the most notable Estonian architects in 1950s.
[Eesti kunsti ja arhitektuuri biograafiline leksikon (EKABL). Tallinn: ]Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus
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, 1996. Page 547
In 1952, he graduated from
Tallinn Polytechnical Institute
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. From 1952 to 1964, he worked at the architectural bureau
Eesti Projekt Eesti Projekt ('Estonian Project') was an Estonia
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.
Works
* 1958:
Eesti Energia
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's building in Tallinn (with
Peeter Tarvas
Peeter Tarvas (until 1940 Treumann; 6 January 1916, in Kuressaare – 23 March 1987, in Tallinn) was an Estonian architect and professor.Eesti kunsti ja arhitektuuri biograafiline leksikon (EKABL). Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus, 1996. Pa ...
)
* 1963:
Tallinn University Academic Library
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The library was founded in April 1946 as the Centra ...
(with P. Madalik)
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Vanemuine Concert Hall (one of the designers)
References
1928 births
1964 deaths
20th-century Estonian architects
Tallinn University of Technology alumni
People from Kunda, Estonia
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