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2003
* Contemporary
Norwegian Architecture 1995–2000
* "Evergreens
& Nevergreens". Arne Jacobsen 100 /on the
photo/
With the exhibition "Evergreens & Nevergreens", the Danish Design Centre
and the
seven manufacturers of Jacobsen’s designs highlight the many industrially
manufactured design objects that are "design evergreens" today.
We know these objects from public places and from our own homes, where
they
function equally well, and we live with them, proudly, year after year,
happy that
they are still in production, survivors of hardship and market fluctuations.
Thus,
new generations are able to build on the design heritage in their way,
creating new
connections on the basis of their individual perception of the essential
aspects of
Jacobsen’s design.
But, there are also the lesser known objects, the less commercially successful,
the
ones that fell behind. These "design nevergreens" have been invited along
to this
great "product family celebration" of Jacobsen’s anniversary.
* Architect
Avo-Himm Looveer (1941-2002)
Architect Avo-Himm Looveer who passed away last year belonged to the so-called
Tallinn school of architects. This was a generation that initiated an innovation
movement in architecture, once again promoting architecture as art. Vilen
Künnapu,
Leonhard Lapin, Jüri Okas, Toomas Rein, Tiit Kaljundi, Jaan Ollik,
Ignar Fjuk, Ain
Padrik and Avo-Himm Looveer – they were all, to a greater of lesser extent,
also
artists and poets. More than with real buildings they were busy invigorating
architectural life, introducing to it the spirit and enthusiasm of their
generation.
Himm Looveer was somewhat exceptional in that group. He won the 1973
competition of the Tallinn Olympic Yachting Centre and thus secured a place
for
himself in the history of Estonian architecture.
Himm Looveer's exhibition was the first attempt to have an overview of
his entire
oeuvre. Both his realised and unrealised projects were displayed, plus
a great
number of watercolours that reveal the architect's more lyrical side.
* ARCHITECTURE
1900
Stockholm,
Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga, St Petersburg
This exhibition, based on close and ambitious co-operation between the
Estonian,
Finnish, Latvian and Swedish museums of architecture, the State museum
of the
History of St Petersburg and the Gotland County Administrative Board, seek
to
convey knowledge of the vigorous architectural contacts between the different
countries between 1885 and 1915. This was a dynamic period for the Baltic
Sea
region. The period presents a break with the eclectic architecture of the
19th
century and an exploration of new forms, leading to a freer architecture
using new
materials,
asymmetrical shapes, ornamental décor and authentic materials.
The terms Jugend/Art Nouveau and National Romanticism/Material Realism
have
been applied to this period, despite the absence of any uniform styles.
* ROMANTIC
BURMAN. Architect Karl Burman's drawings
Architect Karl Burman (1882-1965) is one of the founders of Estonian national
architecture. As a representative of the "national-romantic" movement,
he was
one of the first to concentrate on the national motifs in Estonian architecture.
* VAHEKORRUSED
- VAHEKORRAD.
Sculptor Ojaver & architect Puusepp
* arcHH
- Architektur made in Hamburg
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