* The Journey of the Sun.
  Alvar Aalto and the architectural competitions for the Pärnu 
  Bathing Establishment in 1922 and 1925 
  8 Jan – 6 Feb  2005
  Curator Inge Laurik, designer Rene Valner, project manager Katrin Martsik.
 

* "02/03" - Finnish Architecture
  8 Jan – 20 Feb  2005
  This exhibition and the accompanying book were the first in a series to display 
  quality examples of modern Finnish architecture every second year. Finnish 
  Architecture 02–03 was an example of well-established cooperation in the field of 
  architecture. The exhibition was originally planned to present 20 buildings, but due 
  to the very high standard of works judged, a total of 26 projects was eventually 
  chosen. 
  Finnish building and architecture are more and more international – global overtakes
  local. Surely Finnish architects have always been well aware of international trends, 
  but the positive conservatism associated with their culture, the demands set by their 
  climate and nature as well as their distance from European centres have made up an
  efficient filter: momentary architectural fashion whimsies have not affected their 
  building customs to speak of. Internationalisation and the enlargement of the 
  European Union have opened up opportunities for new kinds of international 
  relations, which abates the significance of frontiers and climatic differences.
  Organizers: Alvar Aalto Academy, Finnish Association of Architects SAFA, Museum of 
  Finnish Architecture.
  Exhibition designer Roy Mänttäri.
 

* John Margolies. American roadside architecture
  11 Feb – 10 March 2005
  It was the exhibition of photographs of American vernacular architecture by 
  architectural historian John Margolies. John Margolies is an author, photographer, 
  and lecturer on American commercial architecture and design. In the past twenty-five 
  years he has explored the highways and byways of the USA in search of unique and 
  typical examples of roadside, main street, and resort architecture.
  Organizer: Cultural Programs Division of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
  Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
  Organizer in Estonia: Embassy of the United States of America in Estonia.
 

* Valve Pormeister (1922–2002) - Estonian  landscape architect
  9 March – 17 April 2005
  Valve Pormeister has a solid position in the history of Estonian architecture. She
  already attracted attention withher first building - the  Lillepaviljon (Flower Paviljon).
  This was followed by several buildings that were important in their eras and set her 
  on a path to becoming one of the most innovative modernizers of Estonia 
  countryside architecture of the 1960's–1970's. As a vigorous and talented architect, 
  Pormeister evolved into a pioneer of post-war architecture. Her strengths were an 
  environment-friendly approach and a whole that was carefully designed all the way 
  through to the details.
  Curator Liina Jänes, designer Siiri Nõva.
 

* Seewald's area planning competition
  17 March – 17 April  2005
 

* Undiscovered churches in Tallinn
  30 April – 22 May  2005
 

* The Museums of Kotka. Architecture competition
  21 April – 22 May  2005
 

* Finland and Estonia: A Century of Architectural Relations
  22 Juny – 18 Sept  2005
  It is not without significance that edifices such as the Estonia Theatre, the Credit 
  Bank building (now the Ministry of Culture), St Paul's Church in Tartu, and others 
  that were built in Estonia early in the 20th century by Finish architects are 
  unanimously accepted as a natural part of Estonian architecture. These buildings are 
  included in the histories of Estonian architecture and the biographies of Eliel 
  Saarinen, Armas Lindgren and other Finnish architects can be found in the Estonian 
  biographical lexicon of artists and architects.
  The exhibition covered the Finnish-Estonian architectural relations throughout the 
  20th century. The focus was on the Finnish architects’ buildings in Estonia the 
  greatest number of which date back to the beginning of the 20th century. A 
  considerable number of Finnish architects participated in the Estonian architectural 
  competitions in the 1920s and 1930s. 
  The influences of Finnish architecture were especially evident in the 1960s, when
  Finland provided just about the only opportunity for Estonian architects to 
  acquaint themselves with the modern quality-architecture. 
  The architectural contacts were intensified as the new (so called Tallinn School) 
  generation emerged in the 1980s. From the 1990s onward it is possible to speak
  about the first considerable export of Estonian architecture to Finland, although still 
  chiefly in the form of designs rather than completed buildings. Participating in the 
  Finnish architectural competitions was of utmost importance for the Estonian 
  architects struggling to break free from the closed society of the 1990s. 
  The gallery also had the prize-winning designs of Finnish architects from the 
  international competition (1994) for the Art Museum of Estonia. 
  Curator Karin Hallas-Murula, designer Leonhard Lapin. 
 

* Peeter Mudist 
  30 Juny – 18 Sept  2005
  Peeter Mudist (b. 1942) studied painting at the Estonian State Art Institute in 
  1963–1967.  He belongs to the so-called 1970’s generation of Estonian artists. The 
  relatively liberal 1960’s were the formative years for its representatives. They 
  frequently expressed their intellectual protest concerning the surrounding reality as 
  well as the official soviet treatment of art by retreating into their own world of 
  personal aesthetic values.  The works of these artists are mostly figurative but the 
  world we see in these works is much more beautiful, poetic and colourful than the 
  world of that time.
  Mudist shares the attitudes of his generation to a great extent, remaining at the 
  same time a recluse in the contemporary art landscape who cares about eternal 
  artistic values that exist beyond a specific time and space. 
  The works of Mudist have attributes characteristic of naïve art.  He concentrates on
  lines in people and objects that are important for him alone.  He ignores details,
  treats temporal-spatial reality freely and combines the existing with the visional.
  The approach of Mudist to form in sculpture is similar to his approach to painting. 
  This makes his works different from the work of professional sculptors who use 
  figurative style in their work.  He does not construct form from the inside outward as 
  is customary, rather he is interested more in the creation of a certain three 
  dimensional emotional image.  Here as well he subjugates the material to the 
  spiritual and intellectual. 
  Curator Anu Liivak. 
 

* Portraits of a City: An Urban Anthology
  24 Sept – 23 Oct  2005
  Exhibition of Stockholm Citymuseum.
  Curator Lars Westberg.
 

* Narva College of the University of Tartu: Architectural 
  Competition of the Main House
  24 Sept – 23 Oct  2005
 

* Toivo Raidmets. Design Exhibition
  10 Nov – 28 Dec  2005 
 

* Estonian Architect Erika Nõva 100
  17 Nov – 28 Dec  2005
  Erika Nõva (Volberg) was born April 4, 1905. Following in the footsteps of her elder 
  brother – the architect August Volberg – she began her studies at the Tallinn 
  College of Engineering in 1925, graduating in 1931 as the first female architect.
  Erika Nõva is mainly known for her works of rural architecture. After graduating from 
  the College she took a position at the newly founded Settlement Office operating 
  under the Ministry of Agriculture. The main task of the Office was to establish new 
  settlement areas on the state owned lands. Erika Nõva was the author of hundreds 
  of new farmhouse designs between 1933 and 1938. The pragmatic and simple 
  farmhouses often resembled the traditional Estonian barn-dwelling designed 
  to house people in one side and farm animals in the other. 
  Similar functional and simple constructions also characterize the farmhouse furniture 
  designed by Erika Nõva.
  The schoolhouses in the new settlement areas of Pillapalu, Võiduküla and 
  Peressaare  have also been built according to the designs of Erika Nõva.
  In addition to her professional work Erika Nõva has also participated in almost all the
  major architectural competitions. 
  After the World War II Erika Nõva was mainly active as a planner of city and state 
  farm areas. Time and again she returned to her favourite subject – farmhouse 
  design – taking part in the rural dwelling competitions until 1972.
  Erika Nõva died April 22, 1987.
  The items on display included the designs, sketches and photos found in the 
  architect's personal collection donated to the Museum of Estonian Architecture by 
  Erika Nõva's family in 1997.
  The exhibition had been put together by Anne Lass.
  The designer of the exhibition was Erika Nõva's granddaughter, architect Siiri Nõva.