Apartment Building in Pirita
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Architects
Allianss Architects
Tarmo Teedumäe
Toomas Tammis
Interior Design
Tarmo Teedumäe, Toomas Tammis
Location
Marti 3, Pirita, Tallinn, Estonia
Size
1675.3m2
Status
completed 2013
Client
Polar Holding OÜ
Photos
Tarmo Teedumäe
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Pirita is a district in Tallinn which was planned and has mainly been built according to the ideals of the garden city – private residences and row-houses situated on large plots with lush greenery. The area has been and still is mainly inhabited by middle- and upper middle-class residents, majority of them working in the city centre. Allianss Architects recently completed an apartment building in Pirita which provides comforts comparable to those of a private villa.
The Masti Street apartment building consists of two separate cubic volumes which are interconnected on the upper floor level forming a passage underneath. Facades are of dark brick while windows, scattered seemingly all over the walls, create a positively heterogeneous overall impression, reminiscent of some examples of the mid-20th century Scandinavian Modernism. Close attention has been paid to landscaping while vehicles are hidden behind and underneath the building, leaving majority of the (front-) garden free for pedestrians. The apartments are of various sizes; some of the larger ones have been spread between two floors.





