Edgar Johan Kuusik

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"House of Arts" ( Kunstihoone ) on Freedom Square in Tallinn
"House of the Arts" ( Kunstihoone )
Building Sakala tänav 2-4 in Tallinn
Sakala tänav 1 in Tallinn, today Theater NO99

Edgar Johan Kuusik (born February 10 . Jul / 22. February  1888 greg. On the estate Pikajärve, rural community Valgjärve , Livonia , † 3. August 1974 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian architect.

Life

Edgar Johan Kuusik was born the son of a land manager. From 1906 to 1914 he studied architecture at the Polytechnic Institute in Riga, Livonia . From 1918 to 1920 he took part in the Estonian War of Independence against Soviet Russia . From 1920 he was mainly active as a freelance interior designer and architect in Estonia . In 1921 he was one of the initiators of the Estonian Architects' Association ( Eesti Arhitektide Ühing ).

From 1944 to 1950 Kuusik held the Chair of Interior Design at the State Institute of Applied Arts in Tallinn, after which he taught architecture at the Estonian State Art Institute (ERKI). From 1946 he carried the title of professor. From 1950 to 1952 he was excluded from the Estonian SSR Architects' Association for political reasons , but was subsequently rehabilitated.

In 1968 Kuusik was awarded the title of "Honored Architect of the Estonian SSR".

Private life

Edgar Juhan Kuusik married in 1931. His daughter Livia was born three years later. Kuusik is now buried in the Tallinn Forest Cemetery.

Architectural work (selection)

  • Garden city of Tamme in Tartu (1922)
  • Building complex in Tallinn, Neema tänav (1924/25)
  • Memorial to those who died in the Estonian War of Independence in the Tallinn Military Cemetery (1928)
  • Bank building in Abja-Paluoja (1929)
  • Semi- detached houses in Tallinn, Maasika tänav , Tallinn (1931/32, together with Franz de Vries )
  • "House of Arts" ( Kunstihoone ) in Tallinn, (1933-34, together with Anton Soans )
  • Villa for the industrialist Oskar Kerson in Tallinn- Nõmme , Nurme tänav 40 (1935)
  • Bank building in Tallinn, Sakala tänav 2-4 (1936/37)
  • Kuressaare Hospital (1937-1940)
  • Tallinn City Hall (new) (1937)
  • Tallinn Art Museum (1937/38)
  • Building Sakala tänav 1 in Tallinn (1938 to 1947), today Theater NO99

literature

  • L. Künnapuu (Ed.): Edgar Johan Kuusik. Tallinn 1988
  • Karin Hallas-Murula: Edgar Johan Kuusiku Vabadussõja monumendid. Tallinn 2008 ( ISBN 978-9985-9828-3-9 )

Web links

Commons : Edgar Johan Kuusik  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from April 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ http://www.arhliit.ee/et/eesti_arhitektide_li/ajalugu
  3. ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 202
  4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from May 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Kuusik, Edgar Johan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kuusik, Edgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Pikajärve Manor, Valgjärve Rural Municipality , Livonia
DATE OF DEATH 3rd August 1974
Place of death Tallinn , Estonian SSR