Erika Nõva

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Erika Nõva (born Volberg; from 1934 to 1937 Erika Breiberg; born April 4, 1905 in Muuksi, today Kuusalu rural community , Estonia ; † April 22, 1987 in Tallinn ) was an Estonian architect.

Life

Erika Nõva was born on Toomani Farm in northern Estonia, the eighth child of an extended family. Her older brother was the future architect August Volberg (1896–1983). Erika Nõva completed her architecture studies at the Tallinn Technical Center in 1931 . She is considered to be the very first Estonian architect. In 1934 she married Ilmar Breiberg. The couple had twins Tiiu and Ants.

From 1933 to 1938 Erika Nõva was employed in the settlement office of the Estonian Ministry of Agriculture. She designed hundreds of new farmsteads that were built on nationalized agricultural land after the Estonian land reform . From 1944 to 1954 and from 1957 to 1960 Nõva worked for the Estonian-Soviet state construction company Eesti Projekt .

Architectural work

Erika Nõva was best known in the 1930s for planning new rural buildings and settlements. It was based on the traditional style of Estonian farmhouse architecture. Functional simplicity and a sense for the practical characterize her work. She also designed the rural school buildings in Pillapalu , Võiduküla and Peressaare .

In addition, Erika Nõva created more representative buildings such as the Tallinn Sports Hall ( Estonian Tallinna spordihoone ), today's main building of Tallinn University and the French high school in Tallinn (1939/40, both together with Alar Kotli ), the Tallinn Central Hospital, various private houses in Nõmme and Tallinn and in 1955 the Kalevi Keskstaadion sports stadium in Tallinn.

After the Second World War , in the course of the collectivization of agriculture, she was also involved in the planning and construction of sovkhozes . She also worked as a furniture designer.

literature

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 333
personal data
SURNAME Nõva, Erika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Estonian architect
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Muuksi, today Kuusalu rural community , Estonia
DATE OF DEATH April 22, 1987
Place of death Tallinn