Otto Keppe
Otto Keppe (* January 26 . Jul / 8. February 1903 greg. In Moscow , Russian Empire ; † 7. August 1987 in Tallinn , Estonian SSR ) was an Estonian architect.
Life
Otto Keppe graduated from the Technical University in Moscow in 1903 . From 1931 to 1944 he worked as a construction and urban planner in the Russian capital.
With the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States , he moved to Estonia. There he was the director of large urban and construction planning projects dedicated to the reconstruction of the country destroyed by World War II. Keppe played an important role in the new Soviet town planning for Tallinn and Narva . From 1948 to 1952 Otto Keppe also made decisive plans for the construction work in the oil shale areas in the north-eastern part of Estonia, where energy companies were set up and large-scale industry settled.
From 1950 to 1955 Keppe was chairman of the Estonian SSR Architects' Association ( ENSV Arhitektide Liit ) and from 1935 to 1959 chief architect of the Estonian capital Tallinn.
In 1948, Keppe was awarded the Estonian SSR State Prize for his master plan for the reconstruction of Tallinn, together with Harald Arman and Anton Soans . In 1945, Keppe and Arman won the cross-union tender for the project. Keppe's project to redesign the center of Tallinn (together with Harald Arman and Voldemar Meigas ) also received special attention .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.virumaa.ee/discuss/msgReader$2151
- ↑ Eesti Elulood. Tallinn: Eesti Entsüklopeediakirjastus 2000 (= Eesti Entsüklopeedia 14) ISBN 9985-70-064-3 , p. 152f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Keppe, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Estonian architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow , Russian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1987 |
| Place of death | Tallinn , Estonian SSR , Soviet Union |