Raine Karp
Raine Karp is an Estonian architect.
Raine Karp was born in Tallinn. He studied construction at the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute for two years and went to study architecture in Tallinn State Institute of Applied Art. During the time of the Estonian SSR he worked at the SDI Eesti Kommunaalprojekt, the SDI Eesti Projekt and the SDI Eesti Tööstusprojekt. After the fall of the Soviet Union, during the period when the economy and construction again recovered, Raine Karp founded his one-man architectural office in 1996.
Creation
Raine Karp created some of the boldest examples of 1960s–1980s modernism in Estonia. Characterised by monumentalism, his designs often have a distinct Soviet feel to them. Karp was awarded several prizes for his works, and was among the best-known architects of the now-defunct Estonian SSR.Since 1962, the number of Raine Karp projects has exceeded 300. His designs in Tallinn include large-scale urban dominants such as the Linnahall convention center, the National Library of Estonia, Tallinn Central Post Office, Sakala center, the current building of the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs , apartment houses Trummi street 21 and Vilde 68 & 70, etc.
Built projects
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Nine-storey calcium-silicate brick apartment building in Mustamäe
- Residence for employees of the ESSR Communal Ministry
- Architect's personal residence, 45 Viimsi Rd, Tallinn
- Holiday home in Rannapungerja
- Residential quarter at 21 Trummi in Tallinn for workers of the Academy of Sciences
- Tallinn Polytechnic Institute athletics centre
- Tallinn Central Post Office
- Institute of Chemical and Biological Physics
- ESSR Council of Ministers holiday complex residence in Valgeranna
- Sakala Centre
- Tallinn Linnahall with ice arena
- Urban villa, 3a Kuninga, Pärnu
- National Library of Estonia
- Estonian EXPO Centre central pavilion
- Renovation of the Tallinn University of Technology athletetics building
- Linnamäe Hydroelectric Station in Jõelähtme
- Keila-Joa Hydroelectric Station
- K90 Ski jump tower in Otepää
- Tehvandi Ski Centre in Otepää
Unrealized projects
- Mustamäe residential district centre in Tallinn. Detailed plan and draft project.
- Building VI of the Tallinn Polytechnic Institute in Mustamäe, Tallinn
- Tallinn Central Post Office annex
- Linnahall renovation project
Awards
- 1976 Award of the USSR Council of Ministers
- 1978 Merited Architect of the Estonian SSR
- 1981 USSR Medal of Honour
- 1983 Main prize and gold medal at the International Union of Architects "Interarch '83" congress
- 1984 USSR State Prize
- 2006 Annual Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia
Personal exhibitions
- "Architect Raine Karp", 2006 in the Museum of Estonian Architecture
- „Evenings at home. Architect Raine Karp's private houses and summer homes", Exhibition from June 17 to August 21, 2016 in the Museum of Estonian Architecture.
Literature
- Raine Karp, Mait Väljas "Architect Raine Karp" 2016, Tallinn, Museum of Estonian Architecture. ISBN 9789949967957