Alar Kotli (27 August 1904 in Väike-Maarja – 4 October 1963 in Tallinn) was an Estonian architect. He studied sculpture at the art school Pallas in Tartu during 1922–1923 and mathematics at the University of Tartu. He graduated from the University of technology in Gdańsk (then Free City of Danzig) in 1927 as an architect.
Among the most famous and influential Estonian architects, Kotli has created several important landmarks in Tallinn. These include the Estonian Song Festival grounds (1957–1960, with Henno Sepmann & E. Paalmann), the main building of Tallinn University (1938–1940, with Erika Nõva), the Art Fund building (1949–1953) and the administrative building in Kadriorg park (currently the residence of the president of the Republic of Estonia) in conjunction with architect Olev Siinmaa (1937–1938). Kotli has also created many experimental apartment building projects, which were widely used after World War II when there was a serious need for new dwellings. Smaller buildings (for two families) were used in the 1950s as lottery jackpots.
Kotli's style has varied over the years. He has designed many functionalistic buildings in the 1930s, for example — schoolhouses in Rakvere (1935–1938) and Tapa (1936–1939). The Presidential Palace, also dating from the 1930s, can be categorised as historicism, while his 1950s and 1960s style is similar to brutalism.
AlarKotli (27 August 1904 in Väike-Maarja – 4 October 1963 in Tallinn) was an Estonian architect. He studied sculpture at the art school Pallas in Tartu...
building is under heritage protection. It was designed by architects AlarKotli and Erika Nõva. Nova (Latin: new) houses the Baltic Film and Media School...
new functionalist architecture." In 1938, Siinmaa, along with architect AlarKotli competed to design the Presidential Palace, which was to be the Building...
upcoming year. It was designed by architect Henno Sepmann together with AlarKotli and Endel Paalmann. The 15th Estonian Song Festival in 1960 was celebrated...
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Quebec (d. 1963) 1899 – C. S. Forester, English novelist (d. 1966) 1904 – AlarKotli, Estonian architect (d. 1963) 1904 – Norah Lofts, English author (d. 1983)...
by Hugh Maaskant. Tallinn Song Festival Grounds, Estonia, designed by AlarKotli. Broxbourne and Harlow Town railway stations on the Eastern Region of...
and History of Architecture in Moscow for his thesis on the architect AlarKotli. In 1998, he defended his second PhD (= Habilitation) at the Estonian...
purpose-built presidential palace on the grounds (1938) was designed by AlarKotli. In 1921, the palace became the main site for the Art Museum of Estonia...
of the Art Hall of the Art Foundation building (1948-1953, architect AlarKotli), but the original proportions of the façade were violated. It is a protected...
Tomsky was opened on the square, with a granite pedestal designed by AlarKotli. The monument was removed in 1991. The landscaped square on Rävala puiestee...
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1930s, a new sanatorium building was added, designed by the architect AlarKotli. The mansion house served as a sanatorium until 2000; since 2002 it has...
public swimming pool, a new gymnasium (school) designed by architect AlarKotli, and several banks and community buildings erected, as well as military...
Seedlings Community House (Valli St 1936), the Industrial Palace (1937 A. Kotli), the Fair Building (1937) and the English College (J Kunder and A Jansen...
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