winning design in the 2009 international competition, a cooperation between bjarke ingels group (http://big.dk/), adams kara taylor (http://www.akt-uk.com/) and allianss arhitektid (http://www.allianss.eu/).

project leaders: bjarke ingels & jakob lange.

more information + design concepts can be seen here (http://big.dk/projects/tat/).

http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/big-tallinn-town-hall-2.jpg

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http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/big-tallinn-town-hall-3.jpg

http://www.archdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/big-tallinn-town-hall-4.jpg

i will edit the first post as we get more information. as of now the city is quite optimistic - all the preliminary bureaucratic paperwork should be done during 2010 and hopes are up for the construction to start soon after.

Well,even at fastest pace it would still take atleast 3 years before we see any construction. ;)

Well,even at fastest pace it would still take atleast 3 years before we see any construction. ;)

dont be so pessimistic!
Ill give it 1 year til construction documents

:lol: I was thinking of actual construction work not documents!

my hope is that the digging will start before next elections, just in case :D
i recall someone mentioning the year 2014 as the completion date... i might have dreamt it.

Time always suck when you have to wait!

This one looks really really nice!

And there are a lot of ugly modern city halls around the world, but this is not one of those ones!

That one is really nice. It's also famous project, it was featured on international architecture sites

Yep, this is certainly the best project in Tallinn atm! :cheers:

Quality!!!

Never mind how good the building actually looks, seems like it would be a great public space for Tallinners and visitors alike. Great project :cheers:!

here are full overviews of a couple of competition entries:

3rd prize, by 3+1 architects (estonian)
http://katkestuste-linn.blogspot.com/2009/07/066-raekoja-konkursitoo-31.html

chosen among 9 finalists, by salto architects (estonian)
http://katkestuste-linn.blogspot.com/2009/06/061-tallinna-uue-raekoja-konkursitoo.html

not awarded, by zinterl architekten (austrian / portuguese)
http://katkestuste-linn.blogspot.com/2009/10/081-tallinna-uue-raekoja-konkursitoo.html

not awarded, by sea and effekt (danish - they're also the authors of the new building of the academy of arts)
http://katkestuste-linn.blogspot.com/2009/10/082-eka-uue-maja-autorid-raekoja-kallal.html


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much-much more will follow.

3+1 work was very fascinating, although why have they gone green? not sure green would have worked. the design is so cool...a big X!

I did not like the salto architects proposal...

On the other hand zinterl proposal looks decent, although it reminded of an airports terminal buidling, but still it has nice features. Not sure it would fit in with surroundings.

Sea and effekt proposal is curiosuly arousin!

S.T.A.S.
+1

Well the best one was chosen IMO, but I also like the proposal of sea and effekt.

A beautiful building! Congratulations!

my inside information says things are moving faster than we could have imagined.

bjarke ingels: "in terms of architecture, political stability is always good."

Architecturally this is absolutely amazing, BUT...
I can't see this as a City Hall of Tallinn. Forgive me, but I think City Hall should be something you can't mix up with some shopping centre... And if you would be realistic then people who don't know that this is the city hall, they probably would guess that "oh, it's another shopping centre". Considering this we could just make Viru Centre or Solaris to our City Hall. They both have much better location anyway. Having said all this... This is architecturally absoutely amazing and definitely the best project in Tallinn.

Architecturally this is absolutely amazing, BUT...
I can't see this as a City Hall of Tallinn. Forgive me, but I think City Hall should be something you can't mix up with some shopping centre... And if you would be realistic then people who don't know that this is the city hall, they probably would guess that "oh, it's another shopping centre". Considering this we could just make Viru Centre or Solaris to our City Hall. They both have much better location anyway. Having said all this... This is architecturally absoutely amazing and definitely the best project in Tallinn.

with all due respect, wtf?

Wtf? Duck?
eh. no.
what?

How does this look like a shopping center? wtf?

I wish there were more shopping malls that look like that in Estonia.

Its by far the best looking shopping center i've ever seen, oh gosh, i've never seen anything like it!

I demand a shoping centre like this in Stockholm too! ;)

uffffff, I love it!!!!!!
but, Will it ruin the fairie tale looking of Tallinn?

hugs from Chile.

uffffff, I love it!!!!!!
but, Will it ruin the fairie tale looking of Tallinn?

hugs from Chile.

The old town will remain a fairy tale.

The rest of town, It can go to hell!

The rest of town, It can go to hell!

I really hope it was a sarcasm :D

so, tallinn now owns the statoil plot. in return, statoil got a plot in lasnamäe :D

Architecturally this is absolutely amazing, BUT...
I can't see this as a City Hall of Tallinn. Forgive me, but I think City Hall should be something you can't mix up with some shopping centre... And if you would be realistic then people who don't know that this is the city hall, they probably would guess that "oh, it's another shopping centre". Considering this we could just make Viru Centre or Solaris to our City Hall. They both have much better location anyway. Having said all this... This is architecturally absoutely amazing and definitely the best project in Tallinn.

Haha...this reminds me of the fuss back in the 40s when Arne Jacobsen won the competition to design Århus City Hall and was ultimately told to add a tower and some marble cladding or to fuck home to Copenhagen - because it was deemed too anti-monumental. Some things just never change.:)

one of my favorite projects in the competition, done by paik arhitektid: http://katkestuste-linn.blogspot.com/2010/02/091-paik-arhitektid-raekoja-konkursi.html

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BFXwZoCVGbQ/S3SCUJUADAI/AAAAAAAAJKQ/PsjcB4JBFJo/s1600/r3.jpg

one of my favorite projects in the competition, done by paik arhitektid: http://katkestuste-linn.blogspot.com/2010/02/091-paik-arhitektid-raekoja-konkursi.html

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BFXwZoCVGbQ/S3SCUJUADAI/AAAAAAAAJKQ/PsjcB4JBFJo/s1600/r3.jpg

I dont know, not a big fan myself. the heating/cooling is a bitch. The same reason why radiators are flat and not cubes.

^ mhmh.

"Hoone vertikaalse kontoriploki üliekspansiivse lahendusega kaasneks üldise energiasäästu taustal ka liigsuur energiakulu hoone kütmisel ja jahutamisel, mida küll osaliselt kompenseeriks läänefassaadile kavandatud huvitavaid arhitektuurseid võimalusi pakkuv vertikaalhaljastussüsteem."

Not exactly a big news,but city officials approved detail planning of new Statoil gas station on Sadama street. Building it allows to demolish current Statoil near Linnahall,clearing site for new city hall (whenever that gets built....)

Source: http://www.ehitusinfo.ee/index.php?aid=9539

fun fact: the station about to get demolished on the plot of the future town hall is the oldest statoil gas station in tallinn, dating back to 1993.

a crazy competition entry: http://katkestuste-linn.blogspot.com/2010/06/103-kosmoselaevalik-raekoda-kosmosest.html

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_BFXwZoCVGbQ/TBZLWWYYwJI/AAAAAAAAJqg/mQY112-emzY/s1600/r1.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_BFXwZoCVGbQ/TBZONCwcBHI/AAAAAAAAJro/pOh97xdgarU/s1600/r10.jpg

Looks like they were inspired by Beijing's Olympic stadium.

Great news,everyone! Second,Lasnamäe Statoil planning (on Narva Highway 129A) was approved yesterday and according to city officials they have managed to reach agreement over construction of first new Statoil in Sadama street (Port Of Tallinn wasn't very happy about it before)

This means that probably in next year old Statoil next to Linnahall will be demolished (it's bit too wild dream to hope that they will demolish it in this year :D) and we might actually see some site preparation works getting done! :banana:


P.S. - RIP,passenger harbour Statoil! :) It was a good place to buy some snacks before heading to a Helsinki ship.

^^ As far as I know, it was also one of the oldest Statoils in Tallinn.

^^ As far as I know, it was also one of the oldest Statoils in Tallinn.

it's in fact the oldest - it was built in 1993. after that came the one at ülemiste.

i would love to hear some official news about the new city hall... a few weeks ago 2 guys from bjarke ingels group (jakob lange and some dude unknown to me) were in tallinn gathering information on the area's developments, including the cultural cauldron and museum of contemporary art. i wonder how far they are with the city hall project.

i would love to hear some official news about the new city hall... a few weeks ago 2 guys from bjarke ingels group (jakob lange and some dude unknown to me) were in tallinn gathering information on the area's developments, including the cultural cauldron and museum of contemporary art. i wonder how far they are with the city hall project.

maybe you should have asked them? :L

oh yea... never crossed my mind :D