Abstract
Graduates from Riga Polytechnic Institute Eugen Habermann (1884–1944) and Herbert Johanson (1884–1964) became the most active architects in Estonia of the 1920s and 1930s. E. Habermann was the city planning architect of Tallinn (1914–1923), the same time he headed the Construction Board of the Ministry of the Interior (1919–1923). H. Johanson lead the Tallinn city architect’s project bureau (1924–1944). From 1935, he also run the Tallinn municipal architecture office. Both architects were the founders of the Estonian Association of Architects (1921) and its chairmen, E. Habermann from 1921 to 1936, H. Johanson in the 1930s. The extensive list of E. Habermann’s and H. Johanson’s works consists around 200 projects, covering nearly all typologies of buildings. The article, using quotes from their fellows’ memories, characterises E. Habermann and H. Johanson as persons, and brings out the main features and stylistic development of their architecture.
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