19.01.2016
The large spidery installation that was erected in front of the Estonian Museum of Architecture to mark the beginning of the third installment of Tallinn Architecture Biennale back in 2015, will remain in place until the end of 2016 for public viewing. The structure titled Body Building was designed by curators of the TAB 2015 main exhibition, architects Sille Pihlak and Siim Tuksam, and quickly became one of the most photographed objects of the biennale in the public space of Estonia’s capital.
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07.10.2015
Exhibition "9 Conditions of Riga", curated by Oskars Redbergs will open on Thursday at 17 in Telliskivi Creative City Red Hall (Punane Saal). The exhibition will remain open until 29th October.
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05.10.2015
The results of the TAB Vision Competition “Epicentre of Tallinn” together with comments of the jury for each awarded entry have been published on the competition website now. Exhibition attracted 18 000 visitors.
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24.09.2015
The presentations and panels of the TAB Symposium "Hyperlocal city", held on 10 and 11 September in Tallinn Kultuurikatel, can be watched on the TAB Youtube channel now.
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22.09.2015
TAB has been featured in several reports and reviews, among others in Euronews, YLE, ArchDaily, Helsingin Sanomat, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Latvian TV, livegreenblog.com, Arterritory etc. A selection of coverage here.
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15.09.2015
Install Uber app, enter promo code BIENNAAL, call a car and use it for a free ride up to a value of 15€. New users can use the code for their first ride.
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15.09.2015
ON + OFF invites to a bus tour and public workshop on Thursday, September 17 from 11:00 to 17:30 at the Port of Tallinn, D-Terminal Lootsi 13, 3rd floor. Guided Bus Tour starts at 14:30 to 17:30, point of departure Port of Tallinn, D-Terminal main entrance at ground floor. All events are free or charge. Please register before September 16 via e-mail to Tarmo Pikner.
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15.09.2015
TAB-Club offers discussions and film nights. Tonight a public discussion about the impact of self driving cars to public services, tomorrow a virtual reality workshop for professionals. On Thursday there will be a seminar on architectural heritage of Riga nad Tallinn and from Friday through Sunday a series of film nights. More about TAB-Club programme here. The events in TAB-Club are free of charge. Follow TAB-Club on FB.
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15.09.2015
The main exhibition of TAB Body Building will offer a backdrop and context for the premiere of dance performance bodyBUILDINGbody by Maarja Tõnisson on Thursday, 17th September at 19. The performance will create a sensual spacial collage of movement, sound, video and the installations of the exhibition in Estonian Museum of Architecture. Tickets available for €10 at Piletilevi and at venue.
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11.09.2015
The main exhibition of Tallinna Architecture Biennale “Body Building”, curated by Sille Pihlak and Siim Tuksam, will open tonight at the Museum of Estonian Architecture. The exhibition presents an impressive line-up of internationally renowned architects and researchers, experimenting on the borderline of architecture, using new materials, cutting edge technology (robotic fabrication, multi material 3d printing, real time data analyses) and reaching out to new disciplines (fashion, engineering).
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11.09.2015
The entry Enhanced Urban Movement by Clement Lobbens and Frederique Barchelard (Denmark) has won the Vision Competition of Tallinn Architecture Biennale “Epicentre of Tallinn”. The model of the winning entry along with other works of the competition is exhibited at the Viru Keskus until 30th September.
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10.09.2015
The international TAB Symposium “Hyperlocal City” has kicked off today at Kultuurikatel with an address by the president of Estonia. Ilves said: "Just as architects have to make sure they understand enough
engineering to build a building that not only looks nice but also won’t fall
down, in the future, if you are going to use the new technology, it is your
moral obligation to understand IT well enough to avoid the potential threat.”
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08.09.2015
TAB will move
to the streets of Tallinn with a series of installations. The curators of TAB
main exhibition “Body Building”, Sille Pihlak and Siim Tuksam are building an
installation in front of the Museum of Estonian Architecture to serve as a
conceptual landmark and signage for the exhibition but also an artwork in its
own right. A smaller scale removable version of the installation will be opened
on Tallinn’s main square, Vabaduse väljak, on 12th September.
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08.09.2015
What if you looked at the construction business from a fresh angle? What if you looked at a house as a whole and not as a complicated aggregation of ventilating shafts, glazed tiles, grout and silicate. What would our houses look like if architects and designers, engineers and builders, academics and practitioners all worked together towards the same goal, in the same spacetime?
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07.09.2015
Tickets for the TAB Symposium on 10th and 11th September will be available at the door for 15€ for a one day ticket and 25€ for a two day ticket. Free entry for TAB pass holders. The Symposium "Hyperlocal City" takes place at Kultuurikatel, Põhja pst 27a.
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05.09.2015
Five architecture offices will open their doors to visitors on the opening day of TAB, 9th September from 11:00. TAB wants to offer visitors and local architecture friends an insight how the best local architects spend their working hours. This time, the tour will be on self-driving mode - you can visit as many offices as you wish.
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31.08.2015
The first events of TAB 2015 will kick off this week already with the opening of the "3DL - Architectural Algorithms and Ideas in Space" exhibition on the 3rd September at 18 in the Estonian Design and Architecture Gallery. Have a look at the detailed programme of the opening week!
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26.08.2015
Exhibition "9 Conditions of Riga: Regeneration and Transformation of the City – Urban Environment and Architecture” is a satellite event of the Tallinn Architecture Biennale 2015 programme. The exhibition "9 Conditions of Riga" contributes to the overall theme of the biennale “Self Driven Cities” by questioning whether and how the very inhabitants or the 'self' of the city can actually maintain and influence or rather ‘drive’ the politics of the built environment and the city.
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22.08.2015
The international jury has shortlisted eight entries to the Tallinn Architecture Biennale Vision Competition "Epicentre of Tallinn". The works to expect an award or a special mention at the opening of the exhibition on 10th September at Viru Keskus are in alphabetical order: .Dot Flow, AD2115, Enhanced Urban Movement, Hotspot, Limbo, Magnet, Rukkilill and Triptych.
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19.08.2015
Tallinn Architecture Biennale will open on 9th September to offer architecture-related events for more than a month. In addition to the high-level symposium and curator’s exhibition the programme offers TAB-LAB Research and Development Exhibition, TAB Club and a number of satellite events – from professional workshops to film nights and parties.
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18.08.2015
Architecture
as an industry stands at the threshold of new industrial age, based on
intangible and intellectual processes instead of material and technical duties.
How can architects benefit from this paradigm shift and build for the future by
taking part in creation?
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12.08.2015
The entries to the Tallinn Architecture Biennale Vision Competition "Epicentre of Tallinn" are published in the digital catalogue and are open for audience vote.
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05.08.2015
TAB main exhibition "Body Building", curated by Sille Pihlak and Siim Tuksam, presents an impressive line-up of internationally renowned architects and researchers, experimenting on the borderline of architecture, using new materials, cutting edge technology (robotic fabrication, multi material 3d printing, real time data analyses) and reaching out to new disciplines (fashion, engineering).
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28.07.2015
Estonian Association of Architects invites to a joint workshop of Estonian and Finnish architects to visualize the impact of Tallinn-Helsinki tunnel on urban environment and to work out different scenarios.
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23.07.2015
TAB is offering home accommodation to our foreign guests to get a real insiders’ view of life in Tallinn. Based on the idea of the popular Couchsurfing we will connect TAB visitors with Tallinn locals, who wish to open their homes for guests. This great opportunity is free of charge for all participants.
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18.07.2015
Solo Sokos Hotel Estoria, Kreutzwald Hotel Tallinn, von Stackelberg Hotel and CRU hotel offer special discounted rates for TAB guests of up to 20% off published rates. Also check out the travel deals with Estonian Air and Luxexpress.
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07.07.2015
Estonian Air is offering a 15% discount for TAB guests from all destinations. Estonian Air operates direct flights to Tallinn from major European cities like Stockholm, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Paris and many others.
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07.07.2015
This year's TAB Symposium will take place on the 10th and 11th September and will take an interdisciplinary route, looking at the way space, technology and community intertwine in the context of the third industrial revolution.
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12.05.2015
Are you looking for exciting volunteering opportunities? Well, we've got something for you! TAB is looking for VOLUNTEERS. We rely on our volunteers and interns to help organise the best and biggest architecture event in Estonia and the Baltics – and in exchange you get the unique close-up view of how an event if this scale is organised.
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23.03.2015
We have good news for everyone taking part in TAB 2015 Vision Competition – in case you are interested in local printing partners, our good friends at Koopia Kolm print-shop will help you print and deliver all materials requested in the competition rules to our offices.
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10.03.2015
Tallinn Architecture Biennale has announced the vision competition "Epicentre of Tallinn" to find a design solution for intersections in the future, when only self-driving
cars will drive on the city streets. The international one-stage architecture competition invites entries by the end of May.
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27.02.2015
On March 3, the curatorial team of Tallinn Architecture Biennale TAB 2015 will introduce the programme of the biennale and announce the TAB vision competition.
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