Kalle Vellevoog



1963 Born in Tallinn
1981-1986 Estonian Academy of Arts, faculty of architecture (cum laude)
1985-1990 Design and Planning Institute Tsentrosojuzprojekt, architect
1990-1991 Raimo Teränne Architects, Kaupunkkisuunnittelu Oy, Finland; architect
1990-… JVR Architects Ltd, architect/owner
1992-… Estonian Architects Union board member
1998-2002 President of the Estonian Architects Union
2002-2004 Vice President of the Estonian Architects Union
1994-… Member of the editorial board of the Estonian Architectural Review “Maja”
2000-… Member of the architectural council of the Ministry of Culture
2001-2003 Member of the architectural council of Tallinn
2001-2004 Member of the board of trustees of the Estonian Academy of Arts
2001-2004 Member of the Tallinn Urban Design Council
2003-2005 Member of the architectural council of Tallinn City
2004-… Member of the commission of the professional qualification standard for architects
2010-… Vice President of the Estonian Architects Union

 

Selected works : 

1997-1998 Condominiums at 16 Suur-Patarei St in Tallinn, arch. K. Vellevoog
2000-2003 A group of single-family houses in Pärnu in the area between Seedri and Remmelga streets, arch. K. Vellevoog
2001-2004 Condominiums at 6 Kaupmehe St, Tallinn, architects K. Vellevoog, V. Kadalipp
2003-2004 Apartment house at 34 Papli St, Pärnu; arch. K. Vellevoog
2003-2005 A group of apartment houses at Pähkli St, Tallinn; architects K. Vellevoog, V. Kadalipp
2003-2005 Apartment house at 9/11 Tatari St, Tallinn; architects K. Vellevoog, V. Kadalipp
2004-2006 Condominiums at 15 Suur-Liiva St, Haapsalu; arch. K. Vellevoog
2004-2006 Office building at 153 Pärnu road, Tallinn; arch. K. Vellevoog
2005-2007 Guesthouse at 4 Seedri St, Pärnu, arch. K. Vellevoog
2005 Condominiums at 3 Luige St, Tallinn; architects K. Vellevoog, V. Kadalipp
2006 Residential and office building at 14 Narva St, Jõhvi; archtects K. Vellevoog, V. Kadalipp
2007 Apartment house at 33a Ristiku St, Tallinn; arch. K. Vellevoog
2009-2011 Blocks of apartment houses Helme St. arch. K. Vellevoog, V. Kadalipp
2010-… Narva Joaoru recreation zone (17ha) and Narva beach building, arch. K. Vellevoog, T. Truus, M. Prommik, A. Andrejev
 

 

Selected architectural competitions: 

1989 International competition of the Rotermann District spatial planning (architects I. Jalas, K. Vellevoog, E. Rajasaar; purchase prize
1990 Jõhvi Library, arch. I. Jalas, K. Vellevoog, V. Kadalipp, 1st prize
1997 Emajõe business center in Tartu, arch. K. Vellevoog, M. Kadarik, E. Rajasaar, I. Jalas; purchase prize
1998 Viru District courthouse in Jõhvi, arch. K. Vellevoog, I. Jalas, 1st prize
1999 Kaali meteorite museum in Saaremaa, arch. K. Vellevoog; purchase prize
2000 Tartu University dormitory, arch. V. Kadalipp, I. Jalas, K. Vellevoog, E. Rajasaar; purchase prize
2001 Condominiums in Kaupmehe St, Tallinn, arch. K. Vellevoog, V. Kadalipp, O. Kadarik, E. Rajasaar, 1st prize
2004 Office building at 153 Pärnu road, arch. K. Vellevoog, L. Põdra, 1st prize
2007 Estonian embassy in Bejing, arch. K. Vellevoog, V. Kadalipp, T. Truus, M. Prommik; 3rd prize
2009 Narva Joaoru recreation zone, 1st prize, arch. K. Vellevoog, T. Truus, M. Prommik
2010 12thVenice Architecture Biennial, competition for the Estonian national pavillion, 1st prize, K. Vellevoog, T. Truus, K. Jagodin, M. Pedanik
 

 

Nominations: 

 
1998 Estonian Cultural Endowment, annual prize for the best reconstruction
2002 Estonian Cultural Endowment, annual prize as a member of the architectural policies working group
2007 Estonian Cultural Endowment, annual prize for architecture, for the guesthouse in Pärnu

 

Exhibitions: 

1994-…Annual exhibitions of the Estonian Union of Architects since 1994
2003 “Houses” (together with Arne Maasik), Architecture and Design Gallery, Tallinn
2005 “Emerging Identities - East” (group exhibition), Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, Berlin
2008 “Building” (together with Arne Maasik), Architecture and Design Gallery, Tallinn
2010 12th Venice Architecture Biennial, Estonian national pavilion, Arsenale, Venice; K. Vellevoog, T. Truus, K. Jagodin, M. Pedanik

 

Publications: 

 

1996- … Works have been published in Estonian Architectural Review Maja
2001 “Vaba Eesti ehitab”, Tallinn
2003 “Three cases of the Estonian way of life” - Estonian Art 2/2003
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 “Arhitektuuriaasta” (nominees for annual prize for architecture)
2003 Majad (Houses), Kalle Vellevoog / Arne Maasik (exhibition catalogue)
2006 Arkkitehti 3/2006
2006 “Estonia: Expanding Suburbia - White Neomodernist Villas and Beyond” - Architectural Design may-june 2006
2007 “Residential Building, Pärnu” - A10 nov/dec 2007
2007 Atlas Global Architecture circa 2000 (Fundacion BBVA)
2008 Maja (Building), Kalle Vellevoog/ Arne Maasik (exhibition catalogue)
2010 People meet in Architecture - Biennale Architettura 2010 (catalogue of the 12th Venice architecture biennial)