{"id":24820,"date":"2026-09-29T13:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/mis-on-arhitekti-too-tulemus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:12:22","slug":"what-is-the-result-of-an-architects-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/en\/what-is-the-result-of-an-architects-work\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is the Result of an Architect\u2019s Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Twelve respondents\u2014offices, architects, and collectives\u2014describe what they take to be the result of an architect\u2019s work. Their answers are accompanied by images of workplaces and moments in which the result is most clearly seen.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:11px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Jaak-Adam Looveer<\/strong>, <strong>Muutruum<\/strong>: <br \/>My relationship with work is frenzied and intense; I find myself working almost every day and regardless of the hour. This kind of attitude towards work probably developed due to the example of my father, who, way back in the Soviet period, was often late for his work in a large design bureau and got scolded by the guard or his superior. His response was bold and clear: \u2018An architect works even while sleeping!\u2019 And that settled it\u2014no one knew how to argue back. I, too, take the main part of an architect\u2019s work to be architectural thinking, which never sleeps. However, in order to turn it into something useful to others, one has to be able to express it and put it into work. I am working on many different things: advising developers, drawing up plans, looking into research and strategic documents, participating in the doings of the Estonian Association of Architects and other community activities, teaching students, studying in a doctoral programme, nudging street projects, putting together reconstruction projects and competition submissions, handling bids and paperwork. From large structures down to the smallest details, the most important medium of expression and the \u2018result\u2019 is the word and the diagram. The nature of the work is such that you can do it at home or in a caf\u00e9; I communicate mostly online, occasionally meeting in person; I consume a lot of instant coffee, or, when I get tired of that, something lighter. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Jaak-Adam_Looveer-buroo_Muutruum_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Jaak-Adam_Looveer-buroo_Muutruum_MAJA-121-122-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24792\" style=\"width:851px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Jaak-Adam_Looveer-buroo_Muutruum_MAJA-121-122-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Jaak-Adam_Looveer-buroo_Muutruum_MAJA-121-122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Jaak-Adam_Looveer-buroo_Muutruum_MAJA-121-122-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Jaak-Adam_Looveer-buroo_Muutruum_MAJA-121-122-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Jaak-Adam_Looveer-buroo_Muutruum_MAJA-121-122-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Jaak-Adam in his home office.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Looveer_Tartu-mnt-projekti-kommentaar_roheline_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"963\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Looveer_Tartu-mnt-projekti-kommentaar_roheline_MAJA-121-122-1024x963.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24793\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0633491979774345;width:433px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Looveer_Tartu-mnt-projekti-kommentaar_roheline_MAJA-121-122-1024x963.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Looveer_Tartu-mnt-projekti-kommentaar_roheline_MAJA-121-122-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Looveer_Tartu-mnt-projekti-kommentaar_roheline_MAJA-121-122-768x722.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Looveer_Tartu-mnt-projekti-kommentaar_roheline_MAJA-121-122-1536x1444.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1_Looveer_Tartu-mnt-projekti-kommentaar_roheline_MAJA-121-122-2048x1926.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Drawing: Liivalaia St concept design with a proposal to add bike lanes and greenery to Tartu Rd in Tallinn<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Architects from b210:<br \/><\/strong>The work of an architect depends increasingly on process management. We are happy when we are invited to participate as experts already in the preparation of the brief, where the crucial decisions on what and where to build are made. The design contract that reaches the architect\u2019s desk after winning a competition is a result of extensive prior collaboration: before that, a brief (including the spatial programme) has been developed, a location has been chosen, and both the design and construction budgets have been laid down. If the construction budget comes before the spatial programme and the user\u2019s brief, then the architect is in a sticky situation: there is a natural desire to include everything that everyone wants, but realistic budgeting shows that not everything can be built. Thus, quality largely comes down to process management and clear roles. Even in case of an exhibition or a private house, one should not underestimate the volume, time cost, and value of project management. It often seems that the architect is seen as something like a pencil, but in reality we are (first and foremost) like tracing paper and glue. The initial spatial vision, which shines through all the transparent layers of the project and the shared breathing of all participants, binds it all together into a collaborative work.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210desktop_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210desktop_MAJA-121-122-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24795\" style=\"width:751px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210desktop_MAJA-121-122-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210desktop_MAJA-121-122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210desktop_MAJA-121-122-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210desktop_MAJA-121-122-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210desktop_MAJA-121-122-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Desk at b210 and project discussion<\/em> <em>at b210.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210-toolaud_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210-toolaud_MAJA-121-122-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24794\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4163060011776787;width:753px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210-toolaud_MAJA-121-122-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210-toolaud_MAJA-121-122-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210-toolaud_MAJA-121-122-768x542.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210-toolaud_MAJA-121-122-1536x1084.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2_b210-toolaud_MAJA-121-122-2048x1446.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Olga Trebuhina, kodanikualgatuse \u201eHouseEurope!\u201c L\u00e4ti korraldusmeeskonna liige, RUUME arhitekt:<\/strong> <br \/>An architectural work is not always a building\u2014it can also be a movement or a call to action. This is what HouseEurope! does\u2014a European Citizens\u2019 Initiative to drive legal change that makes renovation easier, more affordable, and more inclusive, it highlights the benefits of renewal over demolition or neglect. In the Baltics, many buildings vanish through abandonment\u2014a passive form of demolition. Post-WWII heritage in particular suffers from a stigma due to Soviet occupation, as well as from uneven building quality of that era. Architects have a role in moving beyond the current paradigm, in which existing buildings are mostly seen as obstacles rather than opportunities. The housing crisis, circular economy principles, and climate awareness are all adding new incentives to repair and live with our complicated heritage. Through designing the legislation we push the limits of the profession and show that architects can and should be not only designers of space but also agents of change\u2014ambassadors for a more inclusive future.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3_HouseEurope-launch-event-in-Riga_photo-by-Zane-Rugena_MAJA-121-122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3_HouseEurope-launch-event-in-Riga_photo-by-Zane-Rugena_MAJA-121-122-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24797\" style=\"width:828px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3_HouseEurope-launch-event-in-Riga_photo-by-Zane-Rugena_MAJA-121-122-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3_HouseEurope-launch-event-in-Riga_photo-by-Zane-Rugena_MAJA-121-122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3_HouseEurope-launch-event-in-Riga_photo-by-Zane-Rugena_MAJA-121-122-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3_HouseEurope-launch-event-in-Riga_photo-by-Zane-Rugena_MAJA-121-122.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>HouseEurope! appeal and the initiative\u2019s launch event in Riga.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-House-Europe_MAJA-121-122.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"753\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-House-Europe_MAJA-121-122.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24796\" style=\"width:340px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-House-Europe_MAJA-121-122.png 753w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/3-House-Europe_MAJA-121-122-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>4<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Arnita Melzoba, GAISS architecture studio:<\/strong> <br \/>We take the result of our architectural work to be a life lived in a house we have designed, a workday spent in an office space we have conceived. We draw timber walls and steel drip edges, we follow regulations and calculate form factors for sustainable construction, producing lots of digital sheets of project documentation. We work with the builder on site to achieve the perfect meeting points of the materials used and strive to achieve an outcome that respects, not wastes, environmental resources. The end result is reached when a family feels the house is their home. They hang their paintings on the walls, leave their slippers under the stairs, and grow tomatoes outside the house. The kids make a mess in their rooms. Friends come over to celebrate New Year&#8217;s. The architecture becomes a place for impressions and memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-Comet-house-013-foto-Madara-Kupla_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-Comet-house-013-foto-Madara-Kupla_MAJA-121-122-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24798\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6669875317556553;width:376px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-Comet-house-013-foto-Madara-Kupla_MAJA-121-122-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-Comet-house-013-foto-Madara-Kupla_MAJA-121-122-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-Comet-house-013-foto-Madara-Kupla_MAJA-121-122-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-Comet-house-013-foto-Madara-Kupla_MAJA-121-122-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-Comet-house-013-foto-Madara-Kupla_MAJA-121-122-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-Comet-house-013-foto-Madara-Kupla_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em> An internal view of House Comet<\/em>.<br><em>Photo: Madara Kupla<\/em><br><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-office_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"727\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-office_MAJA-121-122-727x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24799\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7099638622690264;width:395px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-office_MAJA-121-122-727x1024.jpg 727w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-office_MAJA-121-122-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-office_MAJA-121-122-768x1082.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-office_MAJA-121-122-1090x1536.jpg 1090w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-office_MAJA-121-122-1453x2048.jpg 1453w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/4_GAISS-office_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg 1817w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 727px) 100vw, 727px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Material samples in GAISS architecture studio<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>5<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mari Hunt, MARIHUNT Architects<\/strong>: <br \/>In a small studio, ideas are born from working collectively: someone communicates with the client, someone sketches, someone drafts, someone analyses, someone steps back to look from afar, someone takes photos. Architectural work is constant collaboration\u2014space is born from communication and synergy. The architect is like a translator or a psychologist who helps different parties understand one another and find a common language. A new idea emerges where experience, trust, and debate meet. The completed building is only the visible part of the process\u2014the real result is the collaboration and energy that transforms thought into space and into a part of people\u2019s everyday lives.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5_Hetk-stuudios_foto-Mari-Hunt_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5_Hetk-stuudios_foto-Mari-Hunt_MAJA-121-122-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24800\" style=\"width:473px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5_Hetk-stuudios_foto-Mari-Hunt_MAJA-121-122-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5_Hetk-stuudios_foto-Mari-Hunt_MAJA-121-122-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5_Hetk-stuudios_foto-Mari-Hunt_MAJA-121-122-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5_Hetk-stuudios_foto-Mari-Hunt_MAJA-121-122-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/5_Hetk-stuudios_foto-Mari-Hunt_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A moment in MARIHUNT<\/em> Architects studio<em>.<\/em><br><em>Photo: Mari Hunt<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>6<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Jautra Bernotait\u0117, Office de Architectura:<\/strong> <br \/>Approximately ninety percent of architectural projects end their lives in a drawer after the concept stage. Some circulate in the offices of institutions, entangled in an ever-growing bureaucratic apparatus, while others are postponed indefinitely due to economic or political circumstances, even after having obtained construction permits. Achieving a successful outcome\u2014getting a project to see the light of day\u2014can take years, sometimes even decades. The process itself involves so many players that the architect is by no means the sole conductor; even the window sizes may be set by energy standards. Growing regulations and restrictions push architecture toward sameness and boredom. Fortunately, a few percent of projects still offer reasons for optimism. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_-workplace-2_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_-workplace-2_MAJA-121-122-1024x579.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_-workplace-2_MAJA-121-122-1024x579.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_-workplace-2_MAJA-121-122-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_-workplace-2_MAJA-121-122-768x434.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_-workplace-2_MAJA-121-122-1536x869.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_-workplace-2_MAJA-121-122-2048x1158.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Office de Architectura\u2019s workspace and their concept for converting a brewery.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_The-concept-of-brewery-conversion-2025-2_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"293\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_The-concept-of-brewery-conversion-2025-2_MAJA-121-122-1024x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24802\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3.4949459608310525;width:783px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_The-concept-of-brewery-conversion-2025-2_MAJA-121-122-1024x293.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_The-concept-of-brewery-conversion-2025-2_MAJA-121-122-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_The-concept-of-brewery-conversion-2025-2_MAJA-121-122-768x220.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_The-concept-of-brewery-conversion-2025-2_MAJA-121-122-1536x440.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6_Office-de-Architectura_The-concept-of-brewery-conversion-2025-2_MAJA-121-122-2048x586.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>7<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Mari Rass, Arhitekt Must<\/strong>: <br \/>The aim of an architect\u2019s work is to create value for people and for society at large. The result of an architect\u2019s work is a more successful society, a more streamlined city, and an all-around better life. Sometimes, a single image or a convincing vision is enough to push the world in the right direction\u2014it only takes someone who believes in it and acts on it. Achieving a spatial environment that creates value and improves life requires a lot of resources and work from many other parties. All the sketches, texts, plans, elevations, sections, descriptions, details, and technical drawings that the architect uses involve a great deal of work, but they are still only the first step towards the end result. If a design remains just a design and does not lead to construction and later use, then no result of the architect\u2019s work has materialised. Whether an architect\u2019s work can change lives and help people becomes clear only years later and with the help of many others. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_Arhitekt-Must-kontor_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_Arhitekt-Must-kontor_MAJA-121-122-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24803\" style=\"width:817px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_Arhitekt-Must-kontor_MAJA-121-122-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_Arhitekt-Must-kontor_MAJA-121-122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_Arhitekt-Must-kontor_MAJA-121-122-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_Arhitekt-Must-kontor_MAJA-121-122-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_Arhitekt-Must-kontor_MAJA-121-122-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Architect Must\u2019s office and the President of Estonia at the opening of T\u00f5rvandi School\u2019s new building<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_President-ja-Torvandi-kool_foto-Olari-Pilnik_MAJA-121-122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_President-ja-Torvandi-kool_foto-Olari-Pilnik_MAJA-121-122-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24804\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4992651109788733;width:817px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_President-ja-Torvandi-kool_foto-Olari-Pilnik_MAJA-121-122-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_President-ja-Torvandi-kool_foto-Olari-Pilnik_MAJA-121-122-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_President-ja-Torvandi-kool_foto-Olari-Pilnik_MAJA-121-122-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_President-ja-Torvandi-kool_foto-Olari-Pilnik_MAJA-121-122-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/7_President-ja-Torvandi-kool_foto-Olari-Pilnik_MAJA-121-122.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo: Olari Pilni<\/em>k<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>8<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Sandra Sinka, RUUME arhitekti<\/strong>: <br \/>Environment. We work for both the built and public environment to move beyond the post-Soviet space and make it more humane. We strive for the professional voice of architects to be heard and acknowledged within the sphere of public discourse. Our goal is to improve the spatial environment while strengthening trust in architectural professionals. We build communication that is open, inclusive, and based on mutual trust among all involved parties.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8___BIROJS_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8___BIROJS_MAJA-121-122-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8___BIROJS_MAJA-121-122-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8___BIROJS_MAJA-121-122-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8___BIROJS_MAJA-121-122-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8___BIROJS_MAJA-121-122-1536x1026.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8___BIROJS_MAJA-121-122-2048x1368.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>RUUME architects&#8217; office.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2><strong>9<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Tomomi Hayashi, Hayashi\u2013Grossschmidt Arhitektuur (HGA)<\/strong>: <br \/>\u00c1lvaro Siza once said: \u2018Architects don&#8217;t invent anything, they transform reality.\u2019 Architects know how to listen, adapt, interpret, and offer solutions that respond to both the physical environment and abstract calls to action. On a recent trip to Japan I visited several architecture schools to see what has changed in the past 30 years and whether there are any common trends. With regard to urban space, I noticed an increasing focus on smaller-scale interventions and the reconstruction of buildings, both of which were previously of secondary importance. This observation was echoed in the message of the Estonian Museum of Architecture\u2019s exhibition <em>Engage with the Existing: New Directions in Japanese Architecture<\/em>. In our own office\u2019s work we can see a somewhat similar tendency. After finishing the Rotermanni Flour Storage project, the economic crisis struck and made us focus our activities on valuing what already exists. Since then, we have been continuously working on reconstruction and interior architecture projects: the Machinery Hall of A.M. Luther&#8217;s Furniture Factory, the Tondi guardhouse, and the Patarei sea fortress. Every new situation brings new opportunities for an architect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_HGA-kontor_03_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_HGA-kontor_03_MAJA-121-122-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_HGA-kontor_03_MAJA-121-122-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_HGA-kontor_03_MAJA-121-122-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_HGA-kontor_03_MAJA-121-122-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_HGA-kontor_03_MAJA-121-122-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_HGA-kontor_03_MAJA-121-122-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_HGA-kontor_03_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>HGA&#8217;s office.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_Lutheri-masinasaal_03_foto-Tonu-Tunnel_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_Lutheri-masinasaal_03_foto-Tonu-Tunnel_MAJA-121-122-780x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_Lutheri-masinasaal_03_foto-Tonu-Tunnel_MAJA-121-122-780x1024.jpg 780w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_Lutheri-masinasaal_03_foto-Tonu-Tunnel_MAJA-121-122-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_Lutheri-masinasaal_03_foto-Tonu-Tunnel_MAJA-121-122-768x1008.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_Lutheri-masinasaal_03_foto-Tonu-Tunnel_MAJA-121-122-1170x1536.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_Lutheri-masinasaal_03_foto-Tonu-Tunnel_MAJA-121-122-1560x2048.jpg 1560w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/9_Lutheri-masinasaal_03_foto-Tonu-Tunnel_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg 1950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>View of the renovated Machinery Hall at A. M. Luther\u2019s Furniture Factory<\/em>.<br><em>Photo: T\u00f5nu Tunnel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2><strong>10<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Toomas Tammis, Tarmo Teedum\u00e4e, Arhitektuuriagentuur<\/strong>: <br \/>The substance and the result of an architect\u2019s work are different with each job. The end result and its format might be something different from what was initially planned and are not entirely under the architect\u2019s control. It might be that the only outcome is the design, or that the work produces some other interesting idea, drawing, image, or object. Regardless of the format, the result is an intervention in an existing situation\u2014most often a spatial intervention, but occasionally something that creates, describes, or brings order to some system or situation in some other way. The result should be that some small portion of the world becomes slightly better\u2014clearer, more systematic, more beautiful. The architect organises and orders space and matter based on existing and foreseeable near-future processes, but also lets those parts that do not need changing remain as they are. In any case, the result of the work should involve spatial quality and a certain cleverness in solutions. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_Arhitektuuriagentuuri-kontor22_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_Arhitektuuriagentuuri-kontor22_MAJA-121-122-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24808\" style=\"width:517px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_Arhitektuuriagentuuri-kontor22_MAJA-121-122-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_Arhitektuuriagentuuri-kontor22_MAJA-121-122-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_Arhitektuuriagentuuri-kontor22_MAJA-121-122-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_Arhitektuuriagentuuri-kontor22_MAJA-121-122-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_Arhitektuuriagentuuri-kontor22_MAJA-121-122-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Arhitektuuriagentuur\u2019s office and terraced houses in Viimsi, designed with Inga Raukas, which have been carved out of the forest in the most compact and precise way possible.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_t1_DSC2546_2_foto-Tarmo-Teedumae_MAJA-121-122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_t1_DSC2546_2_foto-Tarmo-Teedumae_MAJA-121-122-1024x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24809\" style=\"width:664px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_t1_DSC2546_2_foto-Tarmo-Teedumae_MAJA-121-122-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_t1_DSC2546_2_foto-Tarmo-Teedumae_MAJA-121-122-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_t1_DSC2546_2_foto-Tarmo-Teedumae_MAJA-121-122-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_t1_DSC2546_2_foto-Tarmo-Teedumae_MAJA-121-122-1536x768.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/10_t1_DSC2546_2_foto-Tarmo-Teedumae_MAJA-121-122-2048x1024.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo: Tarmo Teedum\u00e4e<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ove Oot, Apex<\/strong>: <br \/>For me, an architect\u2019s work does not end with the completion of a project, nor with the opening of a building, nor with the discontinuation of its function. What is created requires continuous attention\u2014care, management, and adaptation to new technologies and needs. The result of the work is a process that demands varying degrees of attention and energy over time. The built environment is an integrated system in which creators, managers, communities, critics, etc. are intertwined\u2014the architect may take different positions. The result may manifest in a number of ways: in saving an original detail of a building that is being restored, in a new interpretation of an archival drawing, in a detail drawing, in a conversation with community representatives, or in a discussion with a builder to find the best technological solution. All these activities constitute the result of an architect\u2019s work\u2014not as single, isolated points, but as parts of a continuous journey. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_DSCF0979_foto-Peeter-Rokk_MAJA-121-122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_DSCF0979_foto-Peeter-Rokk_MAJA-121-122-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24811\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5014720763702565;width:707px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_DSCF0979_foto-Peeter-Rokk_MAJA-121-122-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_DSCF0979_foto-Peeter-Rokk_MAJA-121-122-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_DSCF0979_foto-Peeter-Rokk_MAJA-121-122-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_DSCF0979_foto-Peeter-Rokk_MAJA-121-122-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_DSCF0979_foto-Peeter-Rokk_MAJA-121-122.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A pavilion has found its users.<\/em><br><em>Photo: Peeter Rokk<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_20251028_185410_Apex_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"577\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_20251028_185410_Apex_MAJA-121-122-577x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24810\" style=\"width:459px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_20251028_185410_Apex_MAJA-121-122-577x1024.jpg 577w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_20251028_185410_Apex_MAJA-121-122-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_20251028_185410_Apex_MAJA-121-122-768x1364.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_20251028_185410_Apex_MAJA-121-122-865x1536.jpg 865w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_20251028_185410_Apex_MAJA-121-122-1153x2048.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/11_20251028_185410_Apex_MAJA-121-122-scaled.jpg 1441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 577px) 100vw, 577px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Desk at Apex&#8217;s offices.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>12<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuomas Toivonen, Architect, musician, operator of Kulttuurisauna, Helsinki:<\/strong> <br \/>For me, the result of architectural work is&#8230; life? My practice and daily routines mainly take place in spaces that I have designed and built myself. Architects usually move on to work on the next design, but in the projects that have come to shape my daily life, I have remained on site as a user, co-owner, operator, caretaker, or inhabitant\u2014a voluntary prisoner of architecture. Now, my time and effort are less spent on creating, and more on operating, maintaining, and sustaining. I get to witness people using the buildings, and observe how both nature and the city are slowly transforming around them, but also digesting them through use, patina, weathering, and damage. For me, the ultimate result of architectural work is an improved daily life\u2014its societal, collective, familial, individual effects\u2014enabled and elevated through use. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/12_image_Kaya-Nishikori_MAJA-121-122.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"1002\" src=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/12_image_Kaya-Nishikori_MAJA-121-122.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24812\" style=\"width:628px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/12_image_Kaya-Nishikori_MAJA-121-122.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/12_image_Kaya-Nishikori_MAJA-121-122-248x300.jpeg 248w, https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/12_image_Kaya-Nishikori_MAJA-121-122-768x929.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>A still from Kaya Nishikori\u2019s film about the salon of Kulttuurisauna. The change in floor colour indicates the extent of the north wing that was demolished and rebuilt due to structural damage caused by the adjacent Kruunusilta bridge construction in 2023. On the floor is a set of six refractory beams, waiting to replace similar but eroded ceramic elements within the wood-burning stove (kiuas) that heats both the saunas and the building. On top of the beams rests a scale model of Kazuo Shinohara\u2018s rejected 1993 proposal for the Finnish Contemporary Art Museum. On top of the model sits a great tit (Parus major) that has dropped by\u2014perhaps one that hatched this summer in a nest built in a cavity of the building\u2018s front colonnade.<\/em><br><em>Kaya Nishikori<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:35px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>HEADER: project discussion at b210.<br \/>PUBLISHED: MAJA 3\/4-2025 (121-122) with main topic <strong><span style=\"color: #23dede;\"><a style=\"color: #23dede;\" href=\"https:\/\/vana.ajakirimaja.ee\/en\/maja-3-4-2025-121-122-work-and-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WORK AND FOOD<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twelve respondents\u2014offices, architects, and collectives\u2014describe what they take to be the result of an architect\u2019s work. 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