Jacobi, Erich

Born June 4 ( 16 ), 1885 in Revel . In 1905-1907 he studied at the University of Hanover . In 1913 he graduated from the architectural department at the Riga Polytechnic Institute . In 1915 he studied with Lars Sonka . He then worked as an architect in Tallinn.

In 1921, he became one of the founders . Since 1932, Erich Jacobi has been a teacher at the .

After the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, he was forced to leave Estonia.

He died on December 10, 1941 in Gotenhafen (now Gdynia , Poland).

In 1924, Jacobi built a villa on a plot of land located on the slope of Toompea Hill and received for development for special services. There was no abundance of detail characterizing the art nouveau style, but signs of constructivism were noted. In 2014, the villa was awarded the prize as the best restored monument of architecture of the Old Town. It is protected as a monument of architecture.

He took an active part in various competitions. In 1926, a tuberculosis sanatorium was built in Kivimäe ; The building of the sanatorium was designed by Erich Jacobi. At the international architectural competition held in 1936 for the construction of the building for the Art Museum on the site of land between Mere Boulevard and Ayia Street, Erich Jacobi and Edgar Johan Kuusik became winners. However, the Second World War began , and the project was not implemented ^[1] .

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  Villa Jacobi.
  St. Wismari, 11.1923-1924

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  Estonia Boulevard , 10.
  Sovm. with Rosenberg . 1912-1916

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  Mere Boulevard, 3.
  Adventist Church.
  1923

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  St. Karu, 16.
  Jewish school .
  1924

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  Kivimäe . Sanatorium.

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  Väike-Karja street , 7.
  Sovm. with berg.
  1937

• Uue ja vana vastaspinge Erich Jacoby arhitektuuris (est.)