Open Lectures

Open Lecture by Patrick Schumacher. Photo: Tõnu Tunnel, 2018

In this lecture series held in Tallinn, the Faculty of Architecture invites world-renowned architects, theoreticians, critics and urbanists to introduce fresh perspectives in architecture, design, urban planning, and critical thought.

The lectures are aimed at both architecture students and professionals related to the area as well as a broader audience of people interested in spatial culture.

The lectures are in English and free of charge.

Website for the lecture series: www.avatudloengud.ee

The curator of the 2024. spring lecture series is Maroš Krivy

The lecture series is organized by the Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture since 2012.

Open Architecture Lecture: Erik Sigge

Erik Sigge will give an open lecture “The Worth of Welfare: A Historical Perspective on the Costing and Financing of Public Buildings” on October 28 at 5 pm at EKA classroom A-501

Open Architecture Lecture: Christian Pagh

The Open Lecture series of the EKA Faculty of Architecture will take place in the autumn of 2024 under the general title S*cial – Values in the built realm. The lecturers will focus on the ongoing shift in planning practice, where ...

Open Architecture Lecture: Elina Alatalo

The Open Lecture series of the EKA Faculty of Architecture will take place in the autumn of 2024 under the general title S*cial – Values in the built realm

Open Architecture Lecture: Arno Brandlhuber & Jonas Janke

The Open Lecture series of the EKA Faculty of Architecture will take place in the autumn of 2024 under the general title S*cial – Values in the built realm. The lecturers will focus on the ongoing shift in planning ...

Open architecture lecture: Sofia Nannini

Cancelled! On May 31, at 11 AM Sofia Nannini will present a lecture “The mechanization of life: Histories, architecture, and paradoxes of intensive animal farming” in room ...

Open architecture lecture: Lara Almarcegui

he Open Lecture series of the EKA Faculty of Architecture will take place in the spring of 2024 under the general title Unlearning. The lecture series aims to ...

Open Architecture Lecture: Henriette Steiner

The Open Lecture series of the EKA Faculty of Architecture will take place in the spring of 2024 under the general title Unlearning. The lecture series aims to engage with ...

Open architecture lecture: Barbara Imhof

On April 2nd at 4:00 p.m., an extraordinary open lecture will be held in the open area of the 4th floor of EKA (A400). The lecture is held in English and is open to all interested parties. Barbara Imhof: Living ...

Open architecture lecture: Jess Myers

The Open Lecture series of the EKA Faculty of Architecture will take place in the spring of 2024 under the general title Unlearning. The lecture series aims to engage with ...

Open architecture lectures on Spring 2024: Unlearning

Estonian Academy of Arts, Faculty of Architecture is pleased to announce its spring 2024 public lecture series. Organized around the theme of Unlearning, the lecture series aims to engage with values, imaginaries and ...

Open architectural lectures 2023 autumn

In autumn 2023, the open architectural lectures will take place under the title Mobile Masters. The theme brings architects and theorists to Tallinn, who analyse architecture’s flexibility and the mobile practices of architects, spatial ...

A series of open architectural lectures 2023 spring

The series of open architectural lectures at EKA makes you think about the reasons for architecture  A series of open architectural lectures will be held this 2023 spring under the title “Triggers of ...

Open architecture lectures on Fall 2022. Warum Berlin?

The Open Lecture Series of the EKA Architecture Faculty will explore Berlin this fall. Johan Tali, the curator of the autumn programme considers Berlin one of the most exciting multicultural metropolises in Europe, a city that ...

​​5 questions to Johan Tali about the Architecture Open Lectures of spring semester 2022

The series of open lectures of the Faculty of Architecture revolves around similarities this spring - young architects from Latvia and Lithuania are coming to Tallinn. We are trying to pinpoint the root pattern of the ...

Architecture Open Lecture Series lines up inspiring speakers from close-by countries

The series of open architecture lectures will take place this spring under the title “Close enough” and will bring architects from Latvia, Lithuania and Russia to the stage in Tallinn. We will examine how our neighbours operate topics arising ...

EKA Architecture Open Lecture Series on standby

This autumn semester, the Open Lecture Series of the EKA Architecture and Urban Design department was supposed to focus on Latvian and Lithuanian architects, urban planners and artists, to take a closer look at what’s happening in the ...

Open Lecture on Architecture: Levente Polyak , 18.10 at 6.30pm

Funding the Cooperative City: Open Lecture by urban planner Levente Polyak The next lecturer of the Open Lecture Series this autumn semester will be Levente Polyak, stepping on the stage of the new EKA building (auditorium ...

Architecture Faculty Open Lecture Series: Jason Hilgefort

The next lecturer of the Open Lecture Series this autumn semester will be Jason Hilgefort, stepping on the stage of the large hall of the new EKA building on 4th of October at 6 pm to talk about the disruptive developments of dispersed ...

Open Lecture Series: Maria Keinicke Davidsen on 19th April

The next lecturer of the Open Lecture Series this spring semester will be Maria Keinicke Davidsen, stepping on the stage of Kanuti Gildi SAAL (Pikk 20, Tallinn) on 19th of April at 6 pm to talk about how we can create environments that encourage ...

Open Lecture Series: ANASTASIA PISTOFIDOU on March 8th

OPEN LECTURE SERIES: Anastasia Pistofidou - combining the analog and the ...

Open Lecture: ARTEM KITAEV on 14th December

The last lecturer of the Open Lecture Series this autumn semester will be Basel-based architect Artem Kitaev, who will be stepping on the stage of Kanuti Gildi Saal (Pikk 20, Tallinn) on 14th December at 6 pm. Kitaev’s lecture is titled ...

Open Lecture: MANJA VAN DE WORP on 30th November

Pulp Pavilion, built for the 2015 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in the California desert, using reclaimed paper. Manja Van de Worp: “New Engineering typologies: not a hybrid – just ...

Open Lecture: MATTHIAS RIPPMANN on 16th November at 18:00

Droneport Prototype. Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 Department of Architecture and Urban Design of the Estonian Academy of Arts is happy to present the Open Lecture Series lineup for the autumn semester – a number of ...

Architecture Open Lecture Series on 2nd of November: Didier Fiuza Faustino

Mexico City projekt "Foundation Alumnos47" Didier Faustino // Mesarchitecture On the 2nd of November, Architecture Open Lecture Series will host architect and artist Didier Fiuza Faustino. Starting at 6 pm, this ...

The Mereological City: Open Lecture by Daniel Köhler on 19th November

​Daniel Koehler - The Mereological City 2014 Model, scale 1:10000: computational model based on the Vertical City Schema by Ludwig Hilberseimer.

Architecture Open Lecture Series to host five acknowledged architects during Autumn semester

Department of Architecture and Urban Design of the Estonian Academy of Arts is happy to present the Open Lecture Series lineup for the autumn semester – a number of exciting architects, urban planners, academics from across the world. The ...

OPEN LECTURE SERIES: Víctor Enrich 4.02. AT 18

Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture "Open Lecture Series" 04.02 Víctor Enrich (Barcelona) - Víctor Enrich stuudio Victor Enrich (b. 1976) is a catalan photographer and artist. He graduated architecture in Universitat ...

OPEN LECTURE SERIES: GILLES RETSIN 19.11. AT 18

Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture “Open Lecture Series” Kanuti Gildi SAAL (Pikk 20, Tallinn) 19.11. Gilles Retsin / London Gilles Retsin Architecture is a young award-winning London based architecture and design practice ...

Open Lecture Series: 5.11. at 18 – Robert White

Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture “Open Lecture Series” Kanuti Gildi SAAL (Pikk 20, Tallinn) 05.11. Robert White / London Robert White is a founding Partner of White Partners providing strategic consulting and appointment ...

Open Lecture Series: 22.10, 18:00 – Kristina Schinegger – SOMA

Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture "Open Lecture Series" Kanuti Gildi SAAL (Pikk 20, Tallinn) 22.10 Kristina Schinegger Kristina Schinegger studied Architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Studio Prix) and the ...

Open Lecture Series: 24.09 at 18:00 – Mario Carpo (London)

Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture "Open Lecture Series" 24.09 Mario Carpo (London) Mario Carpo is an architectural historian and critic, currently the inaugural Reyner Banham Professor of Architectural History and Theory at ...

Open lecture: Jo Van Den Berghe

Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture Public Guest Speaker Series Quite a few well-known architects, theoreticians, critics and urbanists have given talks at this lecture series, to offer fresh perspectives on architecture, design, ...