Toomas Rein

• Name — Toomas Rein • Born — 17 April 1940 • Birthplace — Tallinn, Estonia • Education — Tallinn Polytechnic; Estonian State Art Institute (ERKI) • Occupation — Architect; watercolourist

Rein was born in Tallinn. He attended Tallinn 1st Secondary School from 1947 to 1954. He graduated from Tallinn Polytechnic in 1958 with a degree in industrial and civil construction and later completed architectural studies at the Estonian State Art Institute (ERKI) in 1967.

Rein’s Soviet-era work is closely linked to modernist rural architecture and to projects commissioned by KEK organisations and collective-farm institutions.

A major project of the Pärnu KEK residential district is the terraced housing complex Kuldne Kodu (Golden Home). It is commonly described as around three-quarters of a kilometre in length; the Dehio OME inventory gives the main terraced building as 726.7 metres long. Estonian Public Broadcasting has described it as about 740 metres long and noted its unusual scale in the Estonian context.

Rein designed the Rapla KEK administrative building (completed 1977), a widely discussed example of late-Soviet modernism in Estonia. The building was designated a cultural monument in 2015 by the Estonian state. It has also been discussed in heritage and conservation context in English-language materials on Estonia’s cultural heritage.

Rein prepared a reconstruction project for the Suur Munamägi observation tower in 1999–2000; the tower reopened after major works on 24 July 2005.

• Kuldne Kodu terraced housing complex, Pärnu (Pärnu KEK) • Rapla KEK administrative building (Okta Centrum), Rapla • Viljandi fire station (Viljandi tuletõrjedepoo) • Extension to Otepää Gymnasium (Otepää Gümnaasium) • Reconstruction of the Suur Munamägi observation tower

• Illustration — Kuldne Kodu terraced housing complex in Pärnu • Illustration — Tower of the Viljandi fire station • Illustration — Rapla KEK administrative building (Okta Centrum) • Illustration — Ruins of the Tsooru kolkhoz centre

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation architect. It is also recorded that toomas Rein is recorded as a citizen of Estonia. It is also recorded that toomas Rein is recorded with the gender male. Born on 17 April 1940.