Ehitustehniku arhitektuur: Leopold Tensingu majad Meriväljal
Builder’s architecture: Leopold Tensing’s houses in Merivälja

Summary/Abstract: Leopold Tensing (1888–1972), a builder who studied in 1913–1914 at the Technische Universität Ilmenau in Thuringia, Germany, is an unknown figure in Estonian architectural history, although he designed nearly 70 houses in Merivälja (a list is attached to the article). Tensing’s personal archive in the Tallinn City Archives has not been explored, and his name does not appear in any previous architectural research. The archive contains Tensing’s architectural projects from 1926–1955. In addition, there are about 80 sketches of houses, and plans copied by him from German architectural books and journals, which reflect the technician’s desire for self-education in the field of architecture.

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