Andres Siim is an Estonian

Estonians

Estonians are a Finnic people closely related to the Finns and inhabiting, primarily, the country of Estonia. They speak a Finnic language known as Estonian...

 architect

Architect

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.

Andres Siim was born in Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

 and studied in the National Art Institute of the Estonian SSR (today’s Estonian Academy of Arts

Estonian Academy of Arts

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) in the department of architecture

Architecture

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. He graduated from the institute in 1985.

Andres Siim works in the architectural bureau Siim&Kreis OÜ.

Notable works by Andres Siim are the Nissan Center in Tallinn, the main office of the Hansapank bank, and the new dormitory of the Tartu University. Andres Siim is a member of the Union of Estonian Architects.

Works

• Nissan Center in Tallinn, 1994, (with Hanno Kreis)
• Tamme Stadium 1997/98 (with Kristel Ausing)
• Main office of the Hansapank
  Hansabank
  Hansabank was a bank operating in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania owned by the FöreningsSparbanken/Swedbank, a Swedish bank. Following a decision taken by the Swedbank group on 15 September 2008, the Hansabank name was discontinued in 2009 with all operations rebranded under the Swedbank...
  
   bank, 1999 (with Kristel Ausing)
• Logistics center of the Kesko
  Kesko
  Kesko is a Finnish retailing conglomerate. It is engaged in the food trade, the home and specialty goods trade, the building and home improvement trade, and the car and machinery trade...
  
  -Eesti, 2000
• New dormitory of the Tartu University
  University of Tartu
  The University of Tartu is a classical university in the city of Tartu, Estonia. University of Tartu is the national university of Estonia; it is the biggest and highest-ranked university in Estonia...
  
  , 2001 (with Kristel Ausing)

See also

List of Estonian architects