ESTONIAN EMBASSY

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This is the first Estonian embassy built after the restoration of the country’s independence, and the first building specially designed for an embassy in Vilnius;
The competition for the construction was won by a group of very young architects at the time, only 26 years old;
In 1998, this building was exceptional for its modern, calm Scandinavian style – at that time, Lithuanian architecture was still dominated by postmodernism and an abundance of details;
The building has the first frameless glass facade in the Baltic States, attached directly to the building structures;
A gray-blue limestone is used for the facade from the street and is one of the traditional Estonian building materials. The chosen blue color reflects Estonian identity and blue cornflower fields;
The 16.5-meter-high building accommodates 9 levels.