Architectural companies are optimistic about the coming year

Ehitusuudised.ee prepared a survey among architectural and engineering companies regarding results over last years and prospects for the coming year. In respect of Novarc, the Chairman of the Board Kaitis Väär is sure 2019 will be better than the previous one. “Over a third of the planned projects is covered with contracts, this is a … Read more

Viimsi State Gymnasium building opened

The official opening of the new building of Viimsi State Gymnasium took place on 14 November 2018. This is the first state gymnasium in Harju County. The major part of the building is realised in CLT (cross laminated timber). The building has been in use since September. The authors of the buildings are Novarc Group … Read more

Novarc in Best Timber Building 2018 competition

The award for the best glued laminated timber building and people’s favourite went to Viimsi State Gymnasium. Architecture: KAMP Arhitektid (Jan Skolimowski, Peeter Loo, Kaspar Kuuse, Maie Raud). General designer and designer of engineering parts – Novarc Group. The 2nd and 3rd floors are built in prefab CLT (cross laminated timber) panels. The Best Timber … Read more

Novarc in Usesoft’s BIM seminar 2018

Mihkel Kaesveld, Novarc’s BIM Manager talked in Usesoft’s BIM seminar about the design process of a modern high school building for 540 students with the use of building information modelling. Viimsi State Gymnasium is the first state gymnasium in Harju County. The area of the three-storied building is 4 150 m². It is mainly built of … Read more

Corner stone set for the extension of Ülemiste Shopping Center

The extension will add 13 000 sq m of commercial and recreation area to the center. The architectural design comes from AMB International (Norway) and Novarc Group (Estonia), interior design from Priit Põldme and Reet Sepp (Joonprojekt). The contractor is Fund Ehitus. See more: Ehitusuudised Gallery: Pealinn Ärileht Estonian_Public_Broadcasting

Tallinn’s new court palace opened

On July 18, 2018 the new modern court house located at Lubja St 4 in Tallinn was officially opened. It houses the Harju County Court, Northern District Prosecutor’s Office and the Centre of Registers and Information Systems. The authors of the 25 000 sq m building are Andres Siim and Kristel Ausing from Arhitektuuristuudio Siim & … Read more

Novarc Group visits BIM technology leaders in the United Kingdom

  In June this year the Estonian Digital Construction Cluster visited the UK. Within the delegation, the development professionals of Novarc Group investigated the usage of building data in more than ten international companies in the United Kingdom. The discussions with leading architects from Zaha Hadid Architects, consultants from Turner & Townsend and visionaries from … Read more

Novarc on the meeting of Baltic consulting engineers

On 7 and 8 June the meeting of Baltic consulting engineers took place in Tartu. The keynote of the meeting were the regulations for energy efficiency in the Baltics and in Europe in general. Novarc was represented by the head of development and member of the board Viivo Siimpoeg. The design of energy efficient buildings … Read more