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{{Short description|Estonian architect}}

'''Robert Natus''' ([[march 16]], [[1890]] in [[Viljandi]], Estonia - [[march 31]], [[1950]] in [[Bad Wilsnack]], Germany) was a [[Baltic German]] architect, mainly working in [[Tallinn]], Estonia. He studied in Tallinn and [[Riga]] (in [[Riga Technical University]]). In 1939, Natus moved to Germany.

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'''Robert Natus''' (16 March 1890 – 31 March 1950) was an Estonian architect of [[Baltic German]] descent.<ref name="tallinn.ee">{{cite web |title=Nõmme esimene linnaarhitekt Robert Natus - 125 |url=https://www.tallinn.ee/uudised?tyyp=external&id=12837 |website=www.tallinn.ee |access-date=21 January 2022}}</ref>

Born in [[Viljandi]], [[Estonia]], Natus studied in [[Tallinn]], and at [[Riga Technical University]]. In the 1920s, together with [[Ernst Gustav Kühnert]], he drew the general plans for the garden cities of [[Merivälja]] and [[Nõmme]], both just outside Tallinn (Nõmme was merged into Tallinn in 1940). His best known work is the current City Hall of Tallinn, built in 1932. - withWith its red clinker mosaique fa&ccedil;adefaçade and lanterns by the Estonian sculptor [[Jaan Koort]], it is the most prominent building surroundingin Freedom Square, and the most beautifulnotable example of expressionist [[art deco]] in Tallinn.

Red clinker mosaique was soon copied on another of Natus' well-known building on the corner of Pärnu and Roosikrantsi street, only a few hundred meters from the City Hall. This building was inspirated by [[Johann Friedrich Höger]]'s Chilehaus in [[Hamburg]].

Natus has also created several functionalistic apartment buildings and private dwellings.

Red clinker mosaique was soon copiedused on another of Natus' well- known buildingbuildings, [[Pärnu maantee 36 // Roosikrantsi 23|on the corner of Pärnu and Roosikrantsi street]], only a few hundred meters from the City Hall. This building was inspiratedinspired by [[Johann Friedrich Höger]]'s Chilehaus in [[Hamburg]].

In [[1920's]] Natus (together with [[Ernst Gustav Kühnert]]) drew the general plans for garden cities Merivälja and Nõmme, both just outside Tallinn (Nõmme was added to Tallinn in 1940).

Natus has also created several [[Functionalism (architecture)|functionalistic]] apartment buildings and private dwellings.

In 1939, Natus moved to Germany, later dying in [[Bad Wilsnack]], Germany.<ref name="tallinn.ee" />

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ImageFile:Robert natusNatus -EKA linnavalitsusBuilding - pilt 1Tallinn.JPG|Tallinn City Hall, onfrom a foggy afternoon1932.

ImageFile:Robert natusNatus - linnavalitsusLinnavalitsus - pilt 21932.JPG|OneThe ofmain theentrance two lantern holders byof the sculptorCity Jaan KoortHall.

File:Robert natus - linnavalitsus - pilt 2.JPG|One of the two lantern holders by the sculptor Jaan Koort.

File:Robert Natus Office building Tallinn- 1935.JPG|[[Pärnu maantee 36 // Roosikrantsi 23]], built in 1935.

File:Robert Natus - 1933.JPG|Apartment houses on Kaarli avenue, built in 1933.

File:Elamu Õie 42.jpg|Private residence in Nõmme, built 1920s.

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==See also==

[[Category:1901 births]] [[Category:1963 deaths]] [[Category:Modernist architects]] [[Category:Estonian people]] [[Category:Tallinn]]

*[[List of Baltic Germans#Architects|List of Baltic German architects]]

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[[Category:Modernist architects]]

[[Category:20th-century Estonian architects]]

[[Category:Riga Technical University alumni]]

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