Merko Ehitus continues sponsoring Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture energy performance professorship

The Estonian Academy of Arts Faculty of Architecture opened an energy performance professorship in the autumn in cooperation with Merko Ehitus. This academic year will see the cooperation continue, with Austrian architect and top energy performance expert Bernhard Sommer and energy design lecturer Galo Moncayo teaching in the Architecture and Urban Design Department during the ...


Merko completes residential project at Tartu mnt 52 in Tallinn; over 400 apartments under construction and several major projects in development

Merko has completed the residential quarter at the Tallinn address Tartu mnt 52, consisting of five residential buildings, an interior courtyard between them and an underground parking lot connecting them. Over 80% of the 185 apartments have found a buyer, and most have been delivered to the new homeowners. Merko currently has over 400 apartments ...


Tallinn Airport accessible by tram starting in early September

In early September, the city of Tallinn’s public transport company launched regular tram service to Tallinn Lennart Meri International Airport. The general contractors for the construction are AS Merko Ehitus Eesti and KMG Inseneriehituse AS. The finishing work in the vicinity of the new airport tram line will continue until November. Work on extending tram ...


Topping-out event held at Maakri Kvartal high-rise building

The full 30-storey height of the Maakri Kvartal high-rise building has been reached – 110 metres from the ground level. On 30 June, the owner of the Maakri Kvartal, Olav Miil, braved stormy weather to saw through a symbolic wreath that had towered over the city, following which participants gathered on the 24th floor for ...


Former industrial area of Noblessner to integrate seafront with a modern urban space

The Noblessner industrial area, a historical submarine building shipyard area, will in the coming years be redesigned into an integral residential, commercial and recreational environment with good communication with the sea. The total investment is upwards of 250 million euros. According to the BLRT Group real estate development director Ivar Piirsalu, the 15-hectare territory will ...


Merko to reward best Baltic partners in cooperation with a brand-new Toyota

This year, Merko Ehitus is organizing a campaign aimed to recognizing partners in cooperation and recognising the quality of their work. The campaign is being organized in cooperation with Toyota and the best partner in each of the three Baltics – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – will win the right of use of a brand-new ...


Tallinn’s Rode altarpiece project wins the 2017 European Prize for Cultural Heritage

The Rode altarpiece research and conservation project supported by Merko Ehitus and running from 2014-2016 “Rode Altarpiece in Closeup”, has won Europe’s most prestigious heritage conservation prize in the category of research. As part of the prize, 29 recipients from 18 countries were honoured for outstanding accomplishments in preservation, research, education and awareness-raising in the ...


Estonian Academy of Arts, E.L.L. Kinnisvara and Merko Ehitus combine forces to advance urban planning in Estonia, and launch an extensive research project

The Faculty of Architecture of the Estonian Academy of Arts is launching the large-scale urban studies project UNFINISHED CITY in collaboration with the City of Tallinn with the kind support of E.L.L. Kinnisvara. Over the span of three years, E.L.L. Kinnisvara and Merko Ehitus will altogether contribute half a million euros to the collaboration project. ...