Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries: The Legacy of Central Planning in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

Front Matter ....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Modernist Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries: Formation, Current Challenges and Future Prospects  (Daniel Baldwin Hess, Tiit Tammaru)....Pages 3-27
Front Matter ....Pages 29-29
 A Turbulent Political History and the Legacy of State Socialism in the Baltic Countries  (Allan Puur, Martin Klesment, Luule Sakkeus)....Pages 31-49
 The Rise and Demise of the Soviet-Made Housing Shortage in the Baltic Countries  (Michael Gentile)....Pages 51-70
 The Exceptional Design of Large Housing Estates in the Baltic Countries  (Marija Drėmaitė)....Pages 71-93
 Baltic Crossings: Soviet Housing Estates and Dreams of Forest-Suburbs  (Laura Berger, Sampo Ruoppila, Kristo Vesikansa)....Pages 95-115
 Mass Housing and Extensive Urbanism in the Baltic Countries and Central/Eastern Europe: A Comparative Overview  (Miles Glendinning)....Pages 117-136
Front Matter ....Pages 137-137
 Architectural Transcendence in Soviet-Era Housing: Evidence from Socialist Residential Districts in Tallinn, Estonia  (Daniel Baldwin Hess, Pille Metspalu)....Pages 139-160
 Socialist Ideals and Physical Reality: Large Housing Estates in Riga, Latvia  (Sandra Treija, Uģis Bratuškins)....Pages 161-180
 Living in a Large Housing Estate: Insider Perspectives from Lithuania  (Viltė Janušauskaitė)....Pages 181-199
Front Matter ....Pages 201-201
 Socio-economic and Ethnic Trajectories of Housing Estates in Tallinn, Estonia  (Anneli Kährik, Karin Kangur, Kadri Leetmaa)....Pages 203-223
 Residential Change and Socio-demographic Challenges for Large Housing Estates in Riga, Latvia  (Zaiga Krišjāne, Māris Bērziņš, Guido Sechi, Jānis Krūmiņš)....Pages 225-245
 Soviet Housing Estates in Vilnius, Lithuania: Socio-ethnic Structure and Future(-Less?) Perspectives  (Donatas Burneika, Rūta Ubarevičienė, Aušra Baranuskaitė)....Pages 247-270
Front Matter ....Pages 271-271
 Incomplete Service Networks in Enduring Socialist Housing Estates: Retrospective Evidence from Local Centres in Estonia  (Kadri Leetmaa, Daniel Baldwin Hess)....Pages 273-299
 Collectivist Ideals and Soviet Consumer Spaces: Mikrorayon Commercial Centres in Vilnius, Lithuania and Tallinn, Estonia  (Matas Šiupšinskas, Epp Lankots)....Pages 301-320
 Between Community and Private Ownership in Centrally Planned Residential Space: Governing Parking in Socialist Housing Estates  (Tauri Tuvikene)....Pages 321-336
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 State-Subsidised Refurbishment of Socialist Apartment Buildings in Estonia  (Kalle Kuusk, Jarek Kurnitski)....Pages 339-355
 Retrofitting Soviet-Era Apartment Buildings with ‘Smart City’ Features: The H2020 SmartEnCity Project in Tartu, Estonia  (Rein Ahas, Veronika Mooses, Pilleriine Kamenjuk, Raimond Tamm)....Pages 357-375
Back Matter ....Pages 377-383