SALTO Architects

SALTO Architects is an Estonian architecture firm based in Tallinn, repeatedly recognized for its timber construction projects. Founded in 2004 by Maarja Kask and Ralf Lõoke, later joined by Ragnar Põllukivi as a third partner, the firm employs around a dozen staff from its Kalasadama offices in Tallinn. Its practice sits at the intersection of architecture, landscape and art, with an approach attentive to the site of each project. SALTO Architects' portfolio includes cultural and educational facilities as well as residential programs, among them the Tallinn City Theatre, the Fotografiska Tallinn center, the Tallinn cruise terminal, several state upper secondary schools (Paide, Narva, Rakvere, Viljandi) and the Baltic Film and Media School. The firm has twice received the title of « Wooden Building of the Year » in Estonia: in 2010 for the Sõmeru community center, awarded for its facade, and in 2025 for the Saku gymnasium, recognized for its use of glued laminated timber. SALTO Architects represented Estonia at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2008 with the installation « Gas Pipe », has accumulated more than a hundred competition awards, and received the 2025 Grand Prix of the Estonian Cultural Foundation in architecture.