[1] New architectural aesthetics arrived in Estonia through Finland in the mid-1960s and Valve Pormeister is considered to be the one who introduced it.

[2] Although built very close to the Flower Pavilion temporally and physically, these two are expressions of two different stages of post-war Nordic modernism joined together on the principle of contrast.

[2] From Pirita Road, only two horizontal stripes are visible: the concrete handrail of the terrace and the wide cornice of the building.

The facade consists of red bricks and the three walls of the main cafeteria hall have wide minimally framed windows from the ceiling to the floor.

[3] Restaurant Carina was designed by Rein Laur and the current restoration interior architect is Tarmo Priimets together with Martti Siimann.