Erika Nõva

Nõva studied at the Tallinn College of Engineering becoming the Estonia's first female architecture graduate in 1925.

The hundreds of farmhouses she designed between 1933 and 1938 were inspired by traditional farm dwellings housing people on one side and livestock on the other.

The schools in Pillapalu, Koiduküla and Peressaare were also designed by Erika Nõva.

After the Second World War, Nõva carried out planning work for municipalities and farming areas, frequently returning to farmhouse design.

[1] Eriks's elder brother August Volberg was also an architect.