Noblessner (also known as Peetri sadam) is a harbour and former industrial area in the northern district of Tallinn, Estonia.

Since 2013 it has been redeveloped into a cultural and residential area with a museum, art centre, craft brewery, marina, seafront promenade and cafes and restaurants.

In 1925 the shipyard declared bankruptcy due to the lack of orders, and smaller enterprises also involved in shipbuilding divided the buildings among themselves.

In 1944–1951 the shipyard operated as Tallinn Marine Factory (Tallinna Meretehas) and it repaired the Baltic Fleet’s minesweepers.

[6] Noblessner’s Ship Systems Workshop, a typical industrial building for its era, operates today as the KAI art center.

While the building retains a number of features from its original construction, since 2019 it has focused on showcasing contemporary art and providing a cultural center for everyone in Noblessner to enjoy.

The building also included a one-story boiler house half-buried the ground, covered with sheet metal, and bridged with concrete arches.

[10] In addition to exhibits, the good acoustics of the space make it well-suited for a variety of cultural events.

Since 2009 there have been different orchestra concerts, some of them conducted by Tõnu Kaljuste, and all of Arvo Pärt’s and Heino Eller’s symphonies have been played there.

[11] An example of industrial architecture from the beginning of the 20th century, the foundry chimney belongs to the ensemble of factory buildings.

The chimney and its plinth are stacked in red bricks and supported by a traction belt and exterior climbing and resting irons.

[12] Architect V. Sakharov designed this building, constructed 1914-1915 as part of the Noblessner submarine factory.

The historicist style building has limestone exterior walls and metal truss roof structures.

[13] Constructed along with the rest of the Noblessner factory in 1914-15, this building had the same architect as the Shipyard Assembly Plant, V. Sakharov.

On the seafront of the former Noblessner and Peetri Tehas shipyard, near a split railway viaduct, is the factory’s materials warehouse.

The interior of the building has a reinforced concrete false ceiling, which is largely bridged by metal beams.

The northern façade of the building features a bronze bas-relief of Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770-1846).

It is probable that Sakharov, the main architect for Noblessner shipyard, was also involved in the design of the railway viaduct.

The cement-mortar-based limestone masonry surrounding the sloping columns gave the viaduct an architectural identity.