City Hall architect Raine Karp: I was pushed aside. Lapinis and others declared that all old people are idiots

Raine Karbi's desk has produced some of the most extraordinary architectural masterpieces of Soviet-era Tallinn – the City Hall, Sakala Centre, the Post Office and the National Library. However, only the library has been saved for future generations. The future of the City Hall is still open, and the Sakala Centre was demolished just a few decades after its construction. The fate of the Post Office, which is up for sale, is also on the line, alt…