Education
From 1963 to 1974 Tõnu Laigu studied in the 46th Secondary School of Tallinn (today’s Pelgulinna Gymnasium of Tallinn). From 1975 Tõnu Laigu studied in the State Art Institute of the Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic (today’s Estonian Academy of Arts) in the department of architecture. He graduated from the institute in 1979.
Career
From 1979 to 1989 Tõnu Laigu worked in the state design bureau Eesti Kommunaalprojekt (Estonian Communal Design). From 1989 to 1990 he worked in the architectural bureau East-Stuudio OÜ and from 1990 to 2001 in the architectural bureau Kuup OÜ. From 2001 Tõnu Laigu works in the architectural bureau QP Arhitektid OÜ.
Most notable works by Tõnu Laigu are the apartment building on the Sõpruse road, the logistics center of the COAL company and the new apartment building on the Mäepealse street.
Modern Art Museum of Helsinki, 1993
Western Entrance of the Tallinn Zoo, 2005. II Prize
Kihnu Harbour, 2005.
II prize
Tabasalu center, 2007. I prize
Sports hall of the Lyceé Francais in Tallinn, 2007.
Membership
Tõnu Laigu is a member of the Union of Estonian Architects and belongs to the board of the union.