The first Estonian designer highvoltage pylon Soorebane (Bog Fox), Estonia’s first designer highvoltage pylon, was ordered by Elering and completed in July 2020 near Risti small town in Lääne County.
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Soorebane, built near the region of the intersection of Ääsmäe
Estonia has its first designer pylon
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Soorebane (Bog Fox), Estonia’s first designer high voltage pylon, was completed in 2020 by Elering, the national transmission system operator for electricity; the landmark pylon in Risti, western Estonia, has now started to attract an international attention.
The government-owned Elering held a design competition for the artistic pylon in 2016, receiving 18 entries. The winning idea, called Bog Fox (Soorebane in Estonian), was designed by architects Sille Pihlak and Siim Tuksam from the studio PART.
Bog Fox, Estonia’s first designer high voltage pylon. Photo by Tõnu Tunnel.
According to Elering, the company’s aim was to “elicit the solution that was the best fit for the location architecturally and functionally”.