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State Police Initiates Investigation into January 2 Fire at Abandoned Art Nouveau Building on Brīvības Street, Rīga, Latvia. The State Police have reported that, as of now, there is no evidence suggesting arson in the recent fire incident involving the abandoned Art Nouveau building on Brīvības Street in Rīga. Simultaneously, it has come to light…
It’s now 165 years since the birth of Baltic German architect Wilhelm Bockslaff, but his contribution to the fabric of his native city lives on. Bockslaff designed numerous Latvian mansions and public buildings in Rīga and Jūrmala, including everything from water towers to grand country houses. He was the architect of the Riga Great Guild, Ludvigs Neiburgs’ tenement house…
The Rīga Art Nouveau Center on beautiful Alberta street has a special Christmas exhibition running from January 6 until January 12, showcasing various beautiful objects in the Art Nouveau or Jugendstil style, many of them from a golden age of Latvian art and design. There is also another exhibition called “Doll Stories” from artist Irina Vorkale….
Museum “Riga Art Nouveau Center” invites visitors to get acquainted with paintings by Johans Valters in a renovated interior of the early 20th century. The music theme is present in the exhibition – home concerts, playing music with friends. Music theme is present also throughout the creative life of the artist. The exhibition displays works…
We welcome the World Art Nouveau Day next Sunday, and the activities that will take next weekend in cities like Szeged, Budapest, Aveiro, Terrassa or Vienna. On such special dates the buildings of this musical style are filled with people and it is difficult to appreciate the wonderfulness of this art. At the same time We…
“The renovation of the historic building of the Riga Circus and development vision for the territory” is an open competition to people. The aim of this Sketch Design Competition is to obtain a high–quality architectural solution, a functionally well–developed and economically justified sketch design that meets the requirements set out in the brief of the…
We welcome two temporary exhibits about movements that influenced Art Nouveau, one in Barcelona (on display and open until the 21st May) and the other one in Riga (starting the 4th of May). “William Morris and the Arts & Crafts movement in Great Britain” in Barcelona, from 22nd February to 21st May The Arts and Crafts movement,…
‘National Romantic’ is one of the four phases of Art Nouveau in Riga, Latvia’s capital. The others were ‘Eclectic’, ‘Perpendicular’ and ‘Neo-Classical’. It was particularly popular from 1905 until 1911, and reflected Latvia’s search for a national architectural style. As a result, many of these buildings include Latvian folkloric symbols and natural materials, and most architects in this…
Riga is known for its breathtaking collection of Art Nouveau architecture. It’s also a meeting point of Germanic, Slavic, and Scandinavian cultures. Perhaps less obvious is the fact that its architecture is in fact an expression of its multiculturalism on several different levels. Not only were its buildings designed by architects of different ethnicities, but…
