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Building on the opposite side - Dzirnavu street 58. Riga is very rich with beautiful architecture masterpieces. But locals are rarely aware of it. Dzirnavu street 58 is located at the very centre but how many have truly looked at it this elegant building at least once? It's unusual in Riga centre context, because it's not representing art nouveau or functionalism, but something much more rare here - neo baroque. The building was built in 1901 and owned by Riga's city official architect back then - Reinhold Schmaeling, the "king of red brick architecture of Riga". Back in 2001 - exactly at the building's centenary - it was privatized, not without a scandal. However, the owner's interest about it's restoration apparently have been much smaller...
www.photoriga.com/2018/02/dzirnavu-street-58-dzirnavu-iel...
Architect Reinhold Schmaeling
arhitekts.riga.lv/index.php/21-products/dvd-movies/174-sc...
How are you doing today?
Building on the opposite side - Dzirnavu street 58. Riga is very rich with beautiful architecture masterpieces. But locals are rarely aware of it. Dzirnavu street 58 is located at the very centre but how many have truly looked at it this elegant building at least once? It's unusual in Riga centre context, because it's not representing art nouveau or functionalism, but something much more rare here - neo baroque. The building was built in 1901 and owned by Riga's city official architect back then - Reinhold Schmaeling, the "king of red brick architecture of Riga". Back in 2001 - exactly at the building's centenary - it was privatized, not without a scandal. However, the owner's interest about it's restoration apparently have been much smaller...
www.photoriga.com/2018/02/dzirnavu-street-58-dzirnavu-iel...
Architect Reinhold Schmaeling
arhitekts.riga.lv/index.php/21-products/dvd-movies/174-sc...