Functionalism style building at corner of Elizabetes Street and Baznicas Street in central Riga, Latvia. October 15, 2017
Building designed in 1928 by architect Paul Mandelstam.
The building is a masterpiece of "canonical" functionalism, one of the earliest buildings of Modern movement in Riga, Latvia. Six-floor building placed in a densely built-up corner site, in the very city core. Its artistic composition has been based on the principle of contrast: the horizontal window ribbons are split by two rows of high stairways blocked with small balconies, but the harmonious completeness to the entire building is granted by a larger grouping of balconies wrapping the building's corner. Building's external walls are covered with artificial stone plates, the intermediate floors with concrete plates.
Functionalism style building at corner of Elizabetes Street and Baznicas Street in central Riga, Latvia. October 15, 2017
Building designed in 1928 by architect Paul Mandelstam.
The building is a masterpiece of "canonical" functionalism, one of the earliest buildings of Modern movement in Riga, Latvia. Six-floor building placed in a densely built-up corner site, in the very city core. Its artistic composition has been based on the principle of contrast: the horizontal window ribbons are split by two rows of high stairways blocked with small balconies, but the harmonious completeness to the entire building is granted by a larger grouping of balconies wrapping the building's corner. Building's external walls are covered with artificial stone plates, the intermediate floors with concrete plates.