Daile Functionalism style building at corner of Krisjana Barona Street and Lacplesa Street in central Riga, Latvia. September 18, 2020
In 2013, one hundred years of this building was celebrated. In 1913, the building, which in the 2000s has become the music house "Daile", fell into the hands of Wilhelm Posselt, the owner of the spinning and weaving company. Then the idea of creating a cinema was born, Posselt, wanted to try his hand at the film industry. The cinema project was designed by architect Paul Mandelstam. The implementation of the project was disrupted by the First World War, and construction work was postponed for almost two decades. In 1936, construction was resumed by the then landowner Fricis Nāruns and civil engineer Teodors Hermanovskis. It was opened on December 19, 1936. The cinema was the first in Latvia to be built especially for sound films, the premises were designed to accommodate about 660 spectators.
Daile Functionalism style building at corner of Krisjana Barona Street and Lacplesa Street in central Riga, Latvia. September 18, 2020
In 2013, one hundred years of this building was celebrated. In 1913, the building, which in the 2000s has become the music house "Daile", fell into the hands of Wilhelm Posselt, the owner of the spinning and weaving company. Then the idea of creating a cinema was born, Posselt, wanted to try his hand at the film industry. The cinema project was designed by architect Paul Mandelstam. The implementation of the project was disrupted by the First World War, and construction work was postponed for almost two decades. In 1936, construction was resumed by the then landowner Fricis Nāruns and civil engineer Teodors Hermanovskis. It was opened on December 19, 1936. The cinema was the first in Latvia to be built especially for sound films, the premises were designed to accommodate about 660 spectators.