'Pflug's House' in central Riga, Latvia. June 18, 2021
The architect Robert Pflug was the owner and architect of this house at the corner of Krišjāņa Valdemāra Street and Rainis Boulevard in central Riga. Robert August Pflug was born in 1832 in St. Petersburg. From 1863 he began to live in Riga. In 1870, he graduated from the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg as an architectural academician. The architect died in 1885.
Construction of the house began in 1877, in an eclectic style, with prestigious apartments with many spacious and bright rooms on each side of the street. The building's architecture is noticeable from a distance, with its imposing and round dome/tower, medallions with symbolic portraits of historical figures on the facade, as well as the architect's working tools - a compass, a ruler, a protractor - as a sign of the professionalism of architects of the time.
'Pflug's House' in central Riga, Latvia. June 18, 2021
The architect Robert Pflug was the owner and architect of this house at the corner of Krišjāņa Valdemāra Street and Rainis Boulevard in central Riga. Robert August Pflug was born in 1832 in St. Petersburg. From 1863 he began to live in Riga. In 1870, he graduated from the Imperial Academy of Arts in St Petersburg as an architectural academician. The architect died in 1885.
Construction of the house began in 1877, in an eclectic style, with prestigious apartments with many spacious and bright rooms on each side of the street. The building's architecture is noticeable from a distance, with its imposing and round dome/tower, medallions with symbolic portraits of historical figures on the facade, as well as the architect's working tools - a compass, a ruler, a protractor - as a sign of the professionalism of architects of the time.