Art Nouveau objects in Riga

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Ģertrūdes iela 23 (1909.)

Architect: Eižens Laube

Apartment house with shops - a peculiar example of National Romanticism. A building with a very high cubic-shaped corner tower that explicitly accentuates the corner of the quarter resembling an idealised image of an ancient Latvian castle. Expressive massing composition and articulation of architectonic elements correspond to the approaches characteristic of the functionalism of late 1920s or Modern Movement. E. Laube designed also other buildings built to his designs in this manner, such as "Romanov’s Bazaar" at Lāčplēša iela 70, 70a and 70b (1909).