Building of Latvian Academy of Sciences
Latgale Suburb, Latvia
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The Building of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, completed in 1951 in Riga's Latgale Suburb, is a 107.6-meter tower block exemplifying Stalinist architecture. Designed by Vaidelotis Apsītis, Osvalds Tīlmanis, and Kārlis Plūksne, the structure stands as a designated local architectural monument, representing the monumental Soviet aesthetic that characterized mid-twentieth-century institutional design in Latvia.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- tower block
- Heritage
- local architectural monument
- Height
- 107.6 m
- Place
- Latgale Suburb, Latvia
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