SCHOOLS ON RIGA'S RING OF BOULEVARDS DURING THE 2ND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY (Skolas Rigas bulvaru loka 19. gadsimta otraja puse)

• Authors: Lace Daina
• Languages of publication: LV

Abstracts

EN

A significant number of educational institutions were built on the newly created ring of boulevards in Riga after the demolition of the historical fortifications in the 2nd half of the 19th century. This article provides a systematic review and analysis of the buildings of this period based on their construction history, façade description and planning with references to analogies and sources of inspiration from European architectural history. The first buildings were those of the Riga Polytechnic Institute and Realgymnasium. Both featured the round arch style (Rundbogenstil) that was considered appropriate for educational institutions at the time. Buildings erected in the 1860s were derived from the architecture of Hanover and a school project was designed especially for Riga (1859) by the architect Ludwig Debo, the long-standing lecturer at the Hanover Polytechnic School. The planning principle with inner yards devised for educational institutions was used for the Realschule (arch. J. D. Felsko) and Orthodox Priests' Seminary building (arch. Heinrich Scheel) in the late 1870s. In the 1880s Reinhold Schmaeling was the Chief Architect of Riga. He combined raw brick with Neo-Renaissance architectonic elements and decorative motifs in his school façades. Schools in the ring of boulevards were designed and built by local architects. Although each of them had their own professional style, they followed the change of neo-styles and technological innovations brought by the epoch.

Keywords

EN

CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; CITY GIRLS’ GYMNASIUM; EDUCATIONAL BUILDINGS; KAISER PETER I REALSCHULE; ORTHODOX PRIESTS' SEMINARY BUILDING; REALGYMNASIU; REALSCHULE; RIGA ARCHITECTURE; RIGA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE; ROUND ARCH STYLE; RUNDBOGENSTIL

Discipline

• ARTS_&_ARCHITECTURE: ARTS & ARCHITECTURE

• Publisher: Institute of Art History of the Latvian Academy of Art and Art History Research Support Foundation
• Journal: Makslas Vesture un Teorija
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 10
• Pages: 17-31
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Lace Daina

• Daina Lace, Institute of Art History of the Latvian Academy of Art, Akademijas laukums 1-160, Riga LV-1050, Latvia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

11LVAAAA090915