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Latvian Academy of Sciences

Osvalds Tīlmanis, Vaidelotis Apsītis, Kārlis Plūksne · Riga, LV · 1961

Key features108 m Stalin-era skyscraper, Latvia's first, built 1951–61 with Latvian folk ornament.

Architect
Osvalds Tīlmanis, Vaidelotis Apsītis, Kārlis Plūksne
Place
Riga, LV
Year
1961
Typology
Education
Movement
Historic precedent
Region
Europe
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