architecture
Riga Town Hall
Riga, Latvia
Rīgas rātsnams [Latvian]
Architecture
built
1750-1765
2001-2003
destroyed/demolished
destoyed during an attack by German troops
1954
demolition of the remaining ruins and construction of a modernist a laboratory building for the Riga Polytechnic Institute
culture
style/period
work type
form/concept
architect / constr. phase
1750-1765
construction of new town hall after demolition of the medieval one destroyed during the siege of Riga
1791
construction tin mansard roof
1793
tin roof replaced by tiled roof
1848-1850
renovation and remodelling (addition of a third floor)
2001-2003
modernized replicative reconstruction based on photographies
Geography
local language location name
Rīga, Latvija [Latvian]
cultural historical region
historical affiliations
1765-1917
1917-1918
1918-1940
1940-1941
1941-1944
1944-1954