Architect: Mihails Eizenšteins
Apartment House of Vladimir Bogoslavsky. The last representative example of Eclectically Decorative Art Nouveau designed by Mikhail Eisenstein in Riga. The façade is dominated by the central avant-corps which is surmounted with an attic creating a marvellous effect. The sky and the clouds can be seen through the apertures in the attic adding a completely new dimension to this house. The half-naked female figures holding torches in their hands and the sphinxes guarding the entrance to the house show how vivid was Eisenstein’s imagination which created the identity and charm of Riga. This is the only house where Eisenstein used glazed dark red and blue tiles for façade decoration.
Author Dr.arch. Agrita Tipāne
Photographs Margarita Fedina
