Art Nouveau objects in Riga

Lāčplēša iela 23 (1904)

Architect: Aleksandrs Šmēlings

5-Storey masonry apartment house designed by architect Alexander Schmaeling.

This is rationally fashioned Art Nouveau building with restrained architectural finish. The expressive roof railing crowns the façade metal corbels shaped in Art Nouveau ornamental language support the cornice, and the areas between them are clad in dark green ceramic tiles. The ground floor of the building was modified in 1920 according to the project by Jānis Alksnis. Many of the interior rooms have maintained their original stucco finish, which was renewed in1990. Various offices and apartments occupy the building today.