Public buildings

The sketch design for new building of kindergarten at Ozolu str. 2 in Jaunmārupe, was developed for participation in an open design competition, where the second prize was won. According to the regulations, after the design competition, a procurement procedure followed, in which the right to develop the construction design of the building was acquired. ... Read more...

Work on the study of the development plan of the office building complex and production facility of JSC "Augstsprieguma tīkls" at Dārzciema Street 86, Riga was carried out in cooperation with "Grupa 93" Ltd, where "Grupa 93" performed the evaluation of planned development plan from the point of view of investment and use of resources in the context of Riga territory planning materials, but “Architect G. Vīksna bureau” developed options of functional solutions for the whole production territory and layouts for all rebuilt and newly built buildings, as well as the concept or vision of one final architectural solution. ... Read more...

The construction design for the reconstruction of the AZUR shopping center in Riga near the Slavu roundabout envisages a significant increase of the volume of the existing building, retaining from the existing building only a part of RIMI grocery store. Most of the new building is occupied by the K SENUKAI building materials store, in general small areas are reserved for small tenants. On the second floor of the building, which occupies a rather small area, compared to the whole, building there is a Latvian office for K SENUKAI. ... Read more...

The rebuilt building is located in the production area of the woodworking company “Vika Wood” Ltd. in Talsi County. An existing and unused extension to an existing production building was adapted to the needs of the company's office. In order to convince the management of the company that it is more useful to rebuild this building rather than the existing office, initially sketches were developed for both options. In accordance with the task, after the reconstruction, the production management, raw material procurement and finished product sales departments are located in the building., as well as administration rooms and the necessary meeting and domestic rooms. ... Read more...

The building is located in the historical center of Ventspils at Kuldīgas Street 4. The reconstruction design envisages harmonization of the building volumes by changing the later roof constructions and combining them into one roof construction, as well as preserving all the historically valuable substance that still remains in the building - masonry and wooden parts of the building built at different times, wooden windows and the main entrance door, cladding of existing facade boards, cornice elements and other details. ... Read more...

Building design deals with the significant reconstruction of the Reception Department and laboratory premises of the Northern Kurzeme Regional Hospital, transforming it into a modern part of the hospital, which fully ensures the service of scheduled and acute patient flows. The department provides the premises of the diagnostic department, providing convenient access to X-ray and computed tomography examinations, the possibility of providing first aid, intensive therapy beds, as well as rooms for the medical staff. The existing laboratory building has been replaced with modern open-type laboratory work spaces with easy access from a new hospital corridor connecting the existing buildings. ... Read more...

Project motto: Solar path on Sun hill in Daugava bend. The sketch design is done for a participation in an open design competition for Daugavpils design and art high school building expansion. The land plot, intended for the construction, is located on the bank of the river Daugava. ... Read more...

The design is developed for an open design contest and for re-use in three different locations - Dundaga, Valmiera and Jelgava. The architectural solution is in the restrained manner, much effort is on the high energy efficiency andconstruction process. ... Read more...

A sketch design is done as an application to the open Ideas Competition. The site is located in a downtown of Galway city, on the pier of historical, but still active port. The main architectural concept is based on a swan image, floating in the silent harbor waters. Nevertheless, how strange that seems, swans are always there. People are making photos, paintings and poems of swans at Galway harbor since old times. ... Read more...

The sketch design for the reconstruction of the building into an office for the purposes of JSC "Dzintars" cosmetics factory was developed for participation in an open tender. The spatial composition of the office is based on the adaptation of a large building volume of the existing production plant to the function of the office with lighted rooms, providing a bright, covered atrium in the center of the building. ... Read more...

The sketch design for the extension of the Reception Department of the Children's Clinical University Hospital was developed for participation in an open tender. The hospital building complex consists of building blocks built at different times, therefore, when developing the design of the reception department, the most accurate function of the rooms and correct internal flows and zoning were considered the main thing. ... Read more...

Tennis Centre is located in Riga Karlis Ulmanis avenue, on the way to Jurmala, near the high-speed motorway. Building`s shape is proposed as a composition of two different building volumes – the large building volume of the tennis hall with a gabled roof and active silhouette line and blocked to it, low one-storey building volume of public use premises and auxiliary rooms. ... Read more...

The design is developed for an open design contest together with Swedish building company. Kiruna is a small town in the North of Sweden behind the Polar cycle. ... Read more...

The building is located in the yard of one of most famous complex of historical buildings in town – so called House of Peter the Great on the corner of Kungu and Barinu streets. ... Read more...

The owner's task for the reconstruction of a historical eclecticism style building is pretty simple – to build the third floor for the building and use the second and third floor level over the thoroughfare. ... Read more...

Chapel in Liepaja at Liva cemetery was built in 1894 by architect Paul Max Bertschi project. Bertschi undoubtedly is considered as an architectural icon of Liepaja, so work on this project was particularly responsible. ... Read more...

The location of the RIMI store on the side of the Riga bypass Road touches the protection zone of the Pinki Church, a cultural monument of national importance, so due to the requirements of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, an individual solution has been developed for the building, which would otherwise most likely have the RIMI standard visual image. ... Read more...

A sketch design is done for a participation in the architectural competition in Liepaja, Latvia. The architectural concept is based on two important circumstances, characterizing the current situation – a garden for concerts and other events, bounded from strong winds, but open from all sides, protecting outside from concert noise. ... Read more...

Holiday Centre is located on Baltic Sea coast near Liepaja town. A Baltic maritime rural landscape is a basis for the architectural solution of the building. The design follows the regional tradition of Latvian architecture, the same time making the environment for the recreation more romantic and homey. ... Read more...