Approved building reconstruction plan on Kalnciema street 2b.

The City Architect’s Board, the National Cultural Heritage Administration and the Riga City Construction Board have supported the rebuilding solution for the building on Kalnciema street 2b, and a building permit has been granted for the rebuilding of the building. The plans for the building of the block are implemented by the architect office “NRJA” and its manager, Uldis Lukšević. The developer of the block, on the other hand, is the Estonian company “Novira Capital”. The construction plan envisages rebuilding the six-storey residential building on Kalnciema Street 2b (built in 1914, architect EVE Frizendorfs) damaged in the fire in its original size facing the street fronts, preserving and restoring the facade of the historical building on Kalnciema Street 2b facing the Ranķas Dam, which was built after the fire in the building preserved according to the conditions of the Building Board. Thus, when driving or coming from the direction of the Vanšu bridge, the outline of the building will remind you of its historical appearance. U. Lukševits, the head of the architect office “NRJA” and a design lecturer at the Latvian Academy of Arts, says that the design of this block has been delayed due to the coincidence of various circumstances: “The architect office “NRJA” had already developed and approved the project for the reconstruction of this building for its previous owner. When in 2018. In November of 2016, a fire broke out in the building on Kalnciema Street 2B, of course, there was an increased interest in the public and among the city’s leading officials about this object. Until then, the buildings at Kalnciema Street 2b and Ranķa Dambī 14 did not have the status of monuments, and they are also located outside the boundaries of the historical center of Riga. However, after this event, it was decided that both buildings are given the status of a monument of local importance, and the buildings can be restored in their historical appearance.The construction of this entire block was examined several times by the Construction Board as a whole, uncertainty reigned for almost a year, as it was not clear whether the historical buildings would be granted monument status.” See the full version of the article here!