River Breeze Residence receives the annual award in Riga architecture 2019.
On the World Architecture Day, which this year is celebrated on October 7, the Riga Architecture of the Year Award 2019 was presented. The apartment building on Kuģu Street 28 – River Breeze Residence won this year’s prize for the balance between private and public outdoor space in an exclusive and innovative housing project, the architect of the city of Riga informed at the presentation of the award Guido the Prince. Designer: SIA “Didrihsons and Didrihsons”, client: SIA “Klīversala RE”, builder: AS “LNK Industries”. Authors: construction project manager and architect: Ventis Didrichsons. Architects: Kaspars Lauga, Ivo Kalvelis, Līva Banka, Alise Jēkabsone, Andris Gudiņš, SIA “Didrihsons and Didrihsons”. Landscaping: landscape architects Helen Gūtmane, Māris Bušs, SIA “ALPS landscape workshop”. Transport solutions: Mārtiņš Roops, Mārtiņš Ābols, Reinis Kivliņš, SIA “Projekts 3”. Construction: engineer Kaspars Ozers, SIA «AAEKK Consulting». Heating, ventilation, air conditioning, heating unit: engineers Ojars Baltiņš, Dmitrijs Palujanovs, Olga Krečetova, SIA “Efiko”. Water supply and sewerage internal and external networks: engineers Ojārs Baltiņš, Dmitrijs Judincevs, SIA “Efiko”. Power supply, fire extinguishing automation systems, electronic communication systems: engineer Jānis Zvilna SIA «Latpro Ltd». External power supply: engineer Jānis Karpovičs, SIA «Enserv». Fire extinguishing systems: engineers Vilnis Puļķis, Raimonds Roga, SIA “VPM Latvia”. Building energy efficiency calculations: engineer Andris Vulāns. “This year’s award applicants – finalists – traditionally include industrial and urban objects with a significant contribution to the wider quality of the urban environment, as well as high-value projects, whose joint efforts of the clients and authors preserve, restore and complement Riga’s architectural heritage. However, this year the theme of apartments dominates – a series of high-quality and architecturally interesting projects are offered to residents of Riga with different desires and purchasing power in different areas and neighborhoods of the city. The best examples of housing prove that there are no inappropriate places, and the quality of the project’s architecture is determined only by the professionalism of the authors in the specific context, offering something more than the “euro per square meter” ratio of the price. It can be seen that there is a huge potential for the quality of the urban environment, public health and economy in the market of Riga’s housing improvement and development projects. Therefore, by awarding the Award of the Year to an apartment building – architecturally interesting, of course quite exclusive, but at the same time one that is able to maintain a balance between private and public outdoor space, I would like to commend not only the authors of the specific project, but also colleagues and clients who put in more effort, so that housing projects have as much added value as possible both for their first users and neighbors, as well as for future users for several more generations,” emphasizes G. Princis. This year, traditionally, “Public recognition” was also presented to the building, which was positively evaluated by the most visitors on the Facebook site of the Riga City Architect’s Office. This year, the client SIA “RENAMS” received the “Public recognition for saving Riga’s most fragile heritage – a wooden building – in the Torņkalns building” for the renovation of a low-rise apartment building on Altonavas Street 2. See more about the project on our website
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