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This building was also erected. It is one of the few existing buildings, which sprung up directly from under my pencil.

It was designed as a laboratory sector for one of the military factories. It was quite an unusual project having generous financing provided from Moscow. All this resulted in having a “green light” for some non-standard solutions and approvals received from “high places”. Architects who happened to work in that country and during that time may imagine what it meant. Same authorities started spreading rumors that this project might be nominated for State award in Architecture.

That was  in  1986... Suddenly political landscape changed almost overnight. Latvia started to speak more often in terms of sovereignty. The award was not on the agenda. Thanks God, at least they managed to complete construction. That was in 1990. Nowadays it is just an administrative building shared by numerous small owners.
 

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