Alberta iela
One short street holds the most concentrated display of Art Nouveau in northern Europe. Mikhail Eisenstein piled masks,…
One short street holds the most concentrated display of Art Nouveau in northern Europe. Mikhail Eisenstein piled masks,…
On a street famous for gorgons and lions, Alberta iela 11 speaks quietly: grey natural stone, wood and…
One man, one short street, a dozen facades. Alberta iela is Eisenstein’s gallery, and No. 13 is among…
At the head of the street, one of the last and loudest of Eisenstein’s decorated facades.
Two lions stand guard on pedestals above the roofline of Alberta iela 4, while three Gorgons stare down…
Mercury, god of commerce, gazes down from above the entrance gate of Alberta iela 6, flanked by a…
One facade in the street that Riga built to show the world what Art Nouveau could be.
A yellow corner building in Riga’s Old Town would be easy to walk past — if it weren’t…
Two authors share this facade: Konstantīns Pēkšēns drew the building, and Mikhail Eisenstein — taking over during construction…
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