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<p>Two distant towns, two founding initiators and, at least for parts of the historic development, strictly separated political systems do not actually suggest a range of similarities. Yet, in closer examination during an academic student research project on major public buildings in Riga and Munich, several remarkable references occurred: some triggered by outstanding individuals, some due to pan-European architectural flow. By comparing the key stages of urban development, mainly on the analysis of historical plans and vedutas and by detecting stylistic links in the cities’ public buildings, striking parallels became visible, as well as significant differences in detail.</p>
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Two distant towns, two founding initiators and, at least for parts of the historic development, strictly separated political systems do not actually suggest a range of similarities. Yet, in closer examination during an academic student research project on major public buildings in Riga and Munich, several remarkable references occurred: some triggered by outstanding individuals, some due to pan-European architectural flow. By comparing the key stages of urban development, mainly on the analysis of historical plans and vedutas and by detecting stylistic links in the cities’ public buildings, striking parallels became visible, as well as significant differences in detail.

Civic Building Activities in Riga and Munich: Parallels in Urban Development and Stylistic History

Architecture and Urban Planning

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Two distant towns, two founding initiators and, at least for parts of the historic development, strictly separated political systems do not actually suggest a...

Civic Building Activities in Riga and Munich: Parallels in Urban Development and Stylistic History

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 38 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2019-0006

Keywords
Civic buildings, urban development, Riga and Munich

© 2019 Patrick Brunner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Civic Building Activities in Riga and Munich: Parallels in Urban Development and Stylistic History

Published Online: Dec 31, 2019

Page range: 38 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/aup-2019-0006

KeywordsCivic buildings, urban development, Riga and Munich

© 2019 Patrick Brunner et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Civic buildings, urban development, Riga and Munich