A digital rendering of a modern building design on a river, overlooking a cityscape with bridges and historic buildings.

Nighttime cityscape with a large, modern building under construction along a body of water, reflecting city lights on the water's surface.

Cross-section architectural rendering of a modern, two-story theater building with interior views of auditorium and stage.

Diagram of a building with labeled parts including glass roof of atrium, rehearsal halls, premises for musicians, casing of glass skin, escalators, recreation balconies, cascade of stairs and footbridges, milk glass skin of facade, and traveler’s route.

Aerial view of a city with a river, with a large, modern building added digitally on the water along with a spiral design extending onto the land.

Riga Acoustic Concert Hall “Sound Profile”

Year: 2006
Status: invited competition
Client: Jaunie Trīs Brāļi
Architects: ARHITEKTONIKA projektēšanas grupa Ltd.
Ingurds Lazdiņš, Maija Ezergaile, Jānis Skanis, Svjatoslavs Aļeiņikovs

In developing the concept, the architects aimed to open this publicly significant building to the city’s urban space - especially in views from the Old Town promenade and bridges - while creating a dialogue between the fragile silhouette of Old Riga, the sculptural form of the library, and the pragmatic development on the left bank of the Daugava.

The concert hall is shaped like a musical instrument - an abstract architectural form with a hollow core, wrapped in a glass shell that acts as a membrane, with communication lines running through its interior.