Seven Architects Shortlisted for Latvian Art Museum

Seven architects are on the short list to produce conceptual designs for the Latvian Museum of Contemporary Art, located in the heart of Riga. Malcolm Reading Consultants, which organized the competition, selected those on the short list from 25 invited submitters.

The short-listed firms for the $46.7-million project are Adjaye Associates and Caruso St. John Architects, both from the U.K.; Architects Lahdelma & Mahlamaki, Finland; Henning Larsen Architects, Denmark; Neutelings Riedijk Architects, the Netherlands; Sauerbruch Hutton, Germany; and wHY, the U.S.

The museum is funded by the Boris and Inara Teterev Foundation and the ABLV Charitable Foundation. Both groups are working with the Republic of Latvia's ministry of culture.

An exhibit of the short-listed firms’ conceptual designs, developed in association with local architects, is planned for the spring. The announcement of the winner is set for May.

Nadine M. Post, ENR's former editor-at-large for buildings, is an award-winning journalist with 45 years of experience covering trends, issues, innovations, controversies and challenging projects. Post has written about many industry giants, including 10 ENR Award of Excellence winners. And she has covered disasters, failures and attacks, including the 1993 bombing and the 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center. Project stories include the redevelopment of the World Trade Center; the 828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa; Los Angeles’ Disney Concert Hall; and Seattle's Bullitt Center and Rainier Square Tower. In 1985, Post wrote McGraw-Hill's book Restoring the Statue of Liberty (1986) for the restoration’s architects—Richard S. Hayden and Thierry W. Despont.

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