Architecture in the Baltic States

Cities, Landscapes and Heritage of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-38184-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 234 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Routledge Research in Architecture

This book explores the architecture of the Baltic States, a region still relatively unexplored in architectural literature. Nevertheless, this collection of essays provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the urban architectural environment of the three countries that make up the Baltic region: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

Organised in three parts, with each section focusing on one of the three Baltic States, the book contains contributions from leading authorities on the subject, including planners, architects, historians, geographers and semiologists. Each part is organized thematically: heritage and legacy, urban history, progress toward modernity, and contemporary architecture, with the overall aim of the book being to present the architectural issues and cultural directions of architecture in the Baltic countries. The relative peripherality of the Baltic area has, throughout its history, led to the emergence of a strong tendency towards experimentation, alongside the distinctive urban fabric of medieval Tallinn, baroque Vilnius and 20th century Riga. This book therefore offers readers an indispensable overview of the continuous transformation of the urban architectural environment in the Baltic region.  Architecture in the Baltic States will be of interest to researchers and students of architecture, urban history, urban morphology and heritage.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Falsetti, Marco

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Geschichte der Architektur, Baugeschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of contributors

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction: A Baltic Atlas - Interwoven Perspectives on the Northeastern Borders of Europe  Marco Falsetti

1 Architectural Landscapes of Lithuanian Modernity in the 20th Century

Marija Dremaite

2 Preserving and Creating Urban Heritage in 20th Century Lithuania

Vilte Janušauskaite

3  Vilnius. Trends and Developments in Contemporary Lithuanian Architecture

Marco Falsetti

4  Riga, Three Hundred Years of Urban Planning  Paolo Cornaglia

5 The Rise of the Modern Movement in Latvia

Janis Krastinš

6 Contemporary Architecture of Latvia

Janis Krastinš

7 A Land Rich or Poor in Outstanding Monuments? Heritage Protection between Russian Imperialism, Baltic German Patriotism and Estonian Nationalism (until 1930s)

Kristina Jõekalda

8 Greater Tallinn. Urban Development of Estonian Capital, 1910-1940

Karin Hallas-Murula

9 The Cultural Reinvention of Monuments and Memorials in Estonia

Federico Bellentani

10 Complexity and Contradiction in Estonian Architecture

Toivo Tammik

11  Architectural Giants in Baltic Spa Towns. Druskinkai, Jurmala, and Pärnu

Cristina Pallini, Yuliia Batkova, Laine Nameda Lazda

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Marco Falsetti is an Architect and Independent Researcher. His work tackles a range of scales and seeks to bridge the gap between urban phenomena and geopolitical dynamics, tracing the cross-disciplinary tendencies that have shaped the formal codes of the Modern since the Postwar era. His research have received recognitions by important institutions in the field of Art and Architecture such as Accademia San Luca, MAXXI, Milan Triennale and Venice Biennale. He has been nominated multiple times for the Italian Scientific Prize, placing second in the Architecture Category in 2021, for his work on Kenzo Tange, and in 2024, for his work on Louis I. Kahn. He edited the Italian edition of Louis Kahn writings (Einaudi, 2023) and authored the books “Rome and the Legacy of Louis I. Kahn” (Routledge, 2018 with E. Barizza), “Kenzo Tange. Gli anni della rivoluzione formale 1940/1970” (FrancoAngeli, 2021 with G. Ciotoli), “Gaetano Rapisardi” (Campisano, 2022 with C. Barucci). In 2023 he has been Guest Professor at Texas A&M University and in 2024 Visiting Researcher at UPenn and Harvard GSD.