The building stock of Liepāja contains more than 70 excellent big scale Art Nouveau apartment buildings and villas, the school, the theatre, the market hall etc. In some places of Liepāja, Art Nouveau buildings completely determine the atmosphere of the streetscape. Architects and builders having been active in Liepāja during Art Nouveau period constituted rather colourful public: they were of German, French, English, Swedish and Latvian origin.