Large-Scale Buildings of the Resort Establishments of the Soviet Period and their Present State in Jūrmala City, Latvia

2021
Baiba Vērpe

The paper presents a summary of large-scale buildings of resort establishments of Soviet period in Jūrmala, by analysing their typology, physical parameters, scenarios of the development, architectural stylistic and the present state of physical condition and authentic substance. The research reveals that half of the large-scale resort buildings are already irreversibly lost and the rest of buildings are seriously endangered due to the tendency of extensive rebuilding.

Atslēgas vārdi
Jūrmala, resort architecture, Soviet architecture, post-war modernism, sanatoriums, guest houses, large-scale resort buildings.
DOI
10.2478/aup-2021-0003
Hipersaite
https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.2478/aup-2021-0003

Vērpe, B. Large-Scale Buildings of the Resort Establishments of the Soviet Period and their Present State in Jūrmala City, Latvia. Architecture and Urban Planning / Arhitektūra un pilsētplānošana, 2021, Vol. 17, No. 1, 29.-45.lpp. e-ISSN 2255-8764. Pieejams: doi:10.2478/aup-2021-0003

Publikācijas valoda
English (en)