Thanks! I enjoyed looking up Bauhaus, heh. (If I understand Wikipedia correctly, it was mostly simple and function-oriented? I wonder how it differs from constructivism, apart from being in a different country and not ugly. :D)
Well, I hope you didn't already tell all your friends about your knew knowledge of the Riga Central Market, because it was simply wrong. It's not Bauhaus at all (although elements of this can be found in B. too). The B. School was founded only in the early 1920's, I think (when the hangars already existed for years), and it was actually void of all ornaments (such as those visible on the walls between the bows). I guess my brain must have taken a break. What I meant to write was Art Deco, but that seems actually wrong, too, because it too developed in the early 20's. Unless the walls didn't belong to the hangars originally
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Your Bauhaus secret is safe with me and everyone else who can read the comments on this public post... I think the time period isn't actually off. They started building the market in 1924. If I understand correctly, only the curved metal parts are from the hangars - the brick and concrete stuff was all added in the 20s. (If there was more to the hangars, it would also have been more weird to ship them from Kurland.) And hey, the website of the market says they have some art deco elements on the facades, so well spotted! (The clue I have about 20s architecture is not so much, so I'll take their word for it and yours, too. :D) Look at us, educating each other. :)
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I think the time period isn't actually off. They started building the market in 1924. If I understand correctly, only the curved metal parts are from the hangars - the brick and concrete stuff was all added in the 20s. (If there was more to the hangars, it would also have been more weird to ship them from Kurland.) And hey, the website of the market says they have some art deco elements on the facades, so well spotted! (The clue I have about 20s architecture is not so much, so I'll take their word for it and yours, too. :D)
Look at us, educating each other. :)
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