Aleksandrs Vanags

He worked in the office of Konstantīns Pēkšēns between 1895 and 1905 and then established his own firm. Vanags designed a number of churches in Riga and approximately 70 multi-storey apartment buildings in the city before World War I, most of which are in a National romantic style of Art Nouveau architecture. During World War I, he worked for the road construction department of the Imperial Russian army but during the German occupation of Riga he helped organise an exhibition in Berlin about Latvian art (in 1918). He returned to Riga in 1919 and worked with the building department of the city during the Communist occupation. He was a victim of the so called Red Terror because he was arrested and executed by firing squad for "counterrevolutionary activities".

• Name — Aleksandrs Vanags • Born — 5 March 1873 • Birthplace — Liezēre parish, Russian Empire (now Latvia) • Died — 19 March 1919 • Place of death — Rīga, Latvian Socialist Soviet Republic • Field — Architecture • Movement — Art Nouveau • Patrons — Konstantīns Pēkšēns • Education — Riga Polytechnical Institute

• Illustration — Building by Aleksandrs Vanags (together with Paul Kampe) on Krišjāņa Valdemāra iela 69, Riga • Illustration — Building by Aleksandrs Vanags (together with Paul Kampe) on Aleksandra Čaka iela 55, Riga • Illustration — Building by Aleksandrs Vanags on Krišjāņa Barona iela 37, Riga • Illustration — Building on Brīvības str. 58/61. So called Corner house. • Illustration — Residential building on the Slokas street 29/1, Riga. (1911).