Street furniture and landscape design

I'm currently working on two little books or booklets (although one of them will have over 50 pages, I'm sure) and I thought I'd share a few examples of photos I'm going to incorporate there. As a teaser, let's say. The first book will be a comparison of street furniture in Warsaw and in Riga. The second one will tell a story about the landscapes in these cities. I think the topic is really interesting so I take my time and appreciate each picture I've taken. I decided to show you some pics from each city (but the majority will be from Riga), in each subject. So here we go!

Street furniture in Riga (some examples)

It's a really cute Christmas market with hats, scarves, mulled wine and gingerbread cookies.

Bench and rubbish bin design.

Safety first :)

Fireworks against a streetlamp.

 Landscapes of Riga and Warsaw

Old shipyard in Riga

A park near Plac Bankowy, Warsaw

Old shipyard in Riga

Old shipyard in Riga

landscape of Warsaw: typical post-soviet housing + church pinnacle

TV tower in Riga

Landscape of Riga

University of Science in Riga

Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw

Seashore in Riga

Hazy day in Warsaw

Warsaw city centre

I hope you like the pics and I'll be grateful to hear what you think about these street furniture and landscapes. Not only will it be very interesting for me personally but also might help with the work! All of the pics were taken, cropped and edited by me.

PS. I'd like to slowly transform this blog from the general topic to design, architecture, fine art and such. So if you're definitely not into it, I'm letting you guys know so that you could unsubscribe before you see my life-changing creations. haha ;) Although I'll be very happy if you stay with me!

Yours,
Kasia

Just a bit of Riga's art nouveau

Today I'm just going to show you a few pictures of Riga's art nouveau. Of course it isn't everything - just a tiny bit I took while walking the streets of Riga. This city looks like 80% art nouveau and the rest is also historical (but wooden)!

Pardaugava - the other side of the river

Can you see Riga's University of Science? Yes, the tower building very similar to Warsaw's Palace of Culture and Science. It's a gift from the Soviets too and this one was built in the 50s, too. Next to it you can see the halls of Riga's Central Market, which I absolutely love. There is a lot of fresh fruit and veggies waiting for you to buy and taste them, as well as kvass (traditional malt drink) stands. I especially love the steel railway bridge - it's beautiful.

 Can you guess what this is?

 It's the weirdest building ever. I don't really like it - I admit. It will be the Latvian National Library. They have such a wide variety of brilliant architecture in Riga... but this one for me is impossible to explain. They say it's the mountain of knowledge. Pretty random, ha...

 Here I'm expressing my feelings about it.

And a tasty bite of postindustrial, fantabulous architecture. In this building, there's a muzeum of railway (dzelzcela muzejs). Ahh, the shiny windows!