DA VINCI
RIGA - LATVIA

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- This building is proposed for a waterfront site on the Agenskalna Gulf of Daugava River. In a few years the area will contain 3-4 highrises.
- The complex will also contain 3 large three-floor buildings with shops and restaurants.
- The project will require demolition of a listed monument of architecture - the old Riga Shipping company administrative building, built in 1950 in Art Deco style.
- According to developers the name "Da Vinci" symbolises the complexity of this technologically advanced building.

Building info:

Heights:
- Full structural height: 95.4m
- Roof height: 89.7m
- Top floor: 84.8m
Floors: 27 fl & 3x 4fl
Construction dates: 2006 - ?
Building uses: Residential, office

WEBSITE: N/A
DIAGRAM: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=38520

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Latest construction update 20/11/07
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Great location, good height, design: not good!

Hope they redesign it, though it seams too late for that now as its U/C. :)

Great location, good height, design: not good!

Hope they redesign it, though it seams too late for that now as its U/C. :)
:cheers::cheers: - it is supposed to be very efficient because of some super technologies used in it = kind of Eco Highrise

Some renders
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http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2794/277281ca3feffz3.jpg
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the base looks so seventies!

Update -crane at Da Vinci
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Great location, good height, design: not good!

Hope they redesign it, though it seams too late for that now as its U/C. :)

Exactly, other buildings in the surrounding area look more promising.

Photo update
Da Vinchi - 22.01.2008
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t270/MartinsLV/S8300342.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t270/MartinsLV/S8300344.jpg

Perfect place if you want to commit suicide...

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2794/277281ca3feffz3.jpg :angel:

:lol::lol::lol:

And finally Da Vinci has a new central crane. :banana:
But I have no time to go there and take pictures. :(

:cheers::cheers::cheers:

Perfect place if you want to commit suicide...

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/2794/277281ca3feffz3.jpg :angel:

Perfect place for romance.

Da-Vinci Construction update

The Central Tower is rising up, building 1st floor
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Kliversala plot

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Hmm.... waste water

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t270/MartinsLV/S8300549.jpg

That is so cool. Because of my limited financial capability I would be happy to buy 8m2 on the top floor for 10 000LVL/m2 if they would allow me:):):)
The pipe has been there at least since the plot got flooded a year and a half ago. Why is it still there? Could it be that they are still drying it up? Will it stay there fore ever?

Thanks Martins so much for your updates !! It's so good to see the progress of Da Vinci !

Great news about the 1st floor!

Are you sure that this is waste water? May be this is excess groundwater? But it looks funny how they have fixed that pipe :D

Perfect place for romance.

isnt romance the #1 or so cause of suicides?

isnt romance the #1 or so cause of suicides?:lol::lol::lol:

I think it will look decent since its beside the water. It would not look good amongst other skyscrapers with that shape. Would look rather out of place. The desaturated green hued roofs, I like a lot!

As a result of it providing a range of different facilities except for offices and apartments, being restaurants etc. I think it will offer high standards functionally which will be appreciated... and provide jobs.

I think it will look decent since its beside the water. It would not look good amongst other skyscrapers with that shape. Would look rather out of place. The desaturated green hued roofs, I like a lot!

As a result of it providing a range of different facilities except for offices and apartments, being restaurants etc. I think it will offer high standards functionally which will be appreciated... and provide jobs.

provide jobs? for whom? there's incredible lack of working force.

What is the point working if you do not get paid enough?:)

What is the point working if you do not get paid enough?:)

Before demanding higher salary start working more productive. It's common problems for latvians. You want western Europe salaries but at same time you don't want to work as hard as they. In provincial towns half of workforce are drunkards rest are just lazy.

Before demanding higher salary start working more productive. It's common problems for latvians. You want western Europe salaries but at same time you don't want to work as hard as they. In provincial towns half of workforce are drunkards rest are just lazy.

Welcome to the forum, Mr Expert in productivity:D

You must be joking. Latvian rests to keep working while Westerner lives to rest.

I have been working in Denmark and United Kingdom and Latvia. I'll tell you one thing - its not the productivity for sure in the sense you are talking about. Its more about efficiency and number of enterprises per 1000 persons rather than amount of work person does:)

Also - in companies I've been working owners surely could afford to pay more, but why should they if minimum the wage was 200EUR per month.

Productivity also comes with the size of population - Latvia is deserted - and consumerism in the western sense is not that widespread.

The option is to export. To export you need knowledge, skills and motivation - this is what Latvians lack.

If you divide all Latvian products and services produced and divide them by the number of people living in Latvia you get a phrase "productivity needs to be improved".

Its not the productivity of a person (shit loads of guys work in two places and extreme hours).

To put simply - Latvian works f***ing hard, but does not produce anything valuable (innovations, high value products and services...).

You can blame lack of technology, skills, experience or ... Westerners trying to pull all of us out of Latvia as a workforce and destroy all manufacturing (aviation, sugar factories, farming are just few examples of unfair intervention) - they are actually paying billions of EUR to close everything down.

For EU the ideal scenario would be totally economically deserted Baltic states or at best very weak economic competitors.
:cheers: man

I think the skyscraper looks cool with its four cylinders, not ugly at all, but the base doesn't fit with the building. The tower looks very nice and the base looks boring.

Nomels, +1 !

My contribution
08.07.2008.

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Pumping out water...
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Off topic.
If Preses Nams is abandoned, then why does nearby fountain is still working?
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8668/dscn1390sp2.th.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dscn1390sp2.jpg)

All right!!! Finally I see the falsework! I waited for this day, when the construction of the building itself will begin, so long! :)
Yep, that fountain is so strange and weird. :nuts:

Why Preses nams is abandoned? They are moving to another place?

My contribution
08.07.2008.



Thanks, finally real construction works and first serious structure at Da Vinchi site. All the Best!!! :)

not bad, но как по мне проэкт сильно смаххивает на головной офис BMW в Мюнхене

You are not the only one who finds this similarity :D

They have put back a sign of DV and continuing at a superslow rate ... whick is fine with me as long as they keep going:)
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Paldies,

Žēl, ka tik lēni objekts ''aug''. Šīs betona kolonnas jau pāris mēnešus atpakaļ bija. Vienīgi starpsienas jaunas. Salīdzinājumā ar Z-Torņiem, šeit celtniecība rit 5x lēnāk! :cheers:

Paldies,

Žēl, ka tik lēni objekts ''aug''. Šīs betona kolonnas jau pāris mēnešus atpakaļ bija. Vienīgi starpsienas jaunas. Salīdzinājumā ar Z-Torņiem, šeit celtniecība rit 5x lēnāk! :cheers:

bet arī Z torņi nav nekādi superātrie!

bet arī Z torņi nav nekādi superātrie!

Z-Torņiem bija jāveic četru līmeņu pazemes konstrukciju izveide + betonēšana, neskatoties uz pāļu dzīšanu. Ja Z-Torņiem būtu uzbūve kā Da Vinci (bez pazemes korpusiem), tad viņi jau sen slietos 4-5 stāvu augstumā virs zemes. :)

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Thank you! Great construction pictures!

Cheers dude

Cool! It seems the second crane is going to rise there!

Latest construction update (03.10):

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Pretty slow project! :( But i like the building.

Pretty slow project! :( But i like the building.

It isn't slow anymore! Yes, it was on hold for a long time, but since this project was bought by a businessman from Malta about half year ago, it's just rocketing!
btw, thanks for updates! :)

It isn't slow anymore! Yes, it was on hold for a long time, but since this project was bought by a businessman from Malta about half year ago, it's just rocketing!
btw, thanks for updates! :)

why...what....Malta??? Where did that come from? Did you post it earlier? How did I miss that?

why...what....Malta??? Where did that come from? Did you post it earlier? How did I miss that?

No I haven't posted it earlier. You probably missed that because it was announced in a small article in the newspaper (don't remember exactly which one) about half year, in the same day when the construction work had been restarted.

^^, thanks for letting us know - better later than never:)

The location of this project is just excellent, though I hope they'll not sink when water level will rise. :)

^^they did sink once already:D:D:D - it was stopped for a year

Da Vinci
New, unseen renderings, plans. Sorry for bad quality.

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t270/MartinsLV/Fasade1.jpg

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t270/MartinsLV/DaVincistavaplans.jpg

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Are they new or older projections?

My photo sources are fresh, but It looks like old version without helipad. I think it's very similar to new version, may be it is new- who knows....

^^ that looks a bit freaky, anyway the new version is way much better!

There're some pics for those who thinks that works on Da Vinci aint going forward.


November/December 2006 (earthworks):
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1061/01oy3.jpg

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/1405/02nq4.jpg

August 2007 (outcome of flood):
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November 2007 (resuming works after the flood):
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November 2008:
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And one more for those guys who cannot distinguish dewatering system from waste-watering.
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/9186/07xu3.jpg

Cheers!

Welcome Maigoni!!!

Two days ago
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3033/3029682014_e0a398cd05_o.jpg

There're some pics for those who thinks that works on Da Vinci aint going forward.

Hello, Maigoni! Of course, construction works are going forward, but very, very slow - if we look at other projects.


And one more for those guys who cannot distinguish dewatering system from waste-watering.

:lol: Funny comment!

To Nomels, works again stopped? Gahh...

I don't know - two cranes are there. I think it was Sunday when I did Da Vinci though.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/3029916316_e17fb01da0_o.jpg

Anyway, even slow (though they are not so slow for such grandiose project) is better than nothing, especially in such crisis times! :)
And, btw, welcome to the forum maigonis! :banana:

On this evening at 18:00 people were working there.
Thanks, @maigonis, for nice set of pictures!

Welcome maigoni.

I see Da Vinci cranes from my work and they are spinning almost every day.

Few fresh photos from Da Vinci:

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Very similar to BMW HQ :D
like it!
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Thank You, maigonis!
Why they are building so slow?

better be happy that they are building it at all.

TY for update maigoni

Very similar to BMW HQ :D
like it!
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Aaargh, those germans copied the design from our da Vinci! :D

thanks for updates! anyway, slow is better than to be on hold! :banana:

Why they are building so slow?
Maybe from the side it looks like building process is kind of slow, but trust me, they are building very fast, works dont stop till 7-8 PM every day.

And here goes yesterday's photos from the riverside:

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5435/resizeofp1011686mg4.jpg

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7049/resizeofp1011690pj0.jpg

looking good here:cheers:

^^ what's with the skating-rink ?

WOW, the first floor came fast .... super!

:dance:

Please rise faster!!!

Maybe from the side it looks like building process is kind of slow, but trust me, they are building very fast, works dont stop till 7-8 PM every day.

And here goes yesterday's photos from the riverside:


Thanks, from here it looks good. Do you know, when the main residential tower will rise up?

WOW, the first floor came fast .... super!

:dance:

it isnt the first floor, look carefully at this picture

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5203/34292d82210feq0.jpg

wow! :cheers: truly to say, I couldn't even imagine they will make it faster than Z-Towers, I mean the first floor, which seems to be much bigger than at Z-Towers, and especially when we looked two months ago at construction speed of Da Vinci and Z-Towers - well, it was obvious that Z-Towers would rise faster, but since now I doubt they will..! Go Da Vinci!! :banana:

Any update or fresh foto from Da Vinci ?...

^^ aha, that's exactly what is needed here!!

I'll do some this weekend.

I'll do some this weekend.

Good to hear it! Waiting from you Da Vinci, Z-Towers and LNB construction update. It will be nice! :cheers:

Update. Da-Vinči 20.03.2009

Basement works. Building the last basement section ''D'', after that, I think, the overground part will rise up.

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finally some shots!! it's really good to see them not being on hold! :banana:

slowly but surely .....

The base is a bit odd, and i'm a bit sceptical about the observation deck.

There was not much going on on Saturday at Da Vinci
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^^ unluckily, that's a common thing at their construction site, they have no idea how is it to hurry.. :ohno:

slowly but surely .....

Do you really think that 500-600 m3 of concrete every month with only one-two teams of workers means "slowly but surely"? These guys work hard without even smoke breaks.

^^ unluckily, that's a common thing at their construction site, they have no idea how is it to hurry.. :ohno:

Here's for example a photo from Martins dated 20.03.2009 - as you can see, section D has only few walls've been formworked:

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/241/resizeofs8300928.jpg

And here's todays' shot - construction of -1 floor with ramp are done, soon the ceiling'll be concreted (at this point ramp is already concreted). I doubt that Da Vinci dont know, what it means to hurry. :)

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And one more small update - view from Da Vinci crane:

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/9486/resizeofvertical.jpg

Thanks,that looks fantastic:cheers:GO,DA VINCI,GO !!!!!:lol::lol:

Thanks for the update,

We all are waiting for the coolest part of construction!
The latest photos clearly shows concrete ramp with height difference for underground parking - about 3 meters.
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3867/lastobject.th.png (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lastobject.png)

All sections (A, B, C, D) will have two level parking garage.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/8662/plans.th.png (http://img80.imageshack.us/my.php?image=plans.png)

:cheers:

Maigoni, when is it expected to finish this tower, if everything goes according to plan.

@maigonis, do you work there? when will they begin the construction of the tower itself?

I don't like this tower, ugly shape.

What's new in Da Vinci project? How are things going? Does enybody have the latest fotos?

^^ agree, we need some updates!! :)

I'm working close to Da Vinci, but I totally have no free time to take construction pictures. :(

Come on Martins...

^^
Hey, it's not like he is getting paid for taking pictures

don't worry, Martins, it's not all up to you to take pictures, everyone else can, and it would be very appreciable somebody do that soon! ;)

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maigoni, you saved the day! Thanks for the pictures! :cheers:

maigonis, thanks a million, that's exactly what lacked here!! :cheers:

Today

http://i033.radikal.ru/0905/1b/e2bcc756f630.jpg

http://s47.radikal.ru/i116/0905/eb/aa3c25769c00.jpg

Wow! Thanks a lot!
Underground part finally completed, soon they will start the most important section - main residential tower.

^^ cool! can't wait to see the tower being erected! :)

Are they biulding tower now ?

^^ not yet

Who can tell me, what's new in Da Vinci building site???

good question! we all are waiting for the reply..!

Base structure is almost comleted. They are building 3rd floor now.

^ I cant understand you, they are building 3rd floor now!? So fast?

From distance it looked that they are building 3rd floor above the ground, but I might be wrong, I didn't came closer to get a better look.

well, it's high time someone goes there and take some shots! ;)

dont think that for 13 days there will be much progress ..

well, it's high time someone goes there and take some shots! ;)

Maybe tomorrow I will go there and will take some pics :)

^^ mission failed? we need other hero! :jk:

seems that mission failed! :ohno:

^^ mission failed? :jk:

we need other hero! :jk:
Sure, here it is! ^^
;)

tomorrow never come !!??:nuts::nuts::lol:

@Martins, :lol:, subtle hint, though I could try..!

@Martins, :lol:, subtle hint, though I could try..!
Maybe better wait till next weekend, then I will have some free time for small phototour around Kipsala's projects - Z-Towers, Da-Vinci and Symbiotic tower.
If someone can take pictures faster, please do that.

I must say - nothing new! The same situation as May 9th update.

http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/3350/davinci260509.jpg

There will be no notable progress until they'll start building the 1st floor

well, minor changes hopefully are visible! :cheers: but surely the actual progress speed will be viewable after they'll begin the construction of the tower itself!

As I understand the tower starts only on 4th floor, so I guess we'll have to wait a bit :P

As I understand the tower starts only on 4th floor, so I guess we'll have to wait a bit :P

Yup, exactly!

FAIL ...

http://s56.radikal.ru/i154/0905/72/544186368e36.jpg

2009.05.09 on Iphone

Great angle, but why ''FAIL''?
Da Vinci site is still active, workers working, cranes are moving - not so fast as we want, but construction continues. It's most important thing! :cheers:

^^ must agree, slow construction speed doesn't mean that the situation is too bad!! believe me, it's way better than to be on-hold!! :)

Are they building first floor......anybody:ohno:

Where are you people ????

Where are you people ????

Now I'm here! What do you want to ask? :lol:

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3332/dscn1820i.jpg (http://img199.imageshack.us/i/dscn1820i.jpg/)

^ Is that the latest photo?

There is no progres since May 29th.....

^ Is that the latest photo?

Yes, 16.06.09

There is no progres since May 29th.....

From riverside construction site pretty much looks like in February ;)

Maybe from the side it looks like building process is kind of slow, but trust me, they are building very fast, works dont stop till 7-8 PM every day.

And here goes yesterday's photos from the riverside:

http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/5435/resizeofp1011686mg4.jpg

http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/7049/resizeofp1011690pj0.jpg

Latvia's real estate prices have dropped approximately 50% in the last year. I would not be surprised if the banks stop construction funding. Let's hope not.

Keep us posted on progress guys.

I must add that the progress is not visible even though they are working every day! but maybe it would be better of someone to take shots from other angles? :)

Maybe that someone should be you.

Maybe that someone should be you.

yeah, maybe.. I'll definately try.. but the thing is that I don't have that much time, as well as main part of others, but there is one forumer though who has an access to the site.. ;)

Few shots after the rain:

http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/6622/resizeof1g.jpg

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6669/resizeof2.jpg

http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/2492/resizeof3a.jpg

Yeah, maigonis, you are the man! :) These shots are so much appreciated, thanks! Finally, a view from above! :banana:

I must add that the progress is not visible even though they are working every day!

The Devil comes every night and destroys all what's built in previous day - a virgin must be immured in Da Vinci walls, only then tower will rise up.

They will wait again 3 years .... fuck, zTowers on hold, Da Vinci developers are fucking around, fucking crises, we wil never behold Kipsala rising high....shit.

They are building all this in North style - no hurrying, just calm construction! :D :ohno:

Any progress .... or is it already on hold

I think they are finishing underground parking lot.

That's probably true because activity is still visible on the site! :)

O.K. thanks...

Any progress .... or is it already on hold

No visible progress since last photo-update. Seems, that it is on-hold, but, wait a second, cranes are moving.
cropped latest image
http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/9715/davincinew.th.png (http://img504.imageshack.us/i/davincinew.png/)

I think they are finishing underground parking lot.
Wow, it took them 3 years.

22.08.09

Definetly on HOLD !

http://s07.radikal.ru/i180/0908/74/f64340fc52d0.jpg

http://s19.radikal.ru/i192/0908/8a/5a3aabedd0f4.jpg

It's not, they are just working without a rush atm.

Of course it's not!! You can even see the fourth crane at the site, which was brought there recently! They are indeed still working, even on Saturdays!

Sure, it's not!
Spot the difference between your latest picture and picture posted on
August 10th, 2009 05:38 PM.

Definetly on HOLD !

It's not,

Of course it's not!!

Sure, it's not!

:lol:

Thanks for pics, Nneznajka. :cheers:

Today
http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/3686/davinci270809.th.jpg (http://img382.imageshack.us/i/davinci270809.jpg/)

Thanks for that! Just can't understand what for they need so many cranes there?! Three is more than enough, but they have two more though not stationary but still.. Anyway it proves the fact that all the site is u/c! :)

Today
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3118/davinci2240909.th.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/davinci2240909.jpg/)
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/8750/davinci240909.th.jpg (http://img338.imageshack.us/i/davinci240909.jpg/)

Nothing changed though, but thanks for the pics.

Looks like it is on hold.Nothing new since spring:bash: Very sad there is non highrises under construction in kipsala.:nuts:skyscrapers in Riga only on paper :lol::lol:

Are you :nuts:? How come can't you see such visible changes?! Mostly all base is finished now, it now even has a shape! Also, it is quite viewable on those pics that each crane is on work..! :cheers:

May 2009

http://i033.radikal.ru/0905/1b/e2bcc756f630.jpg

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September 24rd.2009
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3118/davinci2240909.th.jpg (http://img15.imageshack.us/i/davinci2240909.jpg/)
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09.10.09

from my friend ;)
http://i019.radikal.ru/0910/40/d9d20b339aa8.jpg

Thanks. I have been there too, some time ago. :)
Picture taken 09.11.2007
http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/2300/davinci09112007.jpg

P.S. But who is the main constructor???

Lovely shot, thanks, finally whole base is seen from above! :) Just can't understand why are they SO slow?!

^^ Maybe those "working" cranes are just a social task to prevent the loss of jobs in construction sector in latvia :lol: This is my ironical joke, but more seriously: if they can lay only the foundation of building in 2 yrs time, then what are we talking about?
Tornimäe highrises topped out in 2 years (in those utopical years when dirt cheap loan money flooded like a mud) and in those times people were complainig here that those estonians are so slow. I think they were/are by themselves with or without those alien funding.

This project somewhat makes me smile :)

I read in the magazine about Empire state building recently, that is almost 400m and was built in 8 months :) And we , with our modern and fancy technologies, even druing the good times couldnt even get to 1st floor :)

Today
http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/2386/davinci27102009.th.jpg (http://img43.imageshack.us/i/davinci27102009.jpg/)
http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/6144/davinci227102009.th.jpg (http://img32.imageshack.us/i/davinci227102009.jpg/)

^^ Thnks .. Any workers on the plot ?

Ps: haw did you get a cross the bridge "? :)

^^ Thnks .. Any workers on the plot ?

Ps: haw did you get a cross the bridge "? :)

I have magic levitation skills. :lol: Joke!
Pictures were taken from the bridge with a mobile phone.
The building site looks dead, may be it is, because there is no main builder.
Seems, that the investor (Balasta Properties) had a contract with company ''BMGS'' to build only the basement (0 cycle works), nothing more. Who will be the main builder I don't know, the most important question is ''when''!

Strange to see 'da Vinci' without single worker - usually there are at least two of them going forwards and backwards! :lol: Man, these shots do really make an impression of the project being on hold...

I was today in Olimpia and saw the cranes moving ;)

Yep, every time I go by there I do also see the same! What's the sense of moving three cranes if the base was constructed long ago?! :nuts:

Yep, every time I go by there I do also see the same! What's the sense of moving three cranes if the base was constructed long ago?! :nuts:

"Potjomkina sādža". :D

Yay, finally you've got it that Da Vinci is on hold...

And, yes, all this time since august cranes were moving just for fun, just to make an impression:

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6669/resizeof2.jpg

Hmm, that's a really confusing situation with da Vinci, moving cranes only to make an impression?! :ohno: That's just something never probably experienced here before, so odd. :nuts:

Hmm, that's a really confusing situation with da Vinci, moving cranes only to make an impression?! :ohno: That's just something never probably experienced here before, so odd. :nuts:

^^ I think, it was a joke. :lol:

i'm being sarcastic - since august cranes were working on Da Vinci's moorage

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/9288/resizeof30072009045.jpg

Wow,two years and only basement level is finished? :uh: That's some really slow progress...

I like the highrise part of this project,though it doesn't seem to fit together with lower part. Still,it would be a highrise Riga desperately needs (if for nothing else,then just for building density)

Oh,and one question - what's the purpose of that two storey house on the river?
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5203/34292d82210feq0.jpg

Any news or updates?

BMW new headquarters in the Baltics???

09.05.2010

http://s58.radikal.ru/i161/1005/27/f3b02fc9dd47.jpg

http://s55.radikal.ru/i150/1005/9a/cf99d4ca5566.jpg

That's just dead-alive situation with da Vinci.. I hope they could find some real investor or owner and would do as they did it with Z-Towers!

09.05.2010

Thanks. I was hoping to see first floors. :(

^ Hey, at least they'll have an underground parking on Ķīpsala, in case the next stages would not follow soon.. :nuts:

11.05.2010

Today I was in Kipsala.... I saw 4 builders and one guard...

4 builders and one guard. Like this?
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/ghgonline/turnpoint/images/content/tp10/memp.jpg

4 builders and one guard. Like this?
http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/socst/ghgonline/turnpoint/images/content/tp10/memp.jpg

:D:D:D

saw two workers there today lol

No progress in DaVinci building site

Newest Photo from DaVinci - 22.06.2010

http://www.imagehost.ro/pict/221811134c20d2914684e.jpg

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

http://www.imagehost.ro/pict/221838494c20d9093c0fb.jpg

Da Vinci is dead.

Strange, why then there doesn't appear anywhere information about its on-hold status?! :nuts:

Is this project is on full stop? Well, hopefully after some time will happen something like happen with Jupiter - booming construction.:)

^ Dream on.. Not with the current owner and contractor, that's for sure.. :bash:

Btw, HERE (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sattler/5077391673/) is a photo on flickr by Ruth. Sad, very sad.
:(

Quite weird they have left crane just above the street...

Nothing new?

On HOLDING http://www.file.lu/pic/smilies/trollface.gif

8 may

http://s46.radikal.ru/i114/1105/a3/2b485811432d.jpg

http://s009.radikal.ru/i307/1105/6b/334471a0e61c.jpg

^^ How long will it stay like this?

http://www.file.lu/pic/smilies/trollface.gif

:lol:

^^ How long will it stay like this? Forever? :ohno:

Nothing changed, today
http://i52.tinypic.com/2hd6s5c.jpg

09.08.2011

1. View from Vanšu bridge.
http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q420/Ripley9895/IMG_698256.jpg

2. You dead like Jupiter? :poke:
http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q420/Ripley9895/IMG_6992.jpg

3.
http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q420/Ripley9895/IMG_6993.jpg

Today,
http://i53.tinypic.com/euj0n4.jpg
http://i51.tinypic.com/28rfewp.jpg

Why do you guys keep making photos? Cant you see that there are no cranes? They removed them nearly a year ago. It should be obvious that without cranes there wont be any progress on site.:D

Saw a worker in the site today, he was moving some kind of boxes or something. Could be a guard though, but he was in worker uniform.

Saw a worker in the site today, he was moving some kind of boxes or something. Could be a guard though, but he was in worker uniform.
lol, but I guess that's better than nothing. :)

Why do you guys keep making photos? Cant you see that there are no cranes? They removed them nearly a year ago. It should be obvious that without cranes there wont be any progress on site.:D

Today :troll:

http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q420/Ripley9895/IMG_7236.jpg

Great success!! :lol:

any news???

any news???
still on-hold!
http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t270/MartinsLV/DaVinci_01042012.jpg

I have heard, that this project is cancelled. Can somebody prove this information?

I have heard, that this project is cancelled. Can somebody prove this information?
AFAIK the project is alive, but waiting better times. Some time ago they wanted to change initial project - adding one more tower.

Source: http://www.mantojums.lv/_rict_text/docs/RVC_dokumenti/RVC_SAP_28_09_2011_protokols_166.pdf
Projekta līdzautors Kaspars Avotiņš informē par projektu: pasūtītājs būvvaldē ir lūdzis papildināt jau saskaņoto
projektu Balasta dambī 9 ar risinājumu, kas paredz otra torņa būvniecību. Sākotnējā projektā bija paredzēti divi
torņi, taču teritorijas plānojums paredzēja tikai trīs stāvu apbūvi, kas netika apstrīdēts. Šobrīd pasūtītājs
uzskata par labāku atgriezties pie sākotnējās projekta idejas ar divu torņu būvi un lūdz aktualizēt jautājumu par
tā iekļaušanu pilsētas silueta kontekstā.

AFAIK the project is alive, but waiting better times. Some time ago they wanted to change initial project - adding one more tower.

Source: http://www.mantojums.lv/_rict_text/docs/RVC_dokumenti/RVC_SAP_28_09_2011_protokols_166.pdf
.... [/I]

I see now. Thank you

Like members' surnames of that conference: Asaris, Dambis, Princis, Zilgalvis, Cielava, Brūzis, Kušķis, Avotiņš :lol::lol::lol:

AMAZING TEAM!

^^ Parādnieks and Kukule are better :lol:

19.05.2012

http://www.file.lu/pic/smilies/ukp.png

http://s019.radikal.ru/i611/1205/e4/5786c50de6a9.jpg

Hello, Friends!
Any news about Da Vinchi building continuing of build?

Prentice Women’s Hospital built in 1975 in Chicago is on the demolition list for 2013.
The building does remind me of something http://f.cl.ly/items/3u2U2Q1p3c1N1t1t2t0Y/smoke.gif

Link (http://www.archdaily.com/318242/northwestern-university-confirms-the-demise-of-prentice-womens-hospital/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter)
http://ad009cdnb.archdaily.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/1343413791-5429908118-4cf9675210-b-321x500.jpg

Really? This is a rather distinct design unlike Da Vinci.. The only similarity is that it's also seemingly made up of 4 elements.