Riga TV Tower
Riga, Lativa

HEIGHT: 368m
FLOORS: 6 floors
COMPLETION: 1986
ARCHITECT: ?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/42/800px-Riga_Radio_and_TV_Tower.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/25/Rtt.jpg/450px-Rtt.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v236/lecekte/TVtornis-PetB-8jun04.jpg

4/10 I don't like it. It looks weird. :|

- 100% steel tower

ARCHITECT: K. Nikurdze (Georgia, f. Soviet Union)
DIAGRAM: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=836
WEBPAGE: http://www.tvtornis.lv/tvtornis/index.php

why would they need a 350+ m high tower for TV?

it looks pretty spacelike i would give it a 7/10

To control Strategic defensive system in Baltic States by Soviets at 80ies. :lol:
I think, that TV tower was more military structure and he was constructed in secret.

Nice tower 9/10 :)

i like its shape
the colour looks weird thou

7/10

3/10

UGh.. what is this?!

9/10

Beautiful design. Well done.

Very retro space-age looking 8/10

When I was in Riga, this one kinda destroyed the beauty... But it's interesting!

5/10

My countries TV tower, how could I live without television? So 10/10. :D

I don't like color but overall this tv tower is one of the best in Europe.

it has a very special design, i really love it. got a 9.5/10 from me :cheers:

The TV Tower in Riga, Latvia, is the tallest structure in the Baltic countries and the European Union. It was built between 1979 and 1986. Its highest point reaches 368.5 m (1209 ft), which makes it the third tallest tower in Europe (after the Ostankino Tower at 540 metres (1,772 ft) and the Kiev TV Tower at 385 metres (1,263 ft)) and the twelfth tallest tower in the world.

10/10

10 for riga! :okay:

8/10

10/10

10/10
it's like a modernist Eiffel Tower.

the most ugly I have ever seen...

different 7.5

5/10

6,5/10

1/10

nice nice 9 :)

5/10

10 Original!

8/10

10/10 :)

That is kinda unique...
8/10

10/10

6.5/10

4/10

6/10

6/10

it surprise me 9/10

http://www.globalphotos.org/riga/20081012/IMG_2149.jpg

Hmm....interesting looking tower.

7.5/10

7/10

The most impressive TV tower in Europe! You won't find such spectacular shape on whole continent! 10/10! :)

I like this TV tower, it looks very elegant and original. A nice change from the standard ones.

6/10

10/10

strainge but cool 8

Looks decent (as in "doesn't look like a penis" as opposed to "looks like a penis" or "doesn't look like a penis but still manages to symbolize it somehow"). So 10.

^^ Penis? It certainly doesn't look anything like one. At least not to me. I like it, reminds me of the Eiffel Tower. So I gave it a 9. :)

^^ Penis? It certainly doesn't look anything like one.
That's what I said.

http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/6949/tvtornis1.jpg

http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/5821/tvtornis2.jpg (http://img40.imageshack.us/i/tvtornis2.jpg/)

6/10

10/10

3/10

UGh.. what is this?!

:ohno::bash: idio...

10/10

7.5

Wildly wacky design. 7.5

Best in Europe 10/10

9.5, would be a 10 with nicer colours.

9/10,nice TV tower :okay: Definitely the best in Nordic & Baltic region.

9/10,nice TV tower :okay: Definitely the best in Nordic & Baltic region.

I would better agree with gonuts. :D :okay:

i think it looks better when seen from farther away..

7/10

http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/5664/televyzijastornes.jpg

http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/8629/rukasantdaugavos.jpg

because it has unique design i give 8/10

10/10!!





:applause::applause::applause::applause:

10/10

8/10

Probably the most unique TV tower in the world. I'd give it a 7/10

wow.
10

10
its a textbook tower.

First really tall structure I've ever seen in my life (I was 8), 10/10! It resembles Eiffel Tower but with better colours IMO:)

6.5 I don't like the colors and relationship to the environment but the overall shape is nice

7/10

10/10

7/10

8/10

9, it reminds me a little of Tokyo Tower - also, I got to see this building when I was heading to Latvia in late March and saw downtown Riga out the airplane window. Was very pleased to eventually spot the TV tower. :)

10/10