RIGA | DnB NORD Office Building | 40.60m | 12fl | Completed

Martins · January 1st, 2008, 07:22 PM

Plot of land for the Bank's office building is situated on a corner of the Block No.15 in Riga, Skanstes Street. The concept of the urban solution is to emphasize the block corner, to make it clear and sharp. It is important for the spatial system of the block and for the whole district (crossing spaces, street spaces or inner yard spaces). The proposal of the sketch forms the future space of Skanstes Street and also marks its crossing with the planned street.
The proposed building consists of two separate volumes connected with the unit of vertical junctions. The whole composition is united using one roof slab on the top of the building. Free area under the roof creates a new type of space. It is called "half inside" space. The succession: outside space - "half inside" space - inside space, makes fluent entrance into the building. The protected "half inside" entrance area makes the building act friendlier to customers and employees. The silhouette of the building complies with the silhouette and scale of the building proposal for the whole block, does not rise up the 42 m of height and retains a sharp top edge.

Project Name: DnB NORD Office Building
Height: 11fl | 40.6 m
Construction dates: 2008 - 2010
Architect: Audrius Ambrasas www.ambrasas.lt

DIAGRAM: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=70298
RENDERS:

Pauls · January 1st, 2008, 10:23 PM

good design

mbuildings · January 1st, 2008, 10:51 PM

very nice building

.oreo. · January 1st, 2008, 11:01 PM

It reminded me La Defense for some reason which is a good sign...

Are there any visualisation for how the whole block will look like?

***Þróndeimr*** · January 2nd, 2008, 02:04 AM

Cool design!

A building i could see done in the Barcode complex in Oslo. The whole surrounding complex behind DnB NORD looks interesting too.

Nõgesh · January 2nd, 2008, 10:29 AM

I like it, one of the best projects in Latvia

Gatis · January 2nd, 2008, 10:45 AM

Quote:

Are there any visualisation for how the whole block will look like?

This could be the best seen so far:

Don't have visualisation for whole Skanste Street district.

LV994-CB · January 3rd, 2008, 11:14 AM

Nice. But maybe it could be grey not black but from other side...

Laurijs · January 4th, 2008, 03:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LV994-CB

Nice. But maybe it could be grey not black but from other side...

No, no, no ... black is good!

Muthai · January 4th, 2008, 04:13 PM

Isn't the company's name DnB NOR? No "D"?

Nõgesh · January 4th, 2008, 04:17 PM

No, it's definitely NORD

Mikrobs · January 4th, 2008, 04:22 PM

From wikipedia

DnB NOR (OSE: DNBNOR) is Norway's largest financial services group with total assets of more than NOK 1.8 trillion. The Group includes brands such as DnB NOR, Vital, Nordlandsbanken, Cresco, Postbanken, DnB NORD and Carlson. DnB NOR's head office is located in Oslo.

DnB NORD is a European bank group in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The bank is a joint venture between the Norwegian bank DnB NOR (51%) and the German bank NORD/LB (49%). DnB NORD has more than 2,000 employees, 125 branches, 675,000+ customers and assets totalling €5.1 billion. It focusses its activities on northeastern Europe.

Bank DnB NORD offers a comprehensive range of financial products and services to households as well as businesses. The headquarters of DnB NORD is situated in Copenhagen.

Muthai · January 4th, 2008, 08:07 PM

So DnB NORD is own by DnB NOR? Haha. Crazy!

.oreo. · January 6th, 2008, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Laurijs

No, no, no ... black is good!

I agree, definitely suits to this one!

LV994-CB · January 6th, 2008, 01:15 PM

I only mentioned grey cause it would make smaller contrast between building and the enviroment around it, but maybe black is better...
Yea definetely.
Black is better.

ØlandDK · January 7th, 2008, 12:15 AM

That's a unique design. Love it

Nomels · January 23rd, 2008, 07:29 PM

Llinass · January 24th, 2008, 02:07 PM

Another great Audrius Ambrasas architects project. More visualizations www.ambrasas.lt

Gatis · January 24th, 2008, 05:31 PM

Yes that's him. In Riga thread architect was mentioned but here we forgot it

Llinass · February 4th, 2008, 09:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martins

Height: 12fl | 40m
Construction dates: 2008 - 2010

Could you post the source of construction dates?
And edit wrong data 11fl | 40.6m

(I got it from the architects)

January 1st, 2008, 07:22 PM	#1
Martins -Riga- Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Riga Posts: 838 Likes (Received): 25	RIGA \| DnB NORD Office Building \| 40.60m \| 12fl \| Completed Plot of land for the Bank's office building is situated on a corner of the Block No.15 in Riga, Skanstes Street. The concept of the urban solution is to emphasize the block corner, to make it clear and sharp. It is important for the spatial system of the block and for the whole district (crossing spaces, street spaces or inner yard spaces). The proposal of the sketch forms the future space of Skanstes Street and also marks its crossing with the planned street. The proposed building consists of two separate volumes connected with the unit of vertical junctions. The whole composition is united using one roof slab on the top of the building. Free area under the roof creates a new type of space. It is called "half inside" space. The succession: outside space - "half inside" space - inside space, makes fluent entrance into the building. The protected "half inside" entrance area makes the building act friendlier to customers and employees. The silhouette of the building complies with the silhouette and scale of the building proposal for the whole block, does not rise up the 42 m of height and retains a sharp top edge. Project Name: DnB NORD Office Building Height: 11fl \| 40.6 m Construction dates: 2008 - 2010 Architect: Audrius Ambrasas www.ambrasas.lt DIAGRAM: http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=70298 RENDERS: Last edited by Martins; July 25th, 2009 at 07:54 AM.

January 1st, 2008, 10:23 PM	#2
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January 1st, 2008, 11:01 PM	#4
.oreo. Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,320 Likes (Received): 0	It reminded me La Defense for some reason which is a good sign... Are there any visualisation for how the whole block will look like?

January 2nd, 2008, 02:04 AM	#5
*Þróndeimr* Adventurous! Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Trondheim Posts: 11,262 Likes (Received): 259	Cool design! A building i could see done in the Barcode complex in Oslo. The whole surrounding complex behind DnB NORD looks interesting too.

January 2nd, 2008, 10:29 AM	#6
Nõgesh Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,053	I like it, one of the best projects in Latvia

January 4th, 2008, 04:17 PM	#11
Nõgesh Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,053	No, it's definitely NORD

January 4th, 2008, 04:22 PM	#12
Mikrobs BANNED Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 93 Likes (Received): 0	From wikipedia DnB NOR (OSE: DNBNOR) is Norway's largest financial services group with total assets of more than NOK 1.8 trillion. The Group includes brands such as DnB NOR, Vital, Nordlandsbanken, Cresco, Postbanken, DnB NORD and Carlson. DnB NOR's head office is located in Oslo. DnB NORD is a European bank group in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The bank is a joint venture between the Norwegian bank DnB NOR (51%) and the German bank NORD/LB (49%). DnB NORD has more than 2,000 employees, 125 branches, 675,000+ customers and assets totalling €5.1 billion. It focusses its activities on northeastern Europe. Bank DnB NORD offers a comprehensive range of financial products and services to households as well as businesses. The headquarters of DnB NORD is situated in Copenhagen.

January 4th, 2008, 08:07 PM	#13
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January 6th, 2008, 01:15 PM	#15
LV994-CB Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Riga Posts: 184 Likes (Received): 7	I only mentioned grey cause it would make smaller contrast between building and the enviroment around it, but maybe black is better... Yea definetely. Black is better. __________________ Shanghai....city that I hate and love but finally find it irresistible

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ØlandDK Used User Join Date: May 2005 Location: Copenhagen Posts: 4,156 Likes (Received): 52	That's a unique design. Love it

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