The National Library of Latvia on the left bank of the Daugava in Riga was designed by the Latvian-American architect Gunnar Birkerts, who was commissioned in 1989. The construction contract was signed on May 15, 2008, and construction began that year. It opened on August 29, 2014, and cost 193 million euros. The article names no style or materials.
Birkerts drew inspiration from the Castle of Light and the Glass Mountain in Latvian mythology. The building has 13 floors and is 68 meters high.
It has spaces for conferences, conventions and community events. It hosted the 4th EU Eastern Partnership summit in May 2015. Construction cost 193 million euros, and the article names no style or materials, so both are left unlisted here.
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