CONTENTS

  
Gunārs Asaris, Riga Technical University
 Riga: Entering the 21st Century		  5

Edmunds Valdemārs Bunkše, Emeritus Professor of Humanistic Cultural Geography,
University of Delaware Visiting Professor, University of Latvia
 Sensescapes: or a Paradigm Shift from Words and Images to All Human Senses
in Creating Feelings of Home in Landscapes		 10

Laila Bremša, Latvian Academy of Art
Monuments by the Sculptor Kārlis Zemdega (1894–1963).The 1930s 		16

Una Īle, Latvia University of Agriculture
 Recreation Possibilities for Residents in the Residential Area Courtyards		 22

Nadya Kerimova, Saint Petersburg Forest Technical University,
Valery Nefedov, Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering,
Inna Sotnikova, Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering,
Maria Morozova, Landscape Architectural Bureau MOX, Saint Petersburg
Biotope-based approach for mixed-use office building landscape		 30

Laura Lūse, Latvian Academy of Art
 Scenic Wallpaper – First Quarter 19th Century Western European interior décor in Latvia		 37


Valeriy Nefedov, Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering
 Landscape and Architecture: Interacion for Sustainability

 44

Natālija Ņitavska, Raimonda Kanavina, Latvia University of Agriculture
 The Visual Elements Forming the Identity of the Baltic Sea and Gulf
of Riga Coastal Landscape		 48

Arne Riekstiņš, Riga Technical University
 Fluid Urbanism		 61

Aija Ziemeļniece, Latvia University of Agriculture
 Context seeking of cultural heritage and green struckture in urban environment		 67

Jānis Zilgalvis, Riga Technical University
Ķirbižu manor house: architecture and cultural history		 74