About the project

Kalnciema Quarter

Is one of Riga’s liveliest cultural centers, where open-air music concerts, art exhibitions, events for families and children, theater performances, educational seminars and other events are regularly held. Kalnciema Quarter has gained particular popularity with the local farmers’ and artisans’ market, which has been held every Saturday since 2008.

In the courtyard of the quarter there is a Wooden Architecture Center, a Wine Shop and Café, an art gallery, and offices are occupied by architects, media specialists and professionals from other creative industries.

The complex of renovated wooden buildings of the Kalnciema Quarter at the intersection of Kalnciema and Melnsila Streets is a heritage of 19th-century wooden architecture, built in the style of Western European late classicism. The revival of the quarter’s wooden buildings began in 2001, and currently everyone can see five renovated wooden buildings that surround the courtyard with a small apple orchard.

Traditional materials and technologies were used in the renovation of the buildings, but the buildings themselves were adapted to the contemporary rhythm of life and comfort. Kalnciema quarter has expanded the possibilities of wooden architectural heritage buildings, making them modern and publicly accessible. Kalnciema Street is included in the Latvian cultural canon.