CulturePublished: 18 October 2026 at 21:33

Salaspils Cultural Centre Reconstruction Wins Grand Prix at Latvian Architecture Awards 2026

The reconstruction of a cultural centre in Salaspils has received the Grand Prix, the top prize of the Latvian Architecture Awards 2026. The winners were announced on the evening of 17 October at the Riga Congress Centre.

The reconstruction of a cultural centre in Salaspils, Latvia, has won the Grand Prix, the Latvian Architecture Golden Award of the Year, at the Latvian Architecture Awards 2026. The laureates were announced at a ceremony on the evening of Saturday, 17 October, held at the Riga Congress Centre, which is currently being turned into the Riga Philharmonic.

The project's authors are the architecture firm "Levins arhitekti", represented by Edijs Levins and Agnese Levina. They carried out the work in cooperation with architect Iveta Lūse.

The Latvian Architecture Award is an industry prize, and the Grand Prix is its highest distinction. This year it went to the reconstruction of the Salaspils cultural centre.

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