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Riga has the greatest number of Art Nouveau buildings in this part of the world and draws architectural students from all corners. As in most trends, it started well, grew ever more flamboyant and finally had to simplify. How many faces and flourishes can you have on a building before the whole business collapses into a parody of itself? The next style was far simpler: the clean classic lines of Art Deco. Look at the elegance of the Empire State Building or the Chrysler Building in New York City and you’ll see how well that went.
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