LATVIA 2024 5 € Euro silver coin Building the Unbuilt

Description: Building the UnbuiltBuilding the UnbuiltFace value5 euroWeight25.00 gDiameter32.00 mmMetalsilver of fineness .999QualityUNCMaximum mintage2 500Year2024 About the coinMarta Staņa (1913–1972) is a renowned figure in the history of 20th-century architecture, design, and art. Her architectural creations were realised between the 1950s and the 1970s. While most of her works have not been preserved in their original form, Staņa's most significant achievement – the Dailes Theatre building – continues to fulfil its cultural role with pride and stands as a lasting testament to modernist architecture, remaining accessible to the public today.Staņa mixed cutting-edge ideas for museum, café, and office buildings, possibilities offered by form and innovative materials with empathy for the environment, nature, and people. The architect designed the space and its objects as a cohesive ensemble. Staņa was also a gifted artist, vividly bringing her architectural concepts to life through visualisations on paper.The coin features the fragments of Staņa's design sketches: two of her most notable works in Riga – the Dailes Theatre and the experimental multi-apartment residential building in Brīvības iela 313 – alongside unrealised projects: sketches for a viewing tower at Gaiziņkalns, Rēzekne open-air stage, National Theatre in Budapest, and elements of landscape design and trees, which together represent the complexity of Staņa's architectural practice.The architect also held teaching positions at Riga School of Design and Art and the Art Academy of Latvia. Her approach has inspired several generations of artists, stage designers, interior designers, and designers. OBVERSEFragments of Marta Staņa's project sketches: in the centre – Dailes Theatre in Riga with a yellow print in the background, below it – the roof of Rēzekne open air stage (the project has not been realised), on the left – a facade fragment of a residential building at Brīvības iela 313, Riga, on the right – a wooden shape. At the top – the inscription LATVIA, at the bottom – 5 EURO. REVERSEFragments of Marta Staņa's unrealised project sketches: in the centre – a viewing tower on Gaiziņkalns with a blue print in the background, below it and on the right – fragments of Budapest National Theatre sketches (stairs and columns), on the left – a wooden shape. At the top on the right – the year 2024, at the bottom on the left – the inscription MARTA STAŅA.

Price: 139.95 USD

Location: Rīga

End Time: 2024-11-14T14:00:14.000Z

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