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The building of the National Library of Latvia is a landmark of the capital city of Riga, a spatial symbol and architectural icon, created by one of the 20th century renowned modernists—the Latvian-born American architect Gunnar Birkerts. It is one of the largest cultural buildings in Northern Europe in the 21st century and acquired a symbolic and meaningful name: The Castle of Light. The pyramidal structure which rises 68 meters high is a place of cognition equipped with state-of-the-art technology where up to 8 million units of national printed materials can be stored.

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From 1990 to 1996 Janis Dripe taught at the faculty of architecture of Riga Technical University. From 1993 to 1995 he was minister of culture and from 1996 to 2006 the ambassador of Latvia in Sweden. Until recently he was chief architect of the city of Riga.

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