Robert Pflug ( lv, Roberts Pflūgs; 1 May 1832 – 30 November 1885) was a

Baltic German Baltic Germans (german: Deutsch-Balten or , later ) were ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their coerced resettlement in 1939, Baltic Germans have markedly declined ...

architect. Robert August Pflug was born in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

as the son of a merchant. He studied at the Technological Institute in Saint Petersburg between 1846 and 1850 and thereafter at the

Imperial Academy of Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thre ...

. In 1860 he went on a study trip to Germany and Italy. From 1862 he worked as an architect in

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

, the present-day capital of Latvia, and was a teacher at the Riga Polytechnic Institute (today

Riga Technical University Riga Technical University (RTU) ( lv, Rīgas Tehniskā universitāte) is the oldest technical university in the Baltic countries established on October 14, 1862. It is located in Riga, Latvia and was previously known as 'Riga Polytechnical Instit ...

) from 1869 to 1875. Among the buildings designed by Pflug in Riga, the Nativity Cathedral, the

House of the Livonian Noble Corporation The House of the Livonian Noble Corporation ( lv, Vidzemes bruņniecības nams) also known as Saeima House (''Saeimas nams''), is the seat of the parliament of Latvia, the Saeima. It is located in the '' Vecpilsēta'' (Old Town) neighbourhood of ...

(designed together with

Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis Jānis Frīdrihs Baumanis (or ''Johann Friedrich Baumann'', May 23, 1834, Riga – March 19, 1891, Riga) was a Latvian, Baltic German architect. He was first professional Latvian architect. Baumanis designed the Riga Circus in 1888. He was respon ...

and

Otto von Sievers Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', '' Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded ...

; today the Latvian parliament, the ''

Saeima The Saeima () is the parliament of the Latvia, Republic of Latvia. It is a unicameral parliament consisting of 100 members who are elected by proportional representation, with seats allocated to political parties which gain at least 5% of the po ...

'') and the Haus Szczytt - House of Justynian Niemirowicz-Szczytt (1814-1894)T. Żychliński, Złota Księga Szlachty Polskiej, Rocznik IV, Poznań 1882, s. 370-372 - the building of the present-day Finnish embassy can be mentioned.

Gallery

Flickr - Saeima - 4.maijs Saeimā (6).jpg, The House of the Livonian Noble Corporation in Riga (now Latvian parliament, the ''

'') Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ in Riga.jpg, Nativity Cathedral on the Brīvības boulevard 23, Riga. (1876 - 1884) Raiņa bulvāris 21, Rīga.JPG, Residential building on the Raiņa boulevard 21, Riga. (1875) Church of the Intercession Riga 1.JPG, Church of the Intercession of the Most Holy Mother of God, Riga. (1879)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pflug, Robert Baltic-German people Architects from Riga Architects from Saint Petersburg 1832 births 1885 deaths Academic staff of Riga Technical University