Miķelis Putrāms

About

Architect, co-founder of MADE arhitekti, winner of the Latvian Architecture Award 2012, Grand Prix 2023. Certified passive building designer.

Worked in “Plot” and “B.I.G.” Denmark. He has lectured at European universities and architectural forums, and has been a jury member for architectural competitions. His work has been nominated several times for the Mies van der Rohe Prize for European Architecture. The “Pitrags Pietura” project was shortlisted for the New European Bauhaus Prize and was awarded the Gubbio Prize (2024). The most well-known works ─ Salaspils Kindergarten, Dailes Theatre forecourt, Wooden Office Building in Lizums, Saldus School of Music and Art, etc.

Salaspils kindergarden

The Salaspils kindergarten is a two-storey wooden structure with a total area of ~3000m2. Engineering knowledge alone is not enough to realise such a wooden building in Latvia. The Latvian building code LBN201-15, which specifies fire safety requirements for buildings, needs to be changed. The Salaspils kindergarten has better occupant safety than any other kindergarten, but it does not comply with the Latvian building code.

MADE

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