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Eiens Laube was a Latvian architect. He was responsible for some of the reconstruction work of Riga Castle in the 1930s and designed more than 200 houses in Riga.
Eiens Laube is born in Riga as a son of a potter. In 1899 he graduated Realschule and started architecture studies in Riga Polytechnic Institute. While still a student he started to work in Konstantns Pkns architecture office in 1900. In 1904 he took a study trip to Finland where he was introduced with national romanticism in architecture. Laube graduated from the Riga Polytechnic Institutes department of Architecture in 1907. Soon after he established his own architects office in Riga. He also became lecturer in Riga Polytechnic Institute. In 1909 he traveled to Sweden and Germany to improve his professional abilities. In 1910 he took identical trip to France. From 1909 to 1914 he was the official adviser to the Commission for Artistic Issues in Architecture, in Riga.
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