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2007
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An international competition is announced for a construction contractor for the L.N.L. building.
Property rights issues in the L.N.L.’s territory are solved.
The L.N.L.’s technical project is prepared.
An UNESCO Council of International Experts positively evaluates the work performed in the L.N.L. project.
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2006
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Preparation work for the construction of the library is commenced at the L.N.L. construction site. |
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2005
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The state agency Jaunie “Trīs brāļi” (New “Three Brothers”) is formed. The task of the agency is to actualize the L.N.L., Riga Concert Hall, and Contemporary Art Museum construction projects.
Within the framework of the L.N.L. project, 738 libraries receive 1,658 computers and 285 Internet connections in a time period of five months; 355 local networks are established and 400 librarians are trained in basic computer skills.
The state agency Jaunie “Trīs brāļi” puts the L.N.L. book depository in Silakrogs into operation.
A presentation of and discussion about the new L.N.L. building project takes place at the festival “Surprising Latvia,” in Paris. |
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2004
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The L.N.L. project’s Board of Trustees takes a decision regarding the necessary alienation of immoveable property into the jurisdiction of the state.
The Minister for Culture, Helēna Demakova, and the director of the Latvian National Library Foundation, Karina Pētersone, sign an agreement regarding the support for and promotion of the implementation of the L.N.L. project, as well as the popularization of the project in Latvia and abroad.
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2003
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The L.N.L. project’s Board of Trustees convenes for its first meeting.
The sketch project for the L.N.L. building, led by Gunnar Birkert, is completed.
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2002
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Saeima accepts the Law for the Implementation of the L.N.L. Project, which provides for the construction of the L.N.L. by November 18, 2008, and prescribes that the L.N.L. project include a new building, designed by Gunnar Birkert, for the needs of the L.N.L. and V.V.B.I.S.
Gunnar Birkert’s project represents Latvia at the Venice Architecture Biennale.
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Late 2001
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The first stage of the Unified Library Information System (V.V.B.I.S.) is completed: state and academic libraries begin to work in the joined network, and the readers’ card is put into operation. |
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2001
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The Latvian Cabinet of Ministers approves the “Concept for the State Unified Library Information System” (VVBIS). The conception prescribes additional training for libraries and the inclusion of all of Latvia’s public libraries in the L.N.L. project, by installing at least five computerized workstations at every library (total cost: LVL 12.7 million).
The fifteenth meeting of the Conference of European National Librarians, in Riga, expresses its support of the construction of the L.N.L.’s new building.
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2000
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Gunnar Birkert’s L.N.L. project wins an American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. Birkert himself is awarded the Latvian Academy of Sciences’s Great Medal for an outstanding contribution to twentieth-century world architecture. |
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1999
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The UNESCO General Conference accepts a resolution to support the L.N.L. project. |
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1998
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A reduced program is developed, where the necessary size of the L.N.L. is reduced from 84,000 square meters to 53,000 square meters. Costs are reduced from approximately USD 200 million to USD 127 million.
The Latvian government accepts and issues to the Saeima the first draft law regarding the L.N.L.’s new building.
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1996
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Hill International, Inc., develops the first version of the project’s financial plan.
A reduction in the amount of construction is prescribed; this is to be achieved by building a book depository at Silakrogs.
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1995
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The Latvian Cabinet of Ministers organizes a competition for a project- and construction-management firm, which is eventually won by the U.S. firm Hill International, Inc. |
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1991
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The Latvian Council of Ministers accepts a decree regarding the construction of the library. |
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1988
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A sketch competition is organized for the Latvian National Library’s building. The competition committee does not recognize any of the applications as suited to the plans for the construction of the building, and invites the architect Gunnar Birkert to work on the project. A contract with Gunnar Birkert is signed in August of 1990. |
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