SKY ARCHITECTURE
Since the beginning of time, people have built towers. Towers are a manifestation of the dream of ancient civilisations to get closer to the sky. With the combination of intellectual genius and modern technologies, towers have managed to achieve never-before seen heights and thus their significance in everyday life has also increased. These surprising buildings have become symbols for the cities in which they are located.
Millions of people visit towers to enjoy their unusual panoramas and to experience the feeling of being ‘up there’.
Towers have become tourist attractions. They are an integral part of the field of electronic communications.
Rīga’s contemporary silhouette is not imaginable without the radio and television tower at Zaķusala, which differs to other standard towers through its individuality and expressiveness. However, this is not just a building which symbolises Rīga, but is also a technical structure which has to perform specific functions — to broadcast radio and television programmes, and provide electronic communications services.
The 368 metre high tower — the tallest in the European Union — has always been in the special care of the Latvia State Radio and Television Centre. And this is logical, considering that over half of Latvia’s inhabitants are provided with television and radio programmes broadcast from this tower.
The Rīga radio and television station includes the Rīga Radio and Television Tower or Zaķusala tower, or the Television tower, as it is called by the people, and also the technical building located at its base, which houses transmitters and technical equipment. The tower was designed to support the erection of a central antenna: the higher an antenna is raised, the further away the broadcasts can be received.
The Rīga radio and television station is connected to other stations around Latvia by microwave radio relay links, creating a specialised telecommunications network which provides 96% of territories in Latvia with radio and television reception.
Since the beginning of time, people have built towers. Towers are a manifestation of the dream of ancient civilisations to get closer to the sky. With the combination of intellectual genius and modern technologies, towers have managed to achieve never-before seen heights and thus their significance in everyday life has also increased. These surprising buildings have become symbols for the cities in which they are located.
Millions of people visit towers to enjoy their unusual panoramas and to experience the feeling of being ‘up there’.
Towers have become tourist attractions. They are an integral part of the field of electronic communications.
Rīga’s contemporary silhouette is not imaginable without the radio and television tower at Zaķusala, which differs to other standard towers through its individuality and expressiveness. However, this is not just a building which symbolises Rīga, but is also a technical structure which has to perform specific functions — to broadcast radio and television programmes, and provide electronic communications services.
The 368 metre high tower — the tallest in the European Union — has always been in the special care of the Latvia State Radio and Television Centre. And this is logical, considering that over half of Latvia’s inhabitants are provided with television and radio programmes broadcast from this tower.
The Rīga radio and television station includes the Rīga Radio and Television Tower or Zaķusala tower, or the Television tower, as it is called by the people, and also the technical building located at its base, which houses transmitters and technical equipment. The tower was designed to support the erection of a central antenna: the higher an antenna is raised, the further away the broadcasts can be received.
The Rīga radio and television station is connected to other stations around Latvia by microwave radio relay links, creating a specialised telecommunications network which provides 96% of territories in Latvia with radio and television reception.