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Landscape architect. He was born in Germany in 1879. From 1880 to 1914 he was director of parks and gardens in Riga. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries he designed new parks and gardens and remodelled existing ones: the Vērmanes Garden (in 1899, with the first rose garden in Riga), Arkādijas Park (1900-1911), Strēlnieku Park, Dzegužkalns Park (landscaped in 1901), Miera Park (1905-1908), and the Esplanade (first plantings in 1902). Significant changes were also made to the green areas along the canal embankment, with rockeries, running streams with cascades and waterfalls established in 1889. In 1900 several very rare species of trees were planted. Kuphalt was also responsible for the Meža Cemetery (1899) and the first stage of the Mežaparks suburb (1901). He also supervised the development of the Russian Emperor’s gardens at Dagomisa near Sochi in the Crimea, at Oranienbaum and Tsarskoye Selo near Petersburg, and in the Caucuses. During World War I he was deported to Germany, and died in 1938 in Berlin.
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