Christoph Haberland (Latvian: Kristofs Hāberlands) was a Baltic German architect, chief architect of Riga and is considered one of the most illustrious masters of classical architecture in Latvian history.

In early age he started to learn from his father — mason Johann Andreas Haberland, who came from Saxony and in 1749 became a citizen of the city of Riga.

[1] Later Christoph Haberland traveled to Germany and as a journeyman studied in Berlin and Dresden.

In 1777 Haberland returned to Riga, passed his exam of master craftsmen and was admitted in the mason guild.

Haberland was first to attempt the transformation of the medieval image of Riga according to the ideas of Enlightenment.