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Gunnar Birkerts
Gunnar Birkerts is a Latvian-American architect who, for most of his career, lived in the metro Detroit, Michigan area. Some of his notable projects include the Corning Glass Museum and the Corning Fire Station in Corning, New York; Marquette Plaza in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri; and the US Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. In 2014, the National Library of Latvia in Riga was completed according to its design.
BornJanuary 17, 1925, Riga, Latvia
DiedAugust 15, 2017, Needham, Massachusetts, United States
NationalityLatvian/American
Alma materTechnische Hochschule, Stuttgart
OccupationArchitect
ChildrenSven and Andra Birkerts

About Gunnar Birkerts

Architect Gunnar Birkerts was born in Latvia on January 17, 1925. He dies at the age of 92, on August 15, 2017.

He was a Latvian-American architect who worked primarily in the Detroit metropolitan region. He designed the Corning Museum of Glass in New York, the Marquette Plaza in Minneapolis, and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City.

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Gunnar Birkerts before becoming famous

Gunnar Birkerts was born in the Zodiac sign Capricorn (The Sea-Goat), and 1925 is also the year of Ox (牛) in the Chinese Zodiac.

In 1949, he graduated from the Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart, Germany. Following his arrival in the United States, he was hired by Perkins and Will, followed by a period with Architect Eero Saarinen.

Achievement of Gunnar Birkerts

In Riga, he designed the Latvian National Library.

Gunnar Birkerts's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He was born and raised in Latvia, but escaped when the Russian army advanced towards the close of World War II. Sven Birkerts, his son, became a well-known literary critic.

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He was a well-known architect, as was Architect Joseph Sunlight.

Gunnar Birkerts Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Gunnar Birkerts updated on March 19 2023.