Gunnar Birkerts

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Latvian-American person architect modernist architect

Gunnar Birkerts was a Latvian-American modernist architect renowned for his innovative, sculptural designs for cultural and institutional buildings in the United States.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latvian-American person → architect → modernist architect →
awardReceived	American Institute of Architects Honor Award → Latvian Order of the Three Stars →
birthCountry	Latvia →
birthDate	1925-01-17 →
birthPlace	Riga →
countryOfCitizenship	Latvia → United States of America →
deathDate	2017-08-15 →
designed	Corning Museum of Glass → Corning Museum of Glass expansion → Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art → Latvian National Library → Marquette Plaza → Museum of Glass in Tacoma conceptual work (early competition phase) → St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, Riga (reconstruction concept involvement) → U.S. Embassy chancery renovation concepts (various projects) → University of Michigan Law Library addition → University of Michigan School of Architecture and Urban Planning building →
educatedAt	Riga Polytechnic Institute → University of Stuttgart (postwar studies/association) →
employer	University of Michigan →
familyName	Birkerts →
fieldOfWork	architecture →
givenName	Gunnar →
influencedBy	European modernism → Latvian cultural traditions →
knownFor	cultural buildings → innovative sculptural architectural forms → institutional buildings →
memberOf	American Institute of Architects →
movement	Modernism →
name	Gunnar Birkerts →
nationality	Latvian-American →
notableWork	Corning Museum of Glass expansion → Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis → Latvian National Library →
occupation	architect →
residence	Michigan → United States →
style	modernist architecture → sculptural architecture →
taughtAt	University of Michigan College of Architecture and Urban Planning →
workLocation	Ann Arbor → Detroit → Minneapolis → United States →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art →	architect
Gunnar Birkerts →	name