Gunnar Birkerts
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Latvian-American architect (1925-2017)
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It sits within the topics 1925 births, 2017 deaths and 20th-century American architects.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Castle of light
- Gunnar Birkerts
- Gunnar Birkerts
- Subterranean urban systems
- Process and Expression in Architectural Form
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1935-08-17
- Active to
- 1989-09-29
Discography
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gunnar
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Riga
- Place of death
- Needham
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Riga State Gymnasium No.1
- Employer
- University of Michigan
- Languages spoken
- Latvian
- Field of work
- architecture
- Official website
- www.gunnarbirkerts.com
- Image
- Gunnar Birkerts, Associate Professor of Architecture - HS13349.jpg
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- member of
- Latvian Academy of Sciences
- Commons category
- Gunnar Birkerts
- date of birth
- 1925-01-07
- date of death
- 2017-08-15
- described at URL
- arch-pavouk.cz/index.php/architekti/1343-birkerts-gunnar
- Commons Creator page
- Gunnar Birkerts
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Categories
1925 births2017 deaths20th-century American architects21st-century American architectsArchitects from DetroitArchitects from MassachusettsArchitects from RigaFellows of the American Institute of ArchitectsLatvian World War II refugeesModernist architects from the United StatesPeople associated with the Detroit Institute of ArtsRiga State Gymnasium No.1 alumniSoviet emigrants to the United StatesTaubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning faculty