Gunnar Birkerts
(1925–2017) lettisk-amerikansk arkitekt
Gunnar Birkerts (United States, 1925–2017) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Gunnar Birkerts belongs to the chapter ‘Modernism’ in this site’s history of architecture.
Gunnar Birkerts was born in Riga and died in Needham. Gunnar Birkerts trained at Riga State Gymnasium No.1. Gunnar Birkerts became a member of Latvian Academy of Sciences. The awards include Rome Prize, Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Order of the Three Stars, and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.
One of the best-known works is ‘Latvian National Library Building’. The catalogue has one building by Gunnar Birkerts. The dated building is from 1927.
Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Jean Tinguely, Charles Moore, Pierre Koenig, Bruce Graham, and Henning Larsen.