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Gunnar Birkerts

1925 - 2017

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Gunnar Birkerts (Latvian: Gunārs Birkerts, January 17, 1925 – August 15, 2017) was a Latvian American architect who, for the most of his career, was based in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan. Some of his notable designs include the Corning Museum of Glass and the Corning Fire Station in Corning, New York; Marquette Plaza in Minneapolis, Minnesota; the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri; and the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. In 2014, the National Library of Latvia in Riga was completed to his design. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Birkerts is the 474th most popular architect (down from 463rd in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 169th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 474 out of 518. Before him are James Wyatt, Ryue Nishizawa, William Adam, Alfred Mosher Butts, Rudolph Schindler, and Mikhail Zemtsov. After him are James Gibbs, Zivar bey Ahmadbeyov, Otto Bartning, Patricia Urquiola, Alexander Wittek, and Ivan Fomin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 454. Before him are Josep Pintat Solans, Alain Decaux, Peter Seeberg, Elaine Stritch, Guru Dutt, and Otto Arosemena. After him are Jimmy Dickinson, Gwen Verdon, Betty McKinnon, Georges Stuber, Ossi Reichert, and Henry Plumb, Baron Plumb. Among people deceased in 2017, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 485. Before him are Inge Keller, Hiromi Tsuru, John Nicholson, August Ames, Margit Schumann, and Valery Bolotov. After him are Walter Lassally, John Kundla, Nikos Koundouros, Dudley Storey, Jan Szczepański, and Luis Garisto.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 177 out of 323. Before him are Aigars Kalvītis (1966), Leonid Ostrovski (1936), Vladimirs Petrovs (1907), Māris Verpakovskis (1979), Inese Vaidere (1952), and Piotr Ugrumov (1961). After him are Jeļena Ostapenko (1997), Juris Silovs (1950), Atis Kronvalds (1837), Alexei Kudrin (1960), Maigonis Valdmanis (1933), and Alexei Shirov (1972).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Latvia

Among architects born in Latvia, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 1. 

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