Gunnar Birkerts

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Gunnar_Birkerts

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:architect
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Avicii_Arena gptkb:Riga's_National_Library_of_Latvia gptkb:The_Museum_of_Modern_Art,_Riga gptkb:Tele2_Arena gptkb:The_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art,_Riga
gptkbp:affiliated_with	gptkb:Latvian_Association_of_Architects gptkb:American_Institute_of_Architects
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:AIA_Gold_Medal Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
gptkbp:birth_date	January 1, 1925
gptkbp:birth_place	Liepāja, Latvia
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Kristaps_Birkerts gptkb:Marta_Birkerts
gptkbp:death_date	August 15, 2017
gptkbp:death_place	gptkb:Cambridge,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:education	gptkb:University_of_Michigan
gptkbp:field	gptkb:architect
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Gunnar Birkerts
gptkbp:inception	1950s
gptkbp:influenced_by	gptkb:High_School
gptkbp:influences	gptkb:Eero_Saarinen gptkb:Louis_Kahn
gptkbp:known_for	modernist architecture
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:Latvian
gptkbp:notable_work	gptkb:The_University_of_Michigan_Art_Museum gptkb:The_Boston_Public_Library gptkb:Saarinen_Memorial_Chapel gptkb:The_Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Boston gptkb:The_Latvian_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Library gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Library_of_Latvia gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Applied_Arts gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Architecture gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Art,_Riga gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Art_and_Culture gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Art_and_Design gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Contemporary_Art gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Culture gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Dance gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Decorative_Arts gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Education gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Ethnography gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Film gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Folk_Art gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_History gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_History_and_Culture gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Literature gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Music gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Natural_History gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Performance_Art gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Photography gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Technology gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Theatre gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Visual_Arts gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Opera gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Theatre gptkb:The_University_of_Michigan_School_of_Art_and_Design gptkb:The_National_Gallery_of_Art,_Washington,_D._C. gptkb:The_Detroit_Institute_of_Arts gptkb:The_National_Library_of_Latvia gptkb:The_Michigan_Theater gptkb:The_Latvian_National_Museum_of_Art The Latvian National Museum of Science
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Marta_Birkerts
gptkbp:style	gptkb:modernism brutalism
gptkbp:training	gptkb:Birkerts_and_Davis_Architects