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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gunnar Birkerts has received more than 87,137 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Birkerts is the 431st most popular architect (down from 400th in 2019), the 152nd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 136th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 431 out of 424. Before him are Carlos Raúl Villanueva, Patricia Urquiola, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Harry Vardon, and Enric Miralles. After him are James Gibbs, B. V. Doshi, Mikhail Zemtsov, Otto Bartning, Ivan Fomin, and Ryue Nishizawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 384. Before him are Eddi Arent, Margaretha Krook, Mahmoud Fayad, Martha Vickers, Carlo Annovazzi, and Ali Bozer. After him are Cornell Borchers, Eva Ibbotson, William F. Buckley Jr., Elaine Stritch, Abel Muzorewa, and István Szondy. Among people deceased in 2017, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 405. Before him are Robert Alt, Anthony Harvey, Liam Cosgrave, Jared Martin, Richard Wilbur, and Charles P. Thacker. After him are Ruth Perry, Joseph Nicolosi, Joy Fleming, Friedel Rausch, Habib Thiam, and Katy Bødtger.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 152 out of 284. Before him are Andris Piebalgs (1957), Juris Alunāns (1832), Mirdza Ķempe (1907), Andris Nelsons (1978), Piotr Ugrumov (1961), and Maigonis Valdmanis (1933). After him are Afanasijs Kuzmins (1947), Juris Upatnieks (1936), Alexei Kudrin (1960), Rutanya Alda (1942), Bruno Habārovs (1939), 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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