ARCHITECT

Gunnar Birkerts

1925 - 2017

Photo of Gunnar Birkerts

Icon of person Gunnar Birkerts

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 92,540 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Gunnar Birkerts is the 463rd most popular architect (down from 430th in 2019), the 169th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 152nd in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Architect.

Memorability Metrics

  • 93k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 463 out of 518. Before him are Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, Alexander Wittek, Ivan Fomin, Nicholas Hawksmoor, Kenneth Frampton, and Kolyu Ficheto. After him are Suad Amiry, Max Taut, Harry Vardon, Patricia Urquiola, Julia Morgan, and Cass Gilbert.

Most Popular Architects in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 419. Before him are Gwen Verdon, Leon Schlumpf, Daphne Oram, Ali Bozer, Ratmir Kholmov, and Eva Ibbotson. After him are Ngiratkel Etpison, Margaretha Krook, June Lockhart, Martha Vickers, Lyudmila Kasatkina, and Fulvio Nesti. Among people deceased in 2017, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 424. Before him are Viktor Chanov, Daniel Viglietti, Manfred Kaiser, Ty Hardin, Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi, and Friedel Rausch. After him are Zoltan Sarosy, Ruth Perry, Niels Helveg Petersen, Walter Kollmann, Atanase Sciotnic, and Rosa Taikon.

Others Born in 1925

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2017

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 169 out of 323. Before him are Dainis Kūla (1959), Astrid Ivask (1926), Alfrēds Kalniņš (1879), Andris Nelsons (1978), Laila Freivalds (1942), and Juris Upatnieks (1936). After him are Atis Kronvalds (1837), Jānis Cimze (1814), Jānis Endzelīns (1873), Indulis Emsis (1952), Regīna Ezera (1930), and Alexei Kudrin (1960).

Others born in Latvia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among ARCHITECTS In Latvia

Among architects born in Latvia, Gunnar Birkerts ranks 1. 

Latvian born Architects

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous