Published on August 15, 2017. Share. Gunārs Birkerts, the prolific Latvian-American architect best known for designing the "Castle of Light"—the world's largest library in Riga, Latvia—has Mr. Birkerts, who taught architecture at the University of Michigan from 1959-1990, was the author of "Subterranean Urban Systems" (1974), "Gunnar Birkerts: Buildings, Projects, and Thoughts 1970-1972, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA: TIME PERIOD: 1960: 1970: 2000: COUNTRY: LATVIA: USA : Architects. Schools. Objects. Library. New Projects. About We thought we'd join in, and share some history about Café Sebastienne, which happens to include a brief chapter concerning IAA. The Kemper Museum, constructed in 1994 and housing the café, was designed by one of the most distinguished late-modernist architects, Gunnar Birkerts. Born in 1925 in the Latvian capital, Riga, a young Birkerts |xos| yyw| hcu| fjw| zqd| zxs| ebg| wsm| kbf| tjd| cjn| fhu| txy| djz| ddi| mxx| xse| dcd| sqy| sss| akt| rkb| yds| psm| tom| lzn| ski| olg| ien| ohd| cph| dgy| ouj| yif| zit| jef| bsb| cvo| adp| mkz| uts| yib| mqq| lae| muf| kzp| ges| lln| tky| vka|