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Gunnar Birkerts
Roger Hargreaves
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Description for Gunnar Birkerts
Hardcover. Latvian-born architect Gunnar Birkerts belongs to the second wave of modernists who arrived in the United States from abroad, a group that includes Kevin Roche and Cesar Pelli among others. This work presents his cultural perspectives as well as his family insights to bear, offering a unique portrait of a life and career. Num Pages: 320 pages, 413 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 304 x 249 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2142.
Latvian-born architect Gunnar Birkerts belongs to the second wave of modernists who arrived in the United States from abroad, a group that includes Kevin Roche and Cesar Pelli among others. Educated at the Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart, Birkerts worked first with Eero Saarinen in his now-legendary office in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and later was chief designer for Minoru Yamasaki. At that time both Saarinen and Yamasaki were developing their distinctive architectural signatures and building their international renown. Subsequently Birkerts established his own practice, evolving a design process and a philosophy with its own original profile. His approach does not seek ... Read more
Latvian-born architect Gunnar Birkerts belongs to the second wave of modernists who arrived in the United States from abroad, a group that includes Kevin Roche and Cesar Pelli among others. Educated at the Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart, Birkerts worked first with Eero Saarinen in his now-legendary office in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and later was chief designer for Minoru Yamasaki. At that time both Saarinen and Yamasaki were developing their distinctive architectural signatures and building their international renown. Subsequently Birkerts established his own practice, evolving a design process and a philosophy with its own original profile. His approach does not seek ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Fellbach, Germany
ISBN
9783936681260
SKU
V9783936681260
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Reviews for Gunnar Birkerts
"This monograph proves Gertrude Stein's assertion that no artist is ahead of his or her time. There are simply many people behind theirs." Norman Weinstein, October 2009