Gunnar Birkerts

Who is Gunnar Birkerts?

Gunnar Birkerts is a Latvian-American architect who, for most of his career, was based in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan. Some of his designs include the Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York, 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. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela. His latest project is the National Library of Latvia in 2012 in Riga, Latvia, the National Library called the Castle of Light whose architectural form references and draw inspiration from the capital's church tower, including St. Peter's Church spire with a gold gilded rooster.