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Home/Memorials/United States/Needham/Gunnar Birkerts

Gunnar Birkerts

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Biography of Gunnar Birkerts

17. Jan 1925 – 15. Aug 2017(92 years)Died in:Needham, Norfolk County

Latvian-American architect

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Riga, Latvia

Needham, Norfolk County

Latvia

Occupation(2)

architect university teacher

Awards(4)

Rome Prize Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences Order of the Three Stars Fellow of the American Institute of Architects

Education(1)

Riga State Gymnasium No.1

Gunnar Birkerts (* 17. January 1925 in Riga; † 15. August 2017 in Needham) was a latvian-American architect. He was 92 years old. He studied at Riga State Gymnasium No.1. He received 4 awards, including Rome Prize, Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.

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1925

Born in Riga, Latvia

2000

Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences

2017

Died in Needham, Norfolk County

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