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Gunnar Birkerts papers: 1930-2017
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Personal Papers
Biographical Information
First Architectural Drawings 1942
Student Work at Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart, Germany 1944-1949
Student Furniture and Building Designs at Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart, Germany 1947
Family Photographs 1920s-1950s
Professional Papers
Transcripts and Notes of Speeches, Lectures and Seminars
Transcripts of Interviews
Audio-Visual Materials
Writings
Publications
Correspondence
Awards and Honorary Academic Affiliations 1955-2000
Steno Book Travel Diaries with Conceptual Drawings
Steno Book Travel Diaries with Written Notes and Letter Drafts
Newspaper and Journal Articles Regarding Birkerts' Work and Career 1960-1997
Photographs
Faculty Papers
University of Michigan Professor of Architecture 1960-1992
Lawrence Technological University Visiting Professor of Architecture 1992-1993
Project Files
Furniture Design Series #5203-5204 for August Grasis 1952
General Motors Technical Center, Warren, Michigan Eero Saariinen Office Project 1950s
Eero Saarinen Office Projects, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1950s
Furniture Designs for Yellin, Inc. 1953-1954
Furniture Design 1954
International Furniture Competition and Exhibition, Cantu, Italy 1955-1956
Mequon House, Mequon Wisconsin. Winner of Progressive Architecture Design Award, (unbuilt project) January, 1957
Aluminum House, Virgin Islands (unbuilt project) 1958
Troyton Manor Swimming Club, Troy, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1960
Roosevelt Competition, Roosevelt Island, New York, New York (unbuilt project) 1960
Haley Funeral Home, Southfield, Michigan 1960-1961
Albion Church (Grace Lutheran Church), Albion, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1960
Schwartz Summer Residence, Northville, Michigan 1960-1962
University Reformed Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1960-1964
Erieview Towne Plaza Apartment Competition, Cleveland, Ohio (unbuilt project) 1961
1300 Lafayette East Apartments, Detroit, Michigan 1961-1963
Kaufman Residence, Muskegon, Michigan 1962
People's Federal Savings and Loan Bank, Branch Office, Royal Oak, Michigan 1962-1963
Furniture Designs for Birkerts House, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1961-1962
Ash-Stevens Research Laboratory, Detroit, Michigan 1962-1963
Furniture Designs 1960s
International Village, Detroit, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1964
Bald Mountain Recreation Area Facility, Pontiac, Michigan 1964-1969
Elmwood Housing, Detroit, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1964
Fisher Administrative Center, University of Detroit, Michigan 1964-1966
University of Kentucky School of Architecture City Hall Design Charette, Wind City Project (study) 1964
Freeman Residence, Grand Rapids, Michigan 1964-1966
Lincoln Elementary School, Columbus, Indiana 1965-1967
Livonia Public Library, Livonia, Michigan 1965-1967
Lewis Residence, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 1965-1967
Michigan Technological University, Sault Ste. Marie Branch, Dormitory and Food Service Center 1965-1968
Tougaloo College Master Plan, Tougaloo, Mississippi (unbuilt project) 1965-1971
Tougaloo College Library, Tougaloo, Mississippi 1967-1972
Massey Ferguson North American Operations Offices, Des Moines, Iowa (unbuilt project) 1966
Glen Oaks Community College, Centreville, Michigan 1966-1971
Church of St. Bede, Southfield, Michigan 1966-1969
United States Pavilion of Expo '67, Montreal, Canada (unbuilt project) 1967
Ford Motor Company Pavilion of Hemisfair '68, San Antonio, Texas 1967-1968
United States Pavilion of Hemisfair '68, San Antonio, Texas (unbuilt project) 1967-1968
Vocational Technical Institute Campus Master Plan, Carbondale, Illinois (unbuilt project) 1967
Mount Olive Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan 1967-1970
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1967-1973
Amsterdam City Hall Competition, Amsterdam, Netherlands (unbuilt project) 1968
Corning Public Library (First Proposal), Corning, New York (unbuilt project) 1969
Corning Public Library (Final Proposal), Corning, New York (unbuilt project) 1969
Metropolitan Federal Savings and Loan Bank, Southfield, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1969
Duluth Public Library, Duluth, Minnesota 1969-1980
IBM Corporate Computer Center, Sterling Forest, New York 1970-1972
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas 1970-1972
State University of New York, Purchase College Dance Instructional Facility, Purchase, New York 1970-1976
Subterranean Urban Systems Study, Graham Foundation Grant 1971-1974
Ford Motor Company Visitor Reception Center (Scheme I), Dearborn, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1971
Ford Motor Company Visitor Reception Center (Scheme II), Dearborn, Michigan 1972-1975
Federal Reserve Bank of Helena, Montana (unbuilt project) 1972
Washington Monument Visitor Center Competition, Washington, DC (unbuilt project) 1972
General Motors Transportation Studies: Dual Mode Transit System 1973-1974
Municipal Fire Station, Corning, New York 1973-1974
University of Michigan Law Library Addition 1974-1981
IBM Office Building, Southfield, Michigan 1974-1979
U. S. Embassy Office Building, Helsinki, Finland (unbuilt project) 1975
Embassy Prototype for Foreign Buildings Office, Washington, D.C. (unbuilt project) 1975
Housing Competition, Amman, Jordan 1976
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York 1976-1980
Federated Department Stores Office Building, Cincinnati, Ohio (unbuilt project) 1977
Unity of the Infinite Presence Church, Warren, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1978
Chrysler Corporation Master Plan, Highland Park, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1978
J. A. Citrin Sons Company Office Building, Bingham Farms, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1979
Muiznieks Residence, Kalamazoo, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1979
University of Iowa College of Law Building, Iowa City, Iowa 1979-1986
Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament Renovation, Detroit, Michigan 1980-2003
Ferguson Residence (Villa Ginny), Kalamazoo, Michigan 1980-1983
Cornell University Uris Library Addition, Ithaca, New York 1980-1982
Baldwin Public Library Addition, Birmingham, Michigan 1980-1983
United States Army, Camp Wildflecken Chapel and Educational Facility, Wildflecken, Germany  1980-1983
St. Paul's Latvian Lutheran Evangelical Church, Farmington Hills, Michigan, Michigan 1980
St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Columbus, Indiana 1980-1988
University of Nebraska, Wick Alumni Center Competition, Lincoln, Nebraska (unbuilt project) 1981
State of Wisconsin Office Building, Green Bay, Wisconsin 1981-1983
Anchorage Library Competition, Anchorage, Alaska (unbuilt project) 1981
University of Michigan Law Library Rare Book Room, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1982
IBM Lahser Road Facility, Southfield, Michigan 1982
University of Michigan Knoxville World's Fair Charette, Knoxville, Tennessee (unbuilt project) 1982
Woodbranch Energy Plaza, Houston, Texas (unbuilt project) 1982
ParkCenter, Houston, Texas (unbuilt project) 1983
Holtzman & Silverman Office Building, Southfield, Michigan 1983-1989
IBM Beecher Road Facility, Flint, Michigan 1984-1985
Domino's Farms Master Plan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1984
Domino's Pizza, Inc. Headquarters, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1984-1998
Domino's Pizza, Inc, Special Designs, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1985-1986
Domino's Pizza, Inc, Prototype Franchise Building, Jackson, Michigan 1986-1988
Domino's Farms Tower, Ann Arbor, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1987-1988
Domino's Chapel, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1996-1998
Minnesota Judicial Building Competition, St. Paul, Minnesota (unbuilt project) 1984-1985
Minnesota History Center Competition, St. Paul, Minnesota (unbuilt project) 1984-1986
Bardha Residence Birmingham, Michigan 1984-1989
University of Michigan Sports Services Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1985-1990
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music Library Addition, Oberlin, Ohio 1986-1988
Weinstein Residence, San Francisco, California (unbuilt project) 1986
University of Wyoming Museum Competition, Laramie, Wyoming (unbuilt project) 1986
University of Michigan Library, Flint, Michigan 1986-1995
University of California Central Library Addition, San Diego, California 1987-1993
Papal Altar and Furniture, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan 1987
United States Embassy Office Building, Caracas, Venezuela 1987-1992
University of Western Michigan Honors College Building, Kalamazoo, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1987
Novoli Multi-Use Center, Florence, Italy (unbuilt project) 1987-1994
Michigan State Capital Building Expansion Master Plan, Lansing 1987
Ohio State University College of Law Building Addition, Columbus, Ohio 1988-1993
Marge Monaghan House, Drummond Island, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1988
Resort Development (unbuilt project) 1988
Duke University Law School Addition, Durham, North Carolina 1988-1995
Church of the Servant, Kentwood, Michigan 1988-1994
National Library of Latvia, Riga 1989-in progress 1989-2014
Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy (unbuilt project) 1989-1992
University of Turin, Humanities Faculties Building, Turin, Italy (unbuilt project) 1989-1990
Riga Cathedral Exhibition of "The Architecture of Gunnar Birkerts," Riga, Latvia 1989
Grasis Residence, Vail, Colorado 1990-1994
Tiger Stadium Renovation, Detroit, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1991
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri 1991-1994
Pompeo Leoni Private Residential Project, Milan,Italy (unbuilt project) 1992-1994
University of Utah J. Willard Marriott Library Addition, Salt Lake City 1992-1996
Library of Michigan, Martha Griffiths Rare Book Room, Lansing, Michigan (unbuilt project) 1993
Juma al-Majid Center for Culture and Heritage Competition, Dubai, United Arab Emirates (unbuilt project) 1993
Michigan Technological University Performing Arts Center, Houghton 1994-2000
Central Market Master Plan, Riga, Latvia 1995
AirTouch Cellular Communications Tower at Domino's Farms, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1995
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan  1994-2000
Millikin University, Pilling Chapel, Decatur, Illinois 1995-1996
Ford Motor Company River Rouge Office Project, Detroit, Michigan
San Jose Public Library/San Jose State University Library, Joint Dr. Martin Luther King Library, San Jose, California 1995-2004
Adrian Dominican Sisters, Prayer Space Addition, Adrian, Michigan 2003-2005
California State University, San Marcos, Kellogg Library, San Marcos, California 1995-2004
St. Isaac Jogues Catholic Church, Orlando, Florida 2003-2006
Personal Project Files
Personal Correspondence and Files
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Subject Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the finding aid database and catalog of The Bentley Historical Library/University of Michigan. Researchers desiring additional information about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.


  • Architects -- Michigan.
  • Architecture -- Design and plans.
  • Architecture -- United States.
  • Architecture, Modern -- 20th century.
  • Architectural design.
  • Architectural drawings.
  • Photographs.
  • Birkerts, Gunnar.
  • Gunnar Birkerts & Associates.
  • University of Michigan -- Faculty.
  • University of Michigan. College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
  • Korab, Balthazar.