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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

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

University of Michigan Professor of Architecture 1960-1992

Lawrence Technological University Visiting Professor of Architecture 1992-1993

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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Riga Cathedral Exhibition of "The Architecture of Gunnar Birkerts," Riga, Latvia 1989 [subseries]

Architectural Drawings

Conceptual Sketches. Undated, except as noted

Drawer 10 Folder 3
[Floor Plan], untitled 1989 (Electrostatic print of sketch with original ink notations and signature, 11x17 inches) [view bl000621]

Drawer 10 Folder 3
[Floor Plan], untitled (Blue ink sketch on tracing paper, 12x20-3/4 inches) [view bl000622]

Drawer 10 Folder 3
"Gunnar Birkerts Arhitektura," Exhibition Poster 8/5/89-8/31/89 (15-1/2x26 inches)