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Gunnar Birkerts--Metaphoric Modernist is a hardcover listed under Sven Birkerts; Professor Martin Schwartz All Books, SKU sku-11537831. It discusses Latvian-born architect Gunnar Birkerts, who belonged to a second wave of modernists arriving in the United States from abroad, alongside architects including Kevin Roche and Cesar Pelli. Educated at the Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart, Birkerts worked with Eero Saarinen in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, then became chief designer for Minoru Yamasaki. Saarinen and Yamasaki were developing their architectural approaches and international reputations at the time. Birkerts later established his own practice and design philosophy. His projects include the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, the Corning Museum of Glass, the Houston Arts Museum and the Latvian National Library. The book considers his use of symbol and metaphor across those designs.You may also like Duygu Balan All Books: Confidently Chill sku-5460651761.