GUNNAR BIRKERTS, NATIONAL LIBRARY OF LATVIA, RIGA

The building of the National Library of Latvia is a landmark of the capital city of Riga, a spatial symbol and architectural icon, c reated by one of the 20th-century-renowned modernists the Latvian-bornAmerican architect Gunnar Birkerts. His metaphorically satur ated and expressionist architecture has established its permanent place in the history of contemporary architecture. The unique crea tive styleof Birkerts stems from his deep cultural roots in Latvia, his architectural studies in Germany after World War II and the first year...[Llegir més]