Gunnar Birkerts, Conceptual Drawings
University of Michigan Sports Services Building,
Ann Arbor, Michigan
A selection of Conceptual Drawings from the Gunnar Birkerts Collection at the Bentley Historical Library.
The Gunnar Birkerts papers include over 1400 sketches in the architect's own hand, many documenting the moment of a building's conception. The Bentley Historical Library Digital Image Bank currently holds 282 conceptual drawings of 58 of his buildings. The buildings for which conceptual drawings are accessible online are:
Albion Church (Grace Lutheran Church), Albion, Michigan, 1960 (project)
Anchorage Library Competition, Anchorage, Alaska, 1981 (project)
Bald Mountain Recreational Facility, Pontiac, Michigan, 1964-1969
Bardha Residence , Birmingham, Michigan, 1984-1989
Chapel and Educational Facility, U. S. Army, Camp Wildflecken, Germany, 1980-1983
Church of the Servant, Kentwood, Michigan, 1992-1994
Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas 1970-1972
Cornell University Uris Library Addition, Ithaca, New York, 1980-1982
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, 1976-1980
Corning Public Library (first proposal), Corning, New York, 1969 (project)
Domino Farms Master Plan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1984
Domino's Farms Tower, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1987 (project)
Domino's Pizza, Inc., Prototype Franchise Building, Jackson, Michigan, 1986-1988
Duke University Law School Addition, Durham, North Carolina, 1988-1995
Elmwood Housing, Detroit, Michigan, 1964 (project)
Embassy Prototype for Foreign Buildings Office, Washington, D.C., 1975 (project)
Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1968-1973
Ford Motor Company Visitor Reception Center, Dearborn, Michigan, 1971 (project)
Freeman Residence, Grand Rapids, Michigan ,1965-1966
Glen Oaks Community College, Centreville, Michigan, 1966-1971
IBM Corporate Computer Center, Sterling Forest, New York, 1970-1972
Kaufman Residence, Muskegon, Michigan, 1962 (project)
Library of Michigan, Martha Griffiths Rare Book Room, Lansing, Michigan, 1993 (Project)
Lincoln Elementary School, Columbus, Indiana, 1965-1967
Metropolitan Savings and Loan Bank, Southfield, Michigan, 1969 (project)
Pompeo Leoni Private Residential Project, Milan Italy, 1992
Minnesota History Center Competition, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1984 (project)
Minnesota Judicial Building Competition, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1984 (project)
National Library of Latvia, Riga 1989-in progress
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music Library Addition, Oberlin, Ohio, 1986-1988
Ohio State University College of Law Building Addition, Columbus, Ohio, 1988-1993
Papal Altar and Furniture, Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, 1987
ParkCenter, Houston, Texas, 1983 (project)
Resort Development, 1988 (project)
Riga Cathedral Exhibition of "The Architecture of Gunnar Birkerts," Riga, Latvia, 1989
Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (Project)
St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Columbus, Indiana, 1980-1988
State of Wisconsin Office Building, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1981-1983
Tougaloo College Master Plan, Tougaloo, Mississippi, 1965 (project)
U. S. Embassy Office Building, Helsinki, Finland, 1975 (project)
United States Embassy, Caracas, Venezuela 1989-1992
University of California Central Library Addition, San Diego, California, 1987-1993
University of Iowa College of Law Building, Iowa City, Iowa, 1979-1986
University of Michigan Law Library Rare Book Room, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1982 (project)
University of Michigan Library, Flint, Michigan, 1986-1995
University of Michigan Sports Services Building, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1985-1990
University of Nebraska, Wick Alumni Center Competition, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1981 (project)
University of Turin, Humanities Faculties Building, Turin, Italy, 1989-1990 (project)
University of Utah Marriott Library Addition, Salt Lake City, 1992-1996
University of Wyoming Museum Competition, Laramie, Wyoming, 1986 (project)
Vocational Technical Institute Campus Master Plan, Carbondale, Illinois, 1967 (project)
Washington Monument Visitor Center Competition, Washington, DC, 1972 (project)
Weinstein Residence, San Francisco, California, 1986 (project)