Gunnar Birkerts Metaphoric Modernist
Introductory essay Sven Birkerts Architectural comments Martin Schwartz
Edition Axel Menges 7 Gunnar Birkerts: Preface Columbus, Indiana 220 - Anchorage Library, An 8 Sven Birkerts: Modernism and timeless form chorage, Alaska 226 - Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, Minnesota 230 - Schembechler Hall, 28 Expressive minimalism University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 232 Cultural center in Leopoldville, Belgian Con- Papal altar and furniture, Pontiac Superdome, go 30 - Technical University, Ankara, Turkey 34 Pontiac, Michigan 238 - United States Embassy Schwartz Summer Residence, Northville, Michi office building, Caracas, Venezuela 240 - Kemper gan 36 - University Reformed Church, Ann Arbor, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design, Kan Michigan 38 - Lincoln Elementary School, Colum sas City, Missouri 242 - Marge Monaghan House, bus, Indiana 42 - Duluth Public Library, Duluth, Drummond Island, Michigan 248 - Grasis Resi Minnesota 48 - IBM Corporate Computer Center, dence, Vail, Colorado 250 - Latvian National Li Sterling Forest, New York 52 - Contemporary Arts brary, Riga, Latvia 254 Museum Houston, Houston, Texas 56 - Ford Visi tors Reception Center, Dearborn, Michigan 60 260 Late Modernism Municipal Fire Station, Corning, New York 62 Domino's Pizza, Inc., corporate headquarters, Calvary Baptist Church, Detroit, Michigan 66 Ann Arbor, Michigan 262 - Domino's special pro IBM office building, Southfield, Michigan 70 jects, interior design and fittings 266 - Domino's Tower, Ann Arbor, Michigan 268 - Cellular com 74 Modernism in context munications tower, Domino's Farms, Ann Arbor, 1300 Lafayette East Apartments, Detroit, Michi Michigan 270 - Oberlin College Conservatory of gan 76 - Lillibridge Elementary School, Detroit, Music Library addition, Oberlin, Ohio 272 - Church Michigan 78 - Marathon Oil office building, De of the Servant, Kentwood, Michigan 278 - Law troit, Michigan 82 - Detroit Institute of the Arts, School expansion, Ohio State University, Colum master plan and South Wing addition, Detroit, bus, Ohio 284 - Juma AI-Majid Center for Culture Michigan 84 - Travis Residence, Franklin, Michi and Heritage, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 290 gan 88 - Fisher Administrative Center, University Central Market restoration and expansion, Riga, of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan 92 - Bald Mountain Latvia 292 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, recreation facility, Lake Orion, Michigan 96 - Free San Jose, California 294 - Kellogg Library, Cali man Residence, Grand Rapids, Michigan 100 fornia State University San Marcos, San Marcos, Massey Ferguson North American Operations Of California 302 - Cathedral of the Most Blessed fices, Des Moines, lowa 102 - Ford Pavilion, Hem Sacrament renovations, Detroit, Michigan 304 isfair '68, San Antonio, Texas 104 - Federal Re The Museum of the Occupation of Latvia, Riga, serve Bank, lV1inneapolis, Minnesota 106 - Dance Latvia 308 instructional facility, State University of New York, Purehase 110 - Bardha Residence, Birmingham, 313 Notes Michigan 116 316 Biography
122 The underground and overground buildings 320 Photo credits Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi 124 Vocational Technicallnstitute, campus master plan 130 - Amsterdam City Hall, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 134 - Corning Public Library, Corn ing, New York 136 - General Motors dual-mode transportation study 138 - Subterranean urban systems study 140 - Law Library addition, Univer sity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 142 - Min nesota State Capitol expansion, S1. Paul, Minne sota 148 - Uris Library addition, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 152 - Holtzman & Silverman of fice building, Southfield, Michigan 156 - Marriot Library addition, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 160 - Library addition, University of Califor nia, San Diego 164
168 The Italian years Novoli I: multi-use center, Florence, Italy 170 Sports and civic stadium, Venice, Italy 174 - Tori no I: multi-use center, Turin, Italy 178 - Torino 11: humanities faculty building, University of Torino, Turin, Italy 182 - Novoli 11: multi-use center, Flo rence, Italy 186
192 Expressive Modernism People's Federal Savings and Loan, branch of fice, Royal Oak, Michigan 194 - Corning Public Library 11, Corning, New York 198 - United States Embassy office building, Helsinki, Finland 200 Museum of Glass, Corning, New York 204 - Col lege of Law, University of lowa, lowa City, lowa 212 - Ferguson Residence (Villa Ginny), Kalama zoo, Michigan 218 - S1. Peter's Lutheran Church,