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DESCRIPTION:Join MasContext on Tuesday\, February 4\, at 6pm CDT for an onl
 ine presentation by Martin Schwartz\, author of the book&nbsp\;Gunnar Birk
 erts: Metaphoric Modernist\, to commemorate what would have been the 100th
  birthday of architect Gunnar Birkerts.In contrast to many prominent and a
 ccomplished architects of the twentieth century\, Gunnar Birkerts never se
 ttled into a singular style or rigid set of motifs from which his projects
  were generated. He did not\, as we say these days\, &ldquo\;brand&rdquo\;
  himself. Instead\, he worked in the manner of a small number of architect
 s at the top of the profession\, including Rafael Moneo\, Renzo Piano\, Ee
 ro Saarinen\, Jorn Utzon\, and Peter Zumthor\, who find each project to be
  particular enough to demand architecture that is\, if not wholly differen
 t from what he has done previously\, at least worthy of a significant resy
 nthesis of his many\, closely-held enthusiasms. Birkerts&rsquo\;s work was
  not a demonstration of the validity of a theoretical position\, save that
  architecture is capable of meaningful expression and that his search for 
 meaning led him to find practical solutions. His architecture was a demons
 tration of his process\, of finding meaningful correspondences in form\, i
 n culture\, of intuitive energy informed by professional craft. Nor did Bi
 rkerts specialize. He completed many types of buildings\, but even as he d
 esigned several libraries and churches\, but he did not narrow his inquiri
 es and did not repeat himself.This presentation\, on the occasion of Birke
 rts&rsquo\;s 2025 centenary year\, will attempt to capture something of th
 e range of his fifty years of practice and\, in particular\, his commitmen
 t to generating buildings with his understanding of daylight. Martin Schwa
 rtz will discuss Birkerts&rsquo\;s works from his early exploration of day
 light and structure in the University Reformed Church (Ann Arbor\, Michiga
 n\, 1963&ndash\;1964) to his final project\, in his homeland\, the Nationa
 l Library of Latvia (Riga\, Latvia\, 1989&ndash\;2014).The zoom link will 
 be emailed to attendees closer to the date of the event.For more informati
 on about this program\, please visit:&nbsp\;https://mascontext.com/events/
 gunnar-birkerts-at-100&nbsp\;
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LOCATION:Illinois\,Chicago\,Online event via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Gunnar Birkerts: Metaphoric Modernist
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join MasContext on Tuesday\, February 4\, a
 t 6pm CDT for an online presentation by Martin Schwartz\, author of the bo
 ok&nbsp\;<em>Gunnar Birkerts: Metaphoric Modernist</em>\, to commemorate w
 hat would have been the 100th birthday of architect Gunnar Birkerts.</p><p
 >In contrast to many prominent and accomplished architects of the twentiet
 h century\, Gunnar Birkerts never settled into a singular style or rigid s
 et of motifs from which his projects were generated. He did not\, as we sa
 y these days\, &ldquo\;brand&rdquo\; himself. Instead\, he worked in the m
 anner of a small number of architects at the top of the profession\, inclu
 ding Rafael Moneo\, Renzo Piano\, Eero Saarinen\, Jorn Utzon\, and Peter Z
 umthor\, who find each project to be particular enough to demand architect
 ure that is\, if not wholly different from what he has done previously\, a
 t least worthy of a significant resynthesis of his many\, closely-held ent
 husiasms. Birkerts&rsquo\;s work was not a demonstration of the validity o
 f a theoretical position\, save that architecture is capable of meaningful
  expression and that his search for meaning led him to find practical solu
 tions. His architecture was a demonstration of his process\, of finding me
 aningful correspondences in form\, in culture\, of intuitive energy inform
 ed by professional craft. Nor did Birkerts specialize. He completed many t
 ypes of buildings\, but even as he designed several libraries and churches
 \, but he did not narrow his inquiries and did not repeat himself.</p><p>T
 his presentation\, on the occasion of Birkerts&rsquo\;s 2025 centenary yea
 r\, will attempt to capture something of the range of his fifty years of p
 ractice and\, in particular\, his commitment to generating buildings with 
 his understanding of daylight. Martin Schwartz will discuss Birkerts&rsquo
 \;s works from his early exploration of daylight and structure in the Univ
 ersity Reformed Church (Ann Arbor\, Michigan\, 1963&ndash\;1964) to his fi
 nal project\, in his homeland\, the National Library of Latvia (Riga\, Lat
 via\, 1989&ndash\;2014).</p><p><strong>The zoom link will be emailed to at
 tendees closer to the date of the event.</strong></p><p>For more informati
 on about this program\, please visit:&nbsp\;&nbs
 p\;</p>
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