by Mike Fleck. Gunnar Birkerts (1925-2017) had an international practice and a reputation for dramatic expressionist buildings. His only work in the Upper Peninsula, the Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts, is typically sculptural and striking. Biography Birkerts was born in Riga, Latvia, on January 17, 1925. He attended Technische Hochschule in Stuttgart, Germany, where… Read more Gunnar Birkerts
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Michigan Technological University, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts
by Mike Fleck. Architect: Gunnar Birkerts Built: 1998-2000 Contractor: Gundlach Champion of Houghton Theater Designer: George C. Izenour Structural Engineers: Desai/Nasr Consulting Engineers, Inc., West Bloomfield, MI Steel Fabricators: Daul Industries, Inc. Mechanical Contractors: August Winters and Sons, Appleton, WI Electrical Contractors: J. Ranck Electrical, Inc, Cheboygan, WI The groundbreaking ceremony for the Rozsa Center… Read more Michigan Technological University, Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts