Which Latvian-American architect designed the National Library of Latvia, known as the Castle of Light?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Gunnar Birkerts
- Step 1: The library opened in Riga in 2014. Step 2. Birkerts gave it the shape of a glass mountain. Answer: Gunnar Birkerts. Why not the others: Eisenstein and Laube worked in the early twentieth century, and Hadid is a British-Iraqi architect.
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