Gediminas Valiuškis (Gediminas Stanislovo Valiuškis) (born January 24, 1927,

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– 28 April 1999, Vilnius) was a Lithuanian

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, with expertise in design of

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'' Large Encyclopedic Dictionary'' Valiuškis graduated from the Vilnius Institute of Art (1946-1951). Since 1963 he was chief architect of

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. In 1974 he, together with colleagues, was awarded the

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in architecture for the design of

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, a

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of Vilnius.

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1927 births 1999 deaths Lithuanian architects Vilnius Academy of Arts alumni {{lithuania-architect-stub