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Minoru Yamasaki Architect

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United States
  • Born: Dec 1912
  • Died: Feb 7, 1986

Minoru Yamasaki was an American architect, best known for designing the World Trade Center in New York City and several other large-scale projects. Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. He and fellow architect Edward Durell Stone are generally considered to be the two master practitioners of "New Formalism".

Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.

The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.

We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.