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Minoru Yamasaki

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I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could.


— Minoru Yamasaki


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I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.


— Minoru Yamasaki


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If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.


— Minoru Yamasaki


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If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls.


— Minoru Yamasaki


#better #human #human beings #look #red

If you look at the buildings, you'll find that one part looks as if it was designed by one man, and you go around and look at another facade and it looks as if it was designed by another man, you see.


— Minoru Yamasaki


#another man #around #buildings #designed #facade

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.


— Minoru Yamasaki


#designed #each #in other words #look #must

In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.


— Minoru Yamasaki


#building #does #eclectic #goes #i

In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they came out of my ears in a sense.


— Minoru Yamasaki


#around #because #buildings #came #contemporary

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


— Minoru Yamasaki


#copied #country #europe #japanese #japanese architecture

Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job.


— Minoru Yamasaki


#because #company #favorite #gas #job






About Minoru Yamasaki






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During his college years he was strongly encouraged by faculty member Lionel Pries. "


Biography
Yamasaki was born in Seattle Washington a second-generation Japanese American son of John Tsunejiro Yamasaki and Hana Yamasaki. Notably Yamasaki designed the Temple Beth El Congregation Synagogue located outside Detroit in Bloomfield Hills MI.

Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects of the 20th century. Minoru Yamasaki (December 1 1912 – February 7 1986) was an American architect best known for his design of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center buildings 1 and 2. ".

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