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Minoru Yamasaki

Born: 1912 | Seattle, Washington

Died: 1986 | Detroit, Michigan

Practice: Yamasaki & Associates (-2009)

Awards: AIA Fellow (1963), AIA Honor Award (3 times)

Projects: Federal Reserve Bank Richmond, Pruitt-Igoe, Pacific Science Center, Rainier Tower, Torre Picasso, World Trade Center

Pruitt-Igoe, St. Louis, Missouri (1955)

Pruitt-Igoe by Minoru Yamasaki photo by United States Geological Survey (no restrictions) via Wikimedia Commons

Terminal 1 St Louis Airport, St. Louis, Missouri (1956)

Terminal 1 St Louis Airport by Minoru Yamasaki © SymphonicPoet CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Wayne State University McGregor Memorial Conference Center, Detroit, Michigan (1958)

WSU McGregor Memorial Conference Center by Minoru Yamasaki © Andrew Jameson CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Wayne State University College of Education, Detroit, Michigan (1960)

WSU College of Education Building by Minoru Yamasaki © Andrew Jameson CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Michigan State Medical Society, East Lansing, Michigan (1961)

Michigan State Medical Society by Minoru Yamasaki © w_lemay CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, Ohio (1963)

Oberlin Conservatory of Music by Minoru Yamasaki photo by Daderot (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons

Butler University Irwin Library, Indianapolis, Indiana (1961-1963)

Butler University Irwin Library by Minoru Yamasaki © Richie Diesterheft CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Northwestern National Life Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1964)

Northwestern National Life by Minoru Yamasaki © w_lemay CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Wayne State University Helen L. DeRoy Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan (1964)

WSU DeRoy Auditorium by Minoru Yamasaki © Andrew Jameson CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Harvard University William James Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1964)

Harvard University William James Hall by Minoru Yamasaki photo by Daderot (public domain) via Wikimedia Commons

Wayne State University Prentist Building, Detroit, Michigan (1964)

WSU Prentist Building by Minoru Yamasaki © Andrew Jameson CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

North Shore Congregation, Glencoe, Illinois (1964)

North Shore Congregation by Minoru Yamasaki © Golan1911 CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Taj Mahal Medical Building, Laguna Hills, California (1964)

Taj Mahal Medical Building by Minoru Yamasaki © Beyond My Ken CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

One M&T Plaza Buffalo, Buffalo, New York (1967)

One M&T Plaza Buffalo by Minoru Yamasaki © Kenneth C. Zirkel CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The Columbia Center, Troy Michigan (1970)

The Columbia Center by Minoru Yamasaki © WMrapids CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

World Trade Center Towers, New York, New York (1973)

World Trade Center by Minoru Yamasaki © Jeffmock CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons