Minoru Yamasaki
Minoru Yamasaki
Minoru Yamasakiwas an American architect, best known for designing the original 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"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth1 December 1912
CountryUnited States of America
american-architect asking buildings built hundred test whether
So I test all the buildings that I do by asking myself whether this building was possible, could have been built 50 years ago or a hundred years ago.
trying architecture building
So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.
world ears building
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.
cities building should
Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway.
work building painter
I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.
pieces looks building
In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.
men looks building
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.
way building ifs
Because, if we understand how a building is to be produced and we find a way that it can be more simply produced, then obviously we are contributing to building better buildings more easily.
architecture building restless
We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.
building fine exciting
And exciting buildings are fine periodically.
important building humans
And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.
american-architect outside view
The view outside was much more important than the exhibits.
american-architect central sculpture
But I don't see why we have to take a central hall, for instance, and use in it a sculpture or painting. I think it detracts, somehow.
american-architect college differs schools urban walking
The interesting thing about Oberlin College as it differs from other more urban schools or universities is that it is a walking campus.