Minoru Yamasaki

Minoru Yamasaki (December 1 1912–February 6 1986) was an American architect, born in Seattle, Washington, a second-generation Japanese-American. A prolific architect, he is best known for his design of the World Trade Center, which was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Works

• Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project, St. Louis, Missouri (1955, demolished 1972)
• U.S. Consulate General, Kobe, Japan (1955)
• Lambert-Saint Louis International Airport main terminal, St. Louis, Missouri (1956)
• McGregor Center at Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan (1958)
• Reynolds Metals Regional Sales Office, Southfield, Michigan (1959)
• King Fahd Dhahran Air Terminal, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia (1961)
• U.S. Science Pavilion for the Seattle World Exposition (since renovated to house the Pacific Science Center) (1962)
• American Natural Resources Building, Detroit, Michigan (1962)
• Irwin Library at Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana (1963)
• William James Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1963)
• Northwestern National Life Insurance headquarters http://www.lileks.com/mpls/gateway/washingtonav/wash28.html, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1964)
• Reliastar II http://www.tholt.com/reli2.html, Minneapolis (1964)
• Queen Emma Gardens, Honolulu, Hawaii (1964)
• North Shore Congregation Israel, Glencoe, Illinois (1964)
• Conservatory of Music, Warner Concert Hall and King Building at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio (1966)
• Cowling Gymnasium (1965), West Gymnasium (1964), Olin Hall (1961), Goodhue Dormitory (1962), and Watson Hall (1966), Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
• World Trade Center, New York, New York (1966-73, destroyed 2001)
• Plan for University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada (1967)
• Congregation Beth El Temple, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (1968)
• Colorado National Bank, Denver, Colorado (1974)
• One Wiliams Center, Tulsa, Oklahoma (1975)
• Century Plaza Towers, Los Angeles, California (1975)
• Steinman College Center, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania (1976)
• Rainier Tower, Seattle, Washington (1977)
• Fifth Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Virginia (1978)
• Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency Head Office, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1981)
• Founder's Hall, Shinji Shumeikai, Shiga Prefecture, Japan (1982)
• Picasso Tower, Madrid, Spain (1989)