One World Trade Center; New York NY; (1966-1977); Modern
Minoru Yamasaki was born December 1,1912 in Seattle, Washington and died February 6, 1986. He was an American architect most famous for his controversial building, the World Trade Center (built in New York City, New York.) Yamasaki was one of the most prominent architects pushing forward improvements in architecture during the 21 st century, and defined an era of New Formalism along with his partner Edward Durrell Stone; a style of architecture making use of classical columns and symmetrical elements, and combining them with ornate materials and concrete to form shapes such as umbrella shells, waffle slabs, and folded plates. The son of John Tsunejiro Yamasaki and Hana Yamasaki, Minoru Yamasaki attended High school in Seattle graduating, and enrolling in the University of Washington’s program in architecture in 1929. He graduated with a Bachelor in Architecture. He enrolled at the New York university for his master’s and graduated. He worked at the firm Shreve, Lamb, and ...