Minoru Yamasaki

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  • “I want to do very useful buildings and I would like to find a method of producing these buildings through our technology because I think that this is the only way that we will gain wonderful environment easily in the future.” -Minoru Yamasaki

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  • “And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette.” -Minoru Yamasaki

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  • “The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man’s dedication to world peace… a representation of man’s belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.” -Minoru Yamasaki

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  • “I want to do very useful buildings and I would like to find a method of producing these buildings through our technology because I think that this is the only way that we will gain wonderful environment easily in the future.” -Minoru Yamasaki

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  • “The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.” -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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