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Minoru Yamasaki's Profile

Brief about Minoru Yamasaki: By info that we know Minoru Yamasaki was born at 1912-12-01. And also Minoru Yamasaki is American Architect.

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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.

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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.

Tags: Later, Tried, Try

And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously.

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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.

Tags: Humanity, Men, Peace

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

Tags: Building, Human, Wholeness

And exciting buildings are fine periodically.

Tags: Buildings, Exciting, Fine

And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.

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I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation.

Tags: Economy, Situation, Understand

I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could.

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I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.

Tags: Buildings, Rather, Work

If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls.

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In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

Tags: Building, Though, Words

In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.

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Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.

Tags: Architecture, Country, Europe

Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job.

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The view outside was much more important than the exhibits.

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

Tags: Building, Done, Education

We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.

Tags: Anywhere, Architecture, Build

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.

Tags: Gain, Joy, Society

And I like the idea of change. Because I don't see why we should hang a painting on the wall and then just not think of it anymore because it's there like a piece of furniture.

Tags: Change, Idea, Why
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