at Oberlin College , designed by Yamasaki in 1963 . The distinctive style is similar to Yamasaki's design of the World Trade Center ]]
Despite a poor background, Minoru Yamasaki earned a bachelor's degree from the University Of Washington ; he earned money to pay for his tuition by working at an Alaska n Salmon Cannery when not attending classes. After moving to New York City in the 1930s , he enrolled at New York University for a master's degree in architecture and got a job with the architecture firm Shreve, Lamb And Harmon , designers of the Empire State Building . In 1964 Yamasaki received a D.F.A. from Bates College .
His first significant project was the Pruitt-Igoe Housing Project in St. Louis, Missouri , 1955 . Despite his love of Japan ese traditional design, this was a stark, Modernist concrete structure. It was so unpopular that it was demolished in 1972 . Its destruction is considered by some to be the beginning of Postmodern Architecture .
He also designed several "sleek" international Airport buildings and was responsible for the innovative design of the 1,360 foot (415 metre) towers of the World Trade Center , for which design began in 1965, and construction in 1972 . It is often reported that his signature use of extremely narrow vertical windows arose from his own personal Fear Of Heights .
He was first married in 1941 and had two other wives before marrying his first wife again in 1969 . Yamasaki died of Cancer in 1986, fifteen years before Al-Qaeda members destroyed the towers on September 11 2001 .
- 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)
- Deroy Auditorium at Wayne State University
- Education Building at Wayne State University
- 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)
- One Woodward Building, Detroit, Michigan (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 {Link without Title} , Minneapolis, Minnesota (1964)
- Reliastar II {Link without Title} , 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)
- Cevahir Mall , Şişli , İstanbul , Turkey (2005)
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