Minoru Yamasaki: The Seattle architect who designed NYC's World Trade Center 

As a Seattle native, I've walked by things he designed all my life and never know their history! I work right across from the Rainier Tower and see tourists taking pictures of it many times, but never connected it to other structures in Seattle! Thanks for making this video!

Minoru would be heart broken that the twin towers he designed was destroyed to ruble 😭

One of my favorite architects

Thank God he passed away before he would have to witness the horror of what those animals inflicted on us and his beautiful buildings

Yamasaki, I can imagine If you had lived, how heartbroken you would have been to see your precious World Trade Center which has graced the skyline of NYC. You would have been 88 years old. As a native New Yorker and who has been in the basement of the WTC, I salute you for your contributions in architecture. May you rest in peace Minoru Yamasaki (山崎 實, Yamasaki Minoru, December 1, 1912 - February 6, 1986)

He is a legend

This left out his 1/4 scale version of a WTC tower in Tulsa. The Williams Tower is strikingly similar to its bigger brothers.

Sad that there isn't a interview with this great man. Would love to here some of his perspectives on things.

Rainier Tower looks incredible.

He is a legend. .. WTC

I think someone should rebuild the original towers somewhere. They were so iconic.

Seattle seems so rich in culture - Yamasaki, Nirvana, Frasier and kexp radio. ❤

Glad his family built a new tower.

A Legend that makes America Great

La gran leyenda de la arquitectura, hizo cosas que nadie más pudo, sus obras fueron un antes y un después en la construcción, a todo el mundo nos hizo ver lo bello en lo simple de las cosas, desafío al cielo y ganó con las Torres Gemelas, y su legado sigue presente, el WTC vino para quedarse en la mente de todos, desde un niño pequeño hasta un anciano, todos sabían que esos 2 rectángulos en el horizonte eran las Torres Gemelas, revolucionó en tanto, sistemas de ascensores que al día de hoy siguen ocupandose, el marco de tubo, como superar los 80 pisos de altura, ventilación por agua, diseños míticos, como cambiar el horizonte y organizar los edificios en la posición correcta. Este hombre sabía lo que hacía, nunca se rindió y la recompensa por eso fue poder hacer sus obras, ser uno de los máximos representantes de la construcción del siglo XX, y la mayor suerte, ser aquel que diseño el WTC. Los terroristas ganaron en el sentido de que desaparecieron las Torres Gemelas para siempre porque se lo permitimos, causar enormes cambios en el mundo, guerra, muerte, destrucción, crisis, pero perdieron también porque el recuerdo de esa época y las ganas de querer progresar y ser libres solo se reforzó. Posdata: A Yamasaki no le gustaban los edificios de cristal , así que tal vez le daría un infarto ver el nuevo WTC

Minoru yamasaki true legend ❤❤

He lived a hearty long life , he could had lived longer had he not smoked

A lot of his buildings really bear a striking resemblance to the towers, ESPECIALLY Century City in LA and the BOK Tower in Tulsa (a near-carbon copy of the WTC)

well to be honest apart from the wtc I'm not a fan. but the World Trade Center truly was a piece of art

Its funny how they "forgot" to mention Pruitt-Igoe in the video

And Pruitt Igoe!

The number 11 in Japanese culture means something spiritual or of good luck something good .

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This man wouldve been devistated if he had witness 9/11 . Really sad that this ended up being the fate of those two towers😢

Nah 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 bro

Realised I'm his reincarnated self born in 1996

The reason why al-Queda attacked the Twin Towers is because Yamasaki designed them with Islamic architecture. Look it up.