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2 unusual facts about Minoru Yamasaki


Dhahran International Airport

The airport terminal building is one of the architectural works of Minoru Yamasaki, and was completed in 1961.

Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch Building

In 1951, an eight-story glass-and-marble annex, designed by Minoru Yamasaki, was added to the building.


Edoheart

In 2006, Eseohe married long time sweetheart Seth Yamasaki, son of Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Taro Yamasaki, and grandson of Minoru Yamasaki, Japanese-American architect best known for designing the World Trade Center.

Gunnar Birkerts

Birkerts came to the United States and worked initially for Perkins and Will, then for Eero Saarinen, and finally for Minoru Yamasaki before opening his own office in the Detroit suburbs.


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