1912-1986 SEATTLE,US AMERICAN ARCHITECT 3 AIA AWARDS PART OF AIA

1. MINORU YAMASAKI

2. •1912-1986
•SEATTLE,US
•AMERICAN ARCHITECT
•3 AIA AWARDS
•PART OF AIA

3. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
“BEAUTY OVER FUNCTION”
• HE WAS INFLUENCED BY PUBLIC
AUSTERITY AND INTERNATIONAL
STYLE MOMENTS.
HE STROVE FOR
• SURPRISE
• SERENITY
• DELIGHT
DESIGN
• GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
• USAGE OF NARROW WINDOWS
• HISTORIC DECORATIVE ELEMENTS
WITH NEW TECHNOLOGY

4. COMMON ELEMENTS IN HIS DESIGN
• POOLS
• PLANTS
• SKYLIGHTS
• COURTS
• DOMES
• VAULTS
• ARCHES
• ARCADES
• CANOPIES
• COLONNADES
MATERIALS ARE
• SUMPTUOUS
• SURFACES ARE INTRICATE

5. WAYNE UNIVERSIT
SKYLIGHTS
RANIER TOWER

6. “TUBE WITHIN A TUBE
ARCHITECTURE”
• CENTRAL CORE SYSTEM
• HAT TRUSS
• SPECIALLY REINFORCED PERIMETER
WALL
• HEAVILY REINFORCED CENTRAL
CORE
WTC

10. PROMINENT WORKS
•TORRE PICASSO
•RANIER TOWER
•MC GREGOR MEMORIAL
•BOK TOWER
•BOK TOWER TULSA
•WORLD TRADE CENTRE
•LAMBERT CENTRE
•PRUITT IGOE HOUSING PROJECT
•PACIFIC SCIENCE CENTER ARCHES

11. Rainier Tower
Rainier Tower is a 31-story, 156.67 m
(514.0 ft) skyscraper in
the Metropolitan Tract of Seattle,
Washington.
The skyscraper has an unusual
appearance, being built atop an 11-
storey, 37 m (121 ft.) concrete
pedestal base that tapers towards
ground level, like an inverted pyramid.
Locals often refer to it as the "Beaver
Building" as its physical appearance
looks like a tree being felled by a
beaver. It has also been referred to as
the "golf tee" building.

12. Lambert airport
(1953-1955)
The Lambert Airport at St. Louis was a prominent design of
Yamasaki. The arching floors, ceiling windows, and 36- foot dome
ceilings dedicate it as a GRAND CENTRAL STAION for AIR. Using
huge concrete shell vaults, it gave a dramatic interior effect.
“you must consider every
element of a building
because this helps in
bringing out unity”.

13. Fear of HEIGHTS!!
Ironically, Yamasaki had a big-time
fear of heights, which explains his
preference for narrow windows
spaced between numerous columns
to admit light without subjecting
tenants and office workers to views
of how high they actually were in
the building.

14. CONCLUSION
SO THE PURPOSE OF
ARCHITECTURE IS TO
CREATE AN
ATMOSPHERE IN WHICH
MAN CAN LIVE ,WORK
AND ENJOY