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Minoru Yamasaki: Humanist Architecture for a Modernist World
Author: Dale Allen Gyure
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The first book to reevaluate the evocative and polarizing work of one of midcentury Americas most significant architects Born to Japanese immigrant parents in Seattle, Minoru Yamasaki (19121986) became one of the towering figures of midcentury architecture, even appearing on the cover of Time magazine in 1963. His self-proclaimed humanist designs merged the modern materials and functional considerations of postwar American architecture with traditional elements such as arches and colonnades. Yamasakis celebrated and iconic projects of the 1950s and 60s, including the LambertSt. Louis Airport and the U.S. Science Pavilion in Seattle, garnered popular acclaim. Despite this initial success, Yamasakis reputation began to decline in the 1970s with the mixed critical reception of the World Trade Center in New York, one of the most publicized projects in the world at the time, and the spectacular failure of St. Louiss Pruitt-Igoe Apartments, which came to symbolize the flaws of midcentury urban renewal policy. And as architecture moved in a more critical direction influenced by postmodern theory, Yamasaki seemed increasingly old-fashioned. In the first book to examine Yamasakis life and career, Dale Allen Gyure draws on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, and nearly 200 images, to contextualize his work against the framework of midcentury modernism and explore his initial successes, his personal strugglesincluding with racismand the tension his work ultimately found in the divide between popular and critical taste. **Review Gyure does his subject justice. His adept presentation allows us to think anew about Yamasakis legacy. Gyureprovides a wealth of insight on the architects values and his approach to design, and he reveals the complex, conflicted nature of his career.Richard Longstreth, George Washington University Minoru Yamasaki was one of the brightest lights in the extraordinary galaxy ofmid-20th centuryarchitectural talent. We have waited a long time for an adequate re-appraisal of his work, but this meticulously researched and judiciously rendered account will firmly re-establish his reputation.Robert Bruegmann, University of Illinois at Chicago About the Author Dale Allen Gyure is professor of architecture at Lawrence Technological University and a member of the Minoru Yamasaki Advisory Board at Wayne State University.****
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The first book to reevaluate the evocative and polarizing work of one of midcentury Americas most significant architects Born to Japanese immigrant parents in Seattle, Minoru Yamasaki (19121986) became one of the towering figures of midcentury architecture, even appearing on the cover of Time magazine in 1963. His self-proclaimed humanist designs merged the modern materials and functional considerations of postwar American architecture with traditional elements such as arches and colonnades. Yamasakis celebrated and iconic projects of the 1950s and 60s, including the LambertSt. Louis Airport and the U.S. Science Pavilion in Seattle, garnered popular acclaim. Despite this initial success, Yamasakis reputation began to decline in the 1970s with the mixed critical reception of the World Trade Center in New York, one of the most publicized projects in the world at the time, and the spectacular failure of St. Louiss Pruitt-Igoe Apartments, which came to symbolize the flaws of midcentury urban renewal policy. And as architecture moved in a more critical direction influenced by postmodern theory, Yamasaki seemed increasingly old-fashioned. In the first book to examine Yamasakis life and career, Dale Allen Gyure draws on a wealth of previously unpublished archival material, and nearly 200 images, to contextualize his work against the framework of midcentury modernism and explore his initial successes, his personal strugglesincluding with racismand the tension his work ultimately found in the divide between popular and critical taste. **Review Gyure does his subject justice. His adept presentation allows us to think anew about Yamasakis legacy. Gyureprovides a wealth of insight on the architects values and his approach to design, and he reveals the complex, conflicted nature of his career.Richard Longstreth, George Washington University Minoru Yamasaki was one of the brightest lights in the extraordinary galaxy ofmid-20th centuryarchitectural talent. We have waited a long time for an adequate re-appraisal of his work, but this meticulously researched and judiciously rendered account will firmly re-establish his reputation.Robert Bruegmann, University of Illinois at Chicago About the Author Dale Allen Gyure is professor of architecture at Lawrence Technological University and a member of the Minoru Yamasaki Advisory Board at Wayne State University.****
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