Yamasaki in Detroit: A Search for Serenity

by John Gallagher

Explores the life, creative drive, and notable projects of modernist architect Minoru Yamasaki.

Although his best-known project was the World Trade Center in New York City, Japanese American architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986) worked to create moments of surprise, serenity, and delight in distinctive buildings around the world. In his adopted home of Detroit, where he lived and worked for the last half of his life, Yamasaki produced...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814341195
• ISBN13: 9780814341193
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.4" x 9.3"