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Pacific Science Center
200 2nd Ave North
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 443-2001

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A Model for the Future
The Seattle Times

40 Years of Change
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Print

Ochsner, Jeffrey, ed. The Shaping of Seattle Architecture, A Historical Guide to the Architects. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994.

“Seattle’s Great Performing Park.” Sunset: The Magazine of Western Living. August 1968.

Yamasaki, Minoru. A Life in Architecture. New York: Weatherhill, 1979.

Archives

Special Collections Division
University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, WA

“It Happened at the World's Fair,” starring Elvis Presley, features a stunning visual account of the courtyard and fountains.

Courtesy Richard Haag

Designer Bio

Minoru Yamasaki, FAIA (1912-1986) was born in Seattle, Washington, on December 1, 1912. He studied architecture at the University of Washington then moved east to complete his professional education at New York University. In 1945, he established a practice in suburban Detroit, Michigan. He is most widely-known as the chief architect of New York City’s World Trade Center, which boasted the world’s two tallest buildings upon its completion in 1976. Yamasaki designed several major Seattle buildings including the U.S. Science Pavilion (now the Pacific Science Center, 1962), the IBM Building (1964), and Rainier Square and Tower (1977) as well of dozens of spaces in Detroit including many on the campus of Wayne State University (1955-1960) and the headquarters for the Consolidated Gas Company (1963). Yamasaki was elected as a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects and won the organization's First Honor Award multiple times.

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Seattle, Washington Pacific Science Center Courtyard Intro history threat help learn Learn Site Pacific Science Center 200 2nd Ave North Seattle, WA 98109 (206) 443-2001 Online A Model for the Future The Seattle Times 40 Years of Change Seattle Post-Intelligencer Print Ochsner, Jeffrey, ed. The Shaping of Seattle Architecture, A Historical Guide to the Architects. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1994. “Seattle’s Great Performing Park.” Sunset: The Magazine of Western Living. August 1968. Yamasaki, Minoru. A Life in Architecture. New York: Weatherhill, 1979. Archives Special Collections Division University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, WA “It Happened at the World's Fair,” starring Elvis Presley, features a stunning visual account of the courtyard and fountains. Courtesy Richard Haag Designer Bio Minoru Yamasaki, FAIA (1912-1986) was born in Seattle, Washington, on December 1, 1912. He studied architecture at the University of Washington then moved east to complete his professional education at New York University. In 1945, he established a practice in suburban Detroit, Michigan. He is most widely-known as the chief architect of New York City’s World Trade Center, which boasted the world’s two tallest buildings upon its completion in 1976. Yamasaki designed several major Seattle buildings including the U.S. Science Pavilion (now the Pacific Science Center, 1962), the IBM Building (1964), and Rainier Square and Tower (1977) as well of dozens of spaces in Detroit including many on the campus of Wayne State University (1955-1960) and the headquarters for the Consolidated Gas Company (1963). Yamasaki was elected as a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects and won the organization's First Honor Award multiple times. back \| next	Boston City Hall Plaza Boston, Massachusetts Estates Drive Reservoir Oakland, California Heritage Plaza Heritage Park Fort Worth, Texas Kaiser Roof Garden Kaiser Center Oakland, California Lake Elizabeth Allegheny Commons Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Manhattan Square Park Rochester, New York Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks Kent, Washington Miller Garden Columbus, Indiana El Monte Hato Rey, Puerto Rico Pacific Science Center Courtyard Seattle, Washington Parkmerced San Francisco, California Peavey Plaza Nicollet Mall Minneapolis, Minnesota Home \| Map \| Exhibit \| Artists \| Press
education partners Additional Sponsors American Society of Landscape Architects’ Indiana, Pennsylvania/Delaware, Minnesota, Northern California, Texas, Upstate New York, and Washington Chapters • Astorino • Charles Butt • Design Within Reach • Topher Delaney • Sandy Donnell & Justin Faggioli • Fathom • Tom Fox • Hillman Foundation • Indianapolis Museum of Art • Lorraine Osmundson • Richard T. Murphy • National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Northeast, Southwest, and Western Offices- with funds from the Charles Evans Hughes Memorial Foundation of New York, Dodge Jones Foundation Intervention Fund, and Eastern Massachusetts Preservation Fund • James Richards • Seibert & Rice • Diana & Bruce Shuman • Ann Stack • SWA Group • TBG Partners • Michal and Jeffrey William Tincup • Unilock Inc. • The Woltz Charitable Trust