Quote by Minoru Yamasaki
So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be

So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent. – Minoru Yamasaki

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The World Trade Center is a living symbol of mans dedication to world peace… a representation of mans belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness. – Minoru Yamasaki

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Peace
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I want to do very useful buildings and I would like to find a method of producing these buildings through our technology because I think that this is the only way that we will gain wonderful environment easily in the future. – Minoru Yamasaki

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My buildings dont speak in words but by means of their own spaciousness. – Thom Mayne

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I dont see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly. – Arne Jacobsen

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Each new situation requires a new architecture. – Jean Nouvel

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Cities are the greatest creations of humanity. – Daniel Libeskind

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