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Presumably this is what Yamasaki hopes to attain in the Behavioral Sciences structure. Although located at the busy intersection of Kirkland St. and Divinity Ave., it will at the same time make use of terraces and plazas...
...redesigning the Wayne State University campus in downtown Detroit,--an accomplishment that undoubtedly brought him to Harvard's attention--Yamasaki said, "At Wayne we are aiming for an island of urban delight--a lovely system of courts linking the building, all on a walking scale...
...Yamasaki has designed everything from an office building, a plush suburban home, and a downtown mall to a freeway. He has done the famous Reynolds Metals Building near Detroit, several house of worship, the U.S. consulate in Kobe, Japan, an airport in Saudi Arabia and the U.S. pavilion for the 1959 World Agriculture Fair in India...
...buildings resemble each other: precast concrete with graceful curves and lacelike designs, a box-shaped podium for a base, and, inevitably, surrounding gardens that blend with the building. He has reshaped the Motor City's skyline so much that many feel historians will refer to the 1960s as "The Yamasaki Era in Detroit...
...high-strung man, Yamasaki works hard in the suburban Birmingham office of Yamasaki and Associates. Until recently, he his wife, and their children lived in a 130-year American farm house north of Detroit...