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Yamasaki in Detroit: A Search for Serenity (Painted Turtle)

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Although his best-known project used to be 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 world wide. In his adopted home of Detroit, where he lived and worked for the last half of his life, Yamasaki produced many important designs that range from public buildings to offices and private residences. In Yamasaki in Detroit: A Search for Serenity, creator John Gallagher presents both a biography of Yamasaki-or Yama as he used to be known-and an examination of his working practices, with an emphasis on the architect’s search for a style that would express his artistic goals.

Gallagher explores Yamasaki’s drive to craft tranquil spaces amid bustling cities whilst other modernists favored “glass box” designs. He connects Yamasaki’s design philosophy to tumultuous personal experiences, including the architect’s efforts to triumph over poverty, racial discrimination, and his own inner demons. Yamasaki in Detroit surveys make a choice projects spanning from the late 1940s to the end of Yamasaki’s life, revealing the unique gardens, pools, plazas, skylight atriums, and other oases of respite in these buildings. Gallagher includes prominent works like the Michigan Consolidated Gas Building in downtown Detroit, Temple Beth-El in Bloomfield Township, and landmark buildings on the Wayne State University and College for Creative Studies campuses, in addition to smaller medical clinics, Workplace buildings, and private homes (including Yamasaki’s own place of dwelling).

Gallagher consults Yamasaki’s own autobiographical writings, architects who worked with Yamasaki in his firm, and photography from several historic archives to give a full picture of the architect’s work and motivations. Both knowledgeable fans of modernist architecture and general readers will enjoy Yamasaki in Detroit.
Wayne State University Press gratefully acknowledges the organizations that generously supported the publication of this book: Friends of Modern and Up to date Art, Detroit Institute of Arts, Yamasaki, Inc. and The Workplace of the Vice President of Research (OVPR) of Wayne State University.

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