Editing Minoru Yamasaki (section)

==Legacy==
Despite the many buildings he completed, Yamasaki's reputation faded along with the overall decline of modernism towards the end of the 20th century. Two of his major projects, the [[Pruitt-Igoe]] public housing complex, and the original [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]], shared the dubious symbolic distinction of being destroyed while recorded by live TV broadcasts.<ref name="Ramirez"/> The World Trade Center towers were not well received by some commentators at the time of their debut, with noted ''[[New York Times]]'' architectural critic [[Ada Louise Huxtable]] criticizing the towers as being "pure technology, the lobbies are pure schmaltz and the impact on New York of 110-story buildings...is pure speculation" with criticizing the gothic exterior branches at the lower levels as "General Motors gothic".<ref name="Gallagher"/> In many ways, these best-known works ran counter to Yamasaki's own design principles, and he later regretted his reluctant acceptance of architectural compromises dictated by the clients of these projects.<ref name="Gyure"/><ref name="Reader"/> Several others of his buildings have also been demolished.<!-- The following reference website has been blacklisted.  However, the specific facts about the buildings in question do not seem to be controversial. Leave this reference in place, until it can be replaced by other better references.<ref name="Thomas">{{cite web |last1=Thomas |first1=John C. |title=Architect of Disaster: Minoru Yamasaki |url=https://owlcation.com/humanities/Architect-of-Disaster-Minoru-Yamasaki |website=Owlcation |access-date=October 30, 2021 |language=en |date=August 27, 2016}}</ref>  -->

Yamasaki collaborated closely with [[structural engineers]], including [[John Skilling]], [[Leslie Robertson]], [[Fazlur Rahman Khan]], and Jack V. Christiansen, to produce some of his innovative architectural designs.<ref name="Reader"/> He strived to achieve "serenity, surprise, and delight" in his humanistic modernist buildings and their surrounds.<ref name="Reader"/>

Decades after his death, Yamasaki's buildings and legacy would be re-assessed more sympathetically by some architectural critics.<ref name="Gyure">{{cite web |last1=Gyure |first1=Dale Allen |title=Revisiting the Faded Reputation of Minoru Yamasaki |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-27/the-sad-decline-of-minoru-yamasaki-after-pruitt-igoe |website=[[Bloomberg News]] |access-date=October 30, 2021 |language=en |date=March 27, 2018}}</ref><ref name="Ramirez">{{cite web |last1=Ramirez |first1=Enrique |title=An experimental biography of Minoru Yamasaki runs counter to the familiar—and tragic—appraisals of his career |url=https://www.archpaper.com/2021/09/sandfuture-experimental-biography-of-minoru-yamasaki/ |website=The Architect’s Newspaper |access-date=October 30, 2021 |date=September 10, 2021}}</ref><ref name="Reader"/> Several of his buildings have now been restored in accordance with his original designs, and his [[McGregor Memorial Conference Center]] was awarded [[National Historic Landmark]] status in 2015.<ref name="Gyure"/>