Imagine how devastated Yamasaki would’ve been, had he lived long enough to witness 9/11. Especially since he said that the trade center represented man’s faith in world peace.
probably just as devastated as Leslie Robertson, a structural engineer who helped make Yamasaki's dream a reality (they can draw anything, but the engineers have to have final say to say if it's even able to stand the way it's drawn).
@@jackson5116 they showed his reaction in a documentary about how the towers fell. I’ll never forget his expression, and how he said that at the time it would’ve been almost impossible to deal with the long term effects of fire exposure on the steel beams. I think having thick steel beams instead of trusses for the floor supports would’ve helped greatly.
@noelleleger232 I highly recommend read Where Did The Towers Go? By Judy Wood, it’s the best piece of evidence so far. Explaining what happened to the towers as well as building 7.
@@jackson5116 Architects require an a recognized advanced degree, years of training, and a final exam to create, design, and plan in accordance with client and collaborates with engineers to build and ensure safety. You seem upset about recognizing the architect. Do you downplay other architects, who when remembered by society engineers arent mentioned, or just this one?
A logical safety plan that included all the variables for buildings thousands of feet suspended in air would've actually been the help @@AnixCo1990 Like my great granny always said,tthe smartest people with the most ability are always the dumbest because they lack common sense.Those idiots literally built tombs & their solution to danger was "just take some stairs to some elevators or you guys can totally stay in your offices waiting for rescue even though you're cut off from the rest of the building".There were supposedly drills constantly yet nobody ever thought to plan for access to the elevators & stairwells being impossible......100+ floors,a lot of the floors didn't have elevators,only 6 stairwells that you had to find in corners sometimes a couple hundred feet through a maze of office space.....and not one person simply thought "maybe we should have a way for these people to get off all floors & head straight out.maybe we should have more stairwells, probably in the middle or at least closer to the inhabited offices just in case they can't get to the other ones.we probably should have a way for them to safely get outside in the event they can't get to the stairs or the elevators ".The fact that they didn't have fire escapes is stupidly crazy, especially since the buildings were already ugly & they could've built them into the exterior aesthetic.2,700 people dying out of 10,000 is actually not "that much"but had they used common sense there might've only been 200 lives lost.
Personally I’m very thankful that Minoru Yamasaki was not alive when the World Trade Center was attacked. It would have probably broken him to see one of his most amazing creations being destroyed in such a way
one of the more visible engineers, can’t remember his name, seems completely broken when consulted on the attack and collapse as if the core of his being was shattered, like building your family house and a drunk bulldozer operator knocks it down while your kids are inside, well, you know what I mean
Yamasaki's original design had eighty-story towers but was two million square feet short of the Port Authority's demands for ten million square feet. Guy Tozzoli asked Yamasaki how many more stories were needed on each tower to get to ten million square feet. Yamasaki said that each tower would need twenty additional stories. "Well, Yama" -- as Tozzoli called him -- "why not," said Tozzoli, add thirty more stories to each tower and make them the tallest buildings in the world?" Yamasaki told him it was not possible and explained why in great detail. "Yama," Tozzoli replied, "President Kennedy is going to put a man on the moon, and you're going to put thirty stories on each of those towers!"
Wow, the Man behind the Twin Towers is also behind Pruitt Igoe. Pruitt Igor’s demolition is seen in the movie Koyaanisqatsi. And I can say that the music by Philip Glass in that movie is fantastic and would work well with the horrific images and stories that come out of 9/11. The Dark Eeriness of some of the Music in Koyaanisqatsi is fitting for dark events in our recent history.
Ironic link between his work in Saudi Arabia and the WTC. But your video made me appreciate his body of work even more. Yamasaki is a legend architect regardless what his fellow architects said.
Great Documentary. Such amazing content. The amount of research that must have gone into this project is mind boggling. For those of us who experienced the collapse of The Twin Towers (and the days of smoke and ashes that followed) this is still a very emotional story that we should never forget. The last house Yamasaki designed for himself looks exquisite. Thank you!
Мне кажется, что башни близнецы должны быть отстроены вновь, в том же самом удивительном и неповторимом стиле 1970-х годов, когда уже есть ультрамодные веяния в линиях и образах в архитектуре, но ещё ретро мода прошлого не ушла совсем. Эти длинные вертикальные линии-рёбра на здании, выглядят как архитектурный вельвет, так красиво. Мне они всегда напоминали два длинных прямоугольных микрофона, из эпохи 70-х. Как жаль, что я не успел их посетить, так как прибыл первый раз в Америку только аж в 2010 году. Это почти ещё эпоха 90-х, так как я застал ещё кое-где аналоговые телефоны, таксофоны и механические аналоговые паркоматы. 23.06.24.
I'm 27 years old, but i got starstuck of WTC sience i was 14-16 years old, now most of time i keep at things about WTC, the architecture was so good, i know peoples hated it, but i didn't, i love how it standed out from the normals, yet it looked so simple. I'm happy to see peoples that still look about WTC stuff, i even found some Genz doing WTC montages, and not the 9/11 crap jokes. But sadly i never meet anyone interested in world trade center as i am... i think it gave me PTSD or something ,i permanently look at things about it.
Around 1:05:56, Yama has a point; the current One World Trade Center has many vacant spaces to this day, and even if 9/11 never happened, the still-standing Twin Towers would have lots of vacant space in both the North Tower and the South Tower in 2023, just because many companies formerly based in New York feels adamant to relocate elsewhere like Florida or Texas, while many others couldn't justify the high cost of doing business in NYC. Other than that, regarding the research and effort put into making this documentary video, well done!
It's also a valid argument that if 9/11 didn't happen, the mass migration of companies may not have happned-9/11 changed the US in all ways, especially politically.
I loved this very detailed documentary… I’m so interested in architectural stuff… for a long time in Richmond Virginia, I said that the Federal building looks like the Twin Towers, & I joked that it probably was designed by the same person & it is…..unbelievable! It’s always been my favorite skyscraper in Richmond. It’s weird, a lot of men died from stomach cancer in the 80s
Yamasaki, had asked the trade centre's main question early... "Why me?" RIP to all those who died in 9/11, and to yamasaki for creating what were the most beautiful structures ever... may god bless your souls...
Well done. A few people are hyper focused on narrator making a couple mistakes. Understandable it’s not a totally polished production. The content is fascinating and well researched. If you enjoy going down various tangents and getting a full backstory, this series does a good job with that. I’m sure there’s a lot more detail about the WTC design that could take up a few hours in itself. Really sounds like two competing visions: Yamasaki wanted a human scale development and Rockefeller & Co wanted the tallest building in the world just because. Can’t help but notice that probably Yamasaki’s two greatest works are the airport he designed in Saudi Arabia and the WTC. First one constructed by Bin Laden family firm, second destroyed (indirectly) by their disowned son.
This American architect has done some incredible buildings and definitely an inspiration to all future architects, especially of minority backgrounds. However it's a horrid coincidence that his most well known design is also most well known in the world for an unfathomable event that took place 15 years after his passing. However those two towers had stood there thriving for three decades and was a testament of the success of his design and urban planning.
1:08:41 if Steel had been used and not switched with aluminum the building would have had a chance of not collapsing. Stainless steel offers superior corrosion resistance and tensile strength at the cost of added weight. When dealing with heat, stainless steel offers better heat tolerance while aluminum offers better heat conductivity. However, aluminum's lower melting point makes it less applicable in high-temperature applications.
Yamasaki built a lot of buildings in Troy Michigan, such as the Columbia Center with two identical “twin towers”. He also happened to build the middle school I go to, Baker Middle School (old campus)
@@starlingbaez6681even tho the roof height is the same I think it's because there is two and how iconic they were that makes you think they are really tall
El hombre, la leyenda Aquel que cambio para siempre el curso de la Historia de su país y del mundo entero. Su nombre se perdió con el tiempo, su obra al contrario, vive más presente que nunca. El sendero del arquitecto, tu nombre podrá perderse, pero asegúrate de que tú obra sea lo inmortal
In my humble opinion had Yamasaki thought of installing stairwells in all four corners of twin towers more ppl would’ve been able to get out and less casualties l.
I think he did an amazing job. No one at that time Expected any planes of that size would be created and they did design it to take a plane hit but it was only for the largest one they had in the late 60s early early 70’s. I’m glad he was not here to see it because i feel he would have blamed himeself.
1:16:07 not wanting to, HAVING to, you can't go that tall unless you're on bedrock, because the forces on the street from two 110-story buildings would have sunk the street into the ground (probably into bedrock ultimately).
I have owned a W116 and W126. I HATE the W140, the thick, fat German. The 116 parked next to my C124 Coupe are just magnificent. Fine video about this important man.
Still in the intro, facing some documents, and the number that is clearly shown is not read correctly, it's pushed by 10 millions. Is this a serious reader that provides acceptable information although this stupid bias happens within the first minutes? Let's see, I will keep watching, but if I comment a second time than this is worthless.
@@agustinhernandez3171His granddaughter, Katie Yamasaki, said she was glad he had passed away before the World Trade Center were destroyed in 2001. For her, he was a warm and loving grandpa. ❤
incorrect. pruit igoe "fail" due to usa welfare system , the apt. rule that no men were allowed unless they were married to the female welfare tenants , high number of children per female, central elevators controlled by gangs for purposes of extortion, gang wars and eventually gang snipers..there are dozens of youtube videos on the demographic failures of pruit-igoe, the city failed to maintain basic services and building care due to city corruption...weather and freezing septic systems
Not necessarily, Minoru Yamasaki was a man of culture. And his building design was also inspired by ancient Roman architecture. The old WTC Plaza Base kind of looks like an ancient Roman colosseum.
you can tell this video was made in 2023 because the narrator has difficulty pronouncing double vowel-sound words. 55:59 wow, mispronunciation of the word "potential." i swear, everybody is losing parts of their brains at a rapid rate.
Imagine how devastated Yamasaki would’ve been, had he lived long enough to witness 9/11. Especially since he said that the trade center represented man’s faith in world peace.
probably just as devastated as Leslie Robertson, a structural engineer who helped make Yamasaki's dream a reality (they can draw anything, but the engineers have to have final say to say if it's even able to stand the way it's drawn).
@@jackson5116 they showed his reaction in a documentary about how the towers fell. I’ll never forget his expression, and how he said that at the time it would’ve been almost impossible to deal with the long term effects of fire exposure on the steel beams. I think having thick steel beams instead of trusses for the floor supports would’ve helped greatly.
@noelleleger232 I highly recommend read Where Did The Towers Go? By Judy Wood, it’s the best piece of evidence so far. Explaining what happened to the towers as well as building 7.
@@jackson5116 Architects require an a recognized advanced degree, years of training, and a final exam to create, design, and plan in accordance with client and collaborates with engineers to build and ensure safety. You seem upset about recognizing the architect. Do you downplay other architects, who when remembered by society engineers arent mentioned, or just this one?
A logical safety plan that included all the variables for buildings thousands of feet suspended in air would've actually been the help @@AnixCo1990 Like my great granny always said,tthe smartest people with the most ability are always the dumbest because they lack common sense.Those idiots literally built tombs & their solution to danger was "just take some stairs to some elevators or you guys can totally stay in your offices waiting for rescue even though you're cut off from the rest of the building".There were supposedly drills constantly yet nobody ever thought to plan for access to the elevators & stairwells being impossible......100+ floors,a lot of the floors didn't have elevators,only 6 stairwells that you had to find in corners sometimes a couple hundred feet through a maze of office space.....and not one person simply thought "maybe we should have a way for these people to get off all floors & head straight out.maybe we should have more stairwells, probably in the middle or at least closer to the inhabited offices just in case they can't get to the other ones.we probably should have a way for them to safely get outside in the event they can't get to the stairs or the elevators ".The fact that they didn't have fire escapes is stupidly crazy, especially since the buildings were already ugly & they could've built them into the exterior aesthetic.2,700 people dying out of 10,000 is actually not "that much"but had they used common sense there might've only been 200 lives lost.
Personally I’m very thankful that Minoru Yamasaki was not alive when the World Trade Center was attacked. It would have probably broken him to see one of his most amazing creations being destroyed in such a way
UGLY. MODERN. ARCHITECTURE. I hate all of it. But especially the twin towers.
one of the more visible engineers, can’t remember his name, seems completely broken when consulted on the attack and collapse as if the core of his being was shattered, like building your family house and a drunk bulldozer operator knocks it down while your kids are inside, well, you know what I mean
Yamasaki's original design had eighty-story towers but was two million square feet short of the Port Authority's demands for ten million square feet. Guy Tozzoli asked Yamasaki how many more stories were needed on each tower to get to ten million square feet. Yamasaki said that each tower would need twenty additional stories. "Well, Yama" -- as Tozzoli called him -- "why not," said Tozzoli, add thirty more stories to each tower and make them the tallest buildings in the world?" Yamasaki told him it was not possible and explained why in great detail. "Yama," Tozzoli replied, "President Kennedy is going to put a man on the moon, and you're going to put thirty stories on each of those towers!"
Wow, the Man behind the Twin Towers is also behind Pruitt Igoe.
Pruitt Igor’s demolition is seen in the movie Koyaanisqatsi. And I can say that the music by Philip Glass in that movie is fantastic and would work well with the horrific images and stories that come out of 9/11. The Dark Eeriness of some of the Music in Koyaanisqatsi is fitting for dark events in our recent history.
Yamasaki was the king of the 70s architecture. Impressive research and video archive! Thank you!
Ironic link between his work in Saudi Arabia and the WTC. But your video made me appreciate his body of work even more. Yamasaki is a legend architect regardless what his fellow architects said.
Great Documentary.
Such amazing content. The amount of research that must have gone into this project is mind boggling.
For those of us who experienced the collapse of The Twin Towers (and the days of smoke and ashes that followed) this is still a very emotional story that we should never forget.
The last house Yamasaki designed for himself looks exquisite.
Thank you!
Much appreciated. I'm so glad you enjoyed it.
Мне кажется, что башни близнецы должны быть отстроены вновь, в том же самом удивительном и неповторимом стиле 1970-х годов, когда уже есть ультрамодные веяния в линиях и образах в архитектуре, но ещё ретро мода прошлого не ушла совсем. Эти длинные вертикальные линии-рёбра на здании, выглядят как архитектурный вельвет, так красиво. Мне они всегда напоминали два длинных прямоугольных микрофона, из эпохи 70-х. Как жаль, что я не успел их посетить, так как прибыл первый раз в Америку только аж в 2010 году. Это почти ещё эпоха 90-х, так как я застал ещё кое-где аналоговые телефоны, таксофоны и механические аналоговые паркоматы. 23.06.24.
As a Detroiter, it's sort of a private joy to see some of his early works around, especially as there are hints of the WTC design in one, especially.
I'm 27 years old, but i got starstuck of WTC sience i was 14-16 years old, now most of time i keep at things about WTC, the architecture was so good, i know peoples hated it, but i didn't, i love how it standed out from the normals, yet it looked so simple. I'm happy to see peoples that still look about WTC stuff, i even found some Genz doing WTC montages, and not the 9/11 crap jokes. But sadly i never meet anyone interested in world trade center as i am... i think it gave me PTSD or something ,i permanently look at things about it.
Thank you for producing this great documentary. Yamasaki is one of my favorite architects.
This was very good! Thanks for putting this together!
This channel is great, as a fan of both magnificent buildings and cars I can easily say it is awesome and very well documented
Couldn’t agree more man!
An incredible documentary - my three favourite videos on TH-cam live on your channel @Barchetta
Thank you for producing such amazing content.
Thank you.
Around 1:05:56, Yama has a point; the current One World Trade Center has many vacant spaces to this day, and even if 9/11 never happened, the still-standing Twin Towers would have lots of vacant space in both the North Tower and the South Tower in 2023, just because many companies formerly based in New York feels adamant to relocate elsewhere like Florida or Texas, while many others couldn't justify the high cost of doing business in NYC.
Other than that, regarding the research and effort put into making this documentary video, well done!
Imagine if certain floors in the Twin Towers were converted into smaller apartments in the 2020s?
It's also a valid argument that if 9/11 didn't happen, the mass migration of companies may not have happned-9/11 changed the US in all ways, especially politically.
@@doodledangernoodle2517imagine being able to brag about having dinner at Windows on the World every day
This is the best documentary about this great architect ever made! Fantastic
I'm happy to see that Part 2 is out! Loved the first part and this one!
Thank you. I really appreciate it.
This architect really inspired me. He has a really smooth way of thinking.
I loved this very detailed documentary… I’m so interested in architectural stuff… for a long time in Richmond Virginia, I said that the Federal building looks like the Twin Towers, & I joked that it probably was designed by the same person & it is…..unbelievable! It’s always been my favorite skyscraper in Richmond. It’s weird, a lot of men died from stomach cancer in the 80s
Thanks! Awesome, well researched work as usual. Keep up the great work!!!
Thank you so much!
What a marvel of documentary. Thank you a lot for the effort.
Incredible documentary!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I've been checking everyday for your piece of art. Beautiful work.❤
Thank you so much 😀
Wooh this one is a big ol' boy, this will be my lullaby for many a night!
I hope you enjoyed it
@@Barchetta absolutely superb documentary as always you are one of the best!
Yamasaki, had asked the trade centre's main question early...
"Why me?"
RIP to all those who died in 9/11, and to yamasaki for creating what were the most beautiful structures ever... may god bless your souls...
This deserves 20x the views it has
I just can't over the trident and arch shapes ❤
Great documentary. What a wonder of buildings he designed. Well done, I was captured in interest every minute of this documentary!
Well done. A few people are hyper focused on narrator making a couple mistakes. Understandable it’s not a totally polished production. The content is fascinating and well researched. If you enjoy going down various tangents and getting a full backstory, this series does a good job with that. I’m sure there’s a lot more detail about the WTC design that could take up a few hours in itself. Really sounds like two competing visions: Yamasaki wanted a human scale development and Rockefeller & Co wanted the tallest building in the world just because.
Can’t help but notice that probably Yamasaki’s two greatest works are the airport he designed in Saudi Arabia and the WTC. First one constructed by Bin Laden family firm, second destroyed (indirectly) by their disowned son.
So says the "government" 😂
This American architect has done some incredible buildings and definitely an inspiration to all future architects, especially of minority backgrounds. However it's a horrid coincidence that his most well known design is also most well known in the world for an unfathomable event that took place 15 years after his passing. However those two towers had stood there thriving for three decades and was a testament of the success of his design and urban planning.
1:08:41 if Steel had been used and not switched with aluminum the building would have had a chance of not collapsing. Stainless steel offers superior corrosion resistance and tensile strength at the cost of added weight. When dealing with heat, stainless steel offers better heat tolerance while aluminum offers better heat conductivity. However, aluminum's lower melting point makes it less applicable in high-temperature applications.
You can see a lot of the Word Trade Center's DNA in his older buildings.
Yeah but there still not Big and the same
How beautiful they were..
2:30 which is why you don't see supertall buildings popping up everywhere, it takes an insane amount of money (and time) to build such a thing.
Yamasaki built a lot of buildings in Troy Michigan, such as the Columbia Center with two identical “twin towers”. He also happened to build the middle school I go to, Baker Middle School (old campus)
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
i don't know why but the old towers look much taller then the new one
They are, the height of the new one comes from the spire
@@starlingbaez6681even tho the roof height is the same I think it's because there is two and how iconic they were that makes you think they are really tall
@@Flyyn_Gaming_9well they were definitely BIGGER in Volume and more Floors
Indeed, Their heigh were intimidating
i wish i had this good editing, great job on the transitions and the compiling of images
very interesting thank you!
I often think I’m similar to Mr. Yamasaki I wish we could find his relatives and hear stories about him.
El hombre, la leyenda
Aquel que cambio para siempre el curso de la Historia de su país y del mundo entero.
Su nombre se perdió con el tiempo, su obra al contrario, vive más presente que nunca. El sendero del arquitecto, tu nombre podrá perderse, pero asegúrate de que tú obra sea lo inmortal
In my humble opinion had Yamasaki thought of installing stairwells in all four corners of twin towers more ppl would’ve been able to get out and less casualties l.
Could still happen with New Towers Built Somewhere else
Yes I agree
I think he did an amazing job. No one at that time Expected any planes of that size would be created and they did design it to take a plane hit but it was only for the largest one they had in the late 60s early early 70’s. I’m glad he was not here to see it because i feel he would have blamed himeself.
See also Picasso Tower in Madrid (Spain).
People always talk about german camps, but the US had their own for germans and the japanes.
The house at 33:26 😍
1:16:07 not wanting to, HAVING to, you can't go that tall unless you're on bedrock, because the forces on the street from two 110-story buildings would have sunk the street into the ground (probably into bedrock ultimately).
cool
I have owned a W116 and W126. I HATE the W140, the thick, fat German. The 116 parked next to my C124 Coupe are just magnificent. Fine video about this important man.
Fantastic documentary
Can You make Dodge Viper please, Thank YOu
5:09 Mustache on fleek.
1:15:41) Wikipedia says 1968.
1:16:12) 3ft and they would hit water. What does this mean?
1:02:50 Is that Walt Disney at left?
1:16:12 "green witch street" lmao N00B!
2001 911 Two towers
2006 Wikileaks
2013 Snowden
And the world was never the same
Assange and Snowden are heroes, they will be remembered forever.
I bought nacho cheese flavored meal worms at the pacific science center, I didn’t eat 1, my friends did though.
Hello....
"Greenwich" is pronounced "GREN-itch," not "GREEN-witch!"
ya if you think drafting is akin to going to battle you kinda need to go experience "war" lol could not take the rest seriously after that lol
Ironic that he designed a Saudi airport and the World Trade Center considering most of the hijackers were Saudi, and you know, airplanes…
Still in the intro, facing some documents, and the number that is clearly shown is not read correctly, it's pushed by 10 millions. Is this a serious reader that provides acceptable information although this stupid bias happens within the first minutes? Let's see, I will keep watching, but if I comment a second time than this is worthless.
28:42 it’s sad that Yama saw Pruitt-Igoe as a failure on his part when it wasn’t, it was the failure of white america being racist, as usual.
Creo que al final fue bueno que falleciera antes del 2001
Eso sí hubiera golpeado
@@agustinhernandez3171His granddaughter, Katie Yamasaki, said she was glad he had passed away before the World Trade Center were destroyed in 2001. For her, he was a warm and loving grandpa. ❤
You’re no different.
incorrect. pruit igoe "fail" due to usa welfare system , the apt. rule that no men were allowed unless they were married to the female welfare tenants , high number of children per female, central elevators controlled by gangs for purposes of extortion, gang wars and eventually gang snipers..there are dozens of youtube videos on the demographic failures of pruit-igoe, the city failed to maintain basic services and building care due to city corruption...weather and freezing septic systems
Y does the government hate me
Buddy
please get a proper narrator. great material otherwise just hard to listen due to the narrator
yep______
He must have loved Arabia and hated America, judging by the visual quality of his buildings in each country.
Not necessarily, Minoru Yamasaki was a man of culture. And his building design was also inspired by ancient Roman architecture. The old WTC Plaza Base kind of looks like an ancient Roman colosseum.
you can tell this video was made in 2023 because the narrator has difficulty pronouncing double vowel-sound words.
55:59 wow, mispronunciation of the word "potential." i swear, everybody is losing parts of their brains at a rapid rate.
gen z......😳, i have cats that are smarter and with longer attention spans
I was wondering if this whole doc was AI generated
didnt know the japanes built the world trade center.
3 of his buildings burned down .
Narration insupportable pf coupez le son c'est mieux
Great documentary. The narrator just needs to learn how to pronounce the word 'structural'.
Why cant you talk normal?
Ok could not get past the first 5 min of this video - extremely annoying person speaking - very choppy annunciation .