Sixty years ago this month, Seattle-trained architect Minoru Yamasaki (second from left) and his engineering team were racing to finish the design for the World Trade Center’s twin towers for a public unveiling in January 1964.

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The Seattle Architect Behind the Pacific Science Arches and the Twin Towers

MINORU YAMASAKI WAS COMMISSIONED TO CREATE THE WORLD TRADE CENTER AFTER GAINING NOTORIETY FOR HIS DESIGN OF THE 1962 WORLD'S FAIR PAVILION

The path to the Twin Towers started with the idealism expressed at Seattle’s Century 21 Exposition in 1962