Yamasaki & Associates

Minoru Yamasaki arrived in Detroit in 1945 from New York City and briefly worked for the firm Smith, Hinchman & Grylls.

[1] Some of their most notable designs included the terminal building at St. Louis Lambert International Airport and the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complexes.

Some of the firm's known houses of worship include the synagogues Temple Beth El in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills and North Shore Congregation Israel in the Chicago area.

[2] The firm is best known for building the original World Trade Center which was subsequently destroyed in the September 11 attacks.

[5][6] Facing financial problems due to the Great Recession, the firm laid off the last of its employees on December 31, 2009, and ceased operations in January 2010.