Minoru Yamasaki had a vision. He designed the United States Science Pavilion for the 1962 World's Fair. His approach to architecture prioritized peoples' experience of the building. He once said, "my premise is that delight and reflection are ingredients that must be added..." Yamasaki was Seattle born and raised. Born to Japanese immigrant parents, he attended both Garfield High School and the University of Washington. However, after experiencing years of anti-Japanese racism locally, he moved to New York in 1934. During World War II, Yamasaki aided West Coast Japanese Americans leaving the concentration camps to start anew in New York. After hosting millions during the 1962 World's Fair, the Science Pavilion was given new life as the not-for-profit Pacific Science Center, becoming the nation's first science and technology center.

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