Pruitt-Igoe
Minoru Yamasaki
- Outline
- A large apartment complex with 33 11-story high-rise residential buildings. It was constructed by demolishing a slum in St. Louis City. The functionalist plan seemed to embody the ideals of modernism, but after being plagued by rampant vandalism and a high crime rate, it was blown up at 3:32 p.m. on July 15, 1972.
- Location
- USA
- Journal
- Shinkenchiku 2025:08
- Related Link
- Shop
- Special Link
- Matrix of 100 Years of Architecture(The 100th Anniversary of Shinkenchiku)
- Previous Categories
- Housing and Dwelling Improvement
- Category
- Postwar Housing
- Decade
- 1950s
- Thema