Mark Cuban just donated a trove of World Trade Center drawings to the Cooper Hewitt | News
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Drawing of the WTC Twin Towers by Carlos Diniz (1928–2001). Image courtesy Mark Cuban.
In 1962, Diniz was hired by architect Minoru Yamasaki as part of the team that designed the twin towers of the World Trade Center. His drawings in the WTC portfolio show the viewer the experience of monolithic structures in the context of Lower Manhattan and within the buildings themselves. The drawings were intended to illustrate Manhattan as the center of international business. – The Dallas Morning News
Carlos Diniz’s drawings occupy a revered place in architectural history, and his World Trade Center drawings have largely been kept out of public collections. The illustrator was first hired by Minoru Yamasaki in 1962 to give the public a sense of place and size caused by the architecture that would later become the dominant experience for users of the buildings when it was completed in 1973.
“It affects every American emotionally,” Cubans told Axios. “I wanted the actual drawings to be where any American can see them, and the Smithsonian was the real home.”
The Dallas Morning News has more about the billionaire’s gift here.
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