Driving through downtown Seattle on a recent evening we passed by a distinctive building tagged prominently on its windows with the IBM logo. Curious, I searched the web when we arrived home and found some interesting trivia. The IBM Building, named after its primary lessee, was designed in the 1960’s by Minoru Yamasaki, better known as lead architect of New York City’s World Trade Center. Soon after the destruction of the Twin Towers, the Puget Sound Business Journal ran an article noting that the IBM Building was a precursor in design to the WTC towers. Yamasaki used “long exterior columns running from base to top” for both. At a mere 20 stories, the IBM Building seems a minute reminder of its taller siblings, but its a legacy that stands tall enough, particularly as a tribute to the architect.