The Architecture of Portland includes a wide range of styles and a few notable pioneering buildings. Notable architect Pietro Belluschi began his career in Portland with the prolific firm of A.E. Doyle, leaving his imprint upon the city until the 1980's. Other notable architects and firms that have worked in Portland are Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill (SOM) and Michael Graves. Pietro Belluschi (August 18, 1899 - February 14, 1994) was an architect, part of the Modern Architecture movement, and responsible for the design of over one thousand buildings. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John Merrill. ... Portland Public Service Building Michael Graves (b. ...

The scale of many projects are small, due to the small size of downtown Portland blocks (200 feet by 200 feet) plus strict height restrictions enacted in order to protect views of Mount Hood from the West Hills. Although these restrictions limit project size, they contribute to Portland's reputation for exceptional urban planning and livability. A protected view is the legal requirement within urban planning to preserve the view of a specific place or historic building from another location. ... Mount Hood is a dormant stratovolcano in northern Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. ... Urban, city, or town planning, deals with design of the built environment from the municipal and metropolitan perspective. ...

Many historic buildings, ranging from cast iron construction to glazed terra-cotta buildings, have been preserved and re-used. Glazed architectural terra-cotta is a masonry building material popular in the United States from the late 19th century until the 1930s and still one of the most common building materials found in U.S. urban enviroments. ...

Skyscrapers

The ten tallest buildings in Portland are (as of June 2005):

1. Wells Fargo Center (546 ft./166 m., built 1972)
2. US Bancorp Tower (536 ft./163 m., built 1983)
3. KOIN Center
4. PacWest Center
5. Fox Tower
6. Standard Insurance Center
7. Congress Center
8. Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse
9. ODS Tower
10. (tied) 1000 Broadway & Lloyd Center Tower

Wells Fargo Center The Wells Fargo Center (Originally known as First National Bank Tower, then First Interstate Bank Tower) is the tallest building in Portland, Oregon. ... The US Bankcorp Tower The US Bancorp Tower is the second tallest skyscraper in Portland, Oregon. ... KOIN Center is a multi-purpose skyscraper in Portland, Oregon. ... PacWest Center (Officially Key Bank Tower at PacWest Center) is a 30 story office building in Portland, Oregon. ... View of the Fox Towers curving east side. ... The Standard Insurance Center (Originally the Georgia-Pacific Building) is a 27 story office building in Portland, Oregon. ... Congress Center (Formerly the Orbanco Headquarters Building and Security Pacific Plaza)is an office building in Portland, Oregon. ... Mark Hatfield Mark Odom Hatfield (born July 12, 1922) is an American politician from Oregon. ... View of 1000 Broadway from the West Hills with Mt. ...

Other notable buildings

Other notable buildings in Portland include:

• The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, a restored old-stlye theater (formerly The Paramount) and accompanying Heathman Hotel.
• The Benson Hotel, an elegant and restored historic hotel.
• Pietro Belluschi's Equitable Building was the first aluminum-clad building and the first to be completely sealed with an air-conditioned environment.
• Lloyd Center mall - The world's largest mall when it opened in the 1960s.
• Meier and Frank's downtown department store, a full-block glazed terra-cotta building
• Oregon Convention Center's twin spires are a prominent feature on the eastside skyline.
• The Pittock Mansion is a popular tourist attraction.
• The Portland Public Service Building by Michael Graves, the first major post-modern building constructed in the US.
• Rose Garden Arena, home of the Portland Trail Blazers.
• Union Station- An active Florentine-style train station with a 150 ft. clock tower.

Pietro Belluschi (August 18, 1899 - February 14, 1994) was an architect, part of the Modern Architecture movement, and responsible for the design of over one thousand buildings. ... The Commonwealth Building a 13-story commercial office tower in Portland, Oregon. ... The Pittock Mansion was home to Portland pioneers Henry and Georgiana Pittock from 1914 to 1919. ... The Portland Building is a fifteen-story office building in downtown Portland, Oregon designed by Michael Graves and opened in 1980. ... Portland Public Service Building Michael Graves (b. ... Postmodernism (sometimes abbreviated pomo) is a term applied to a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literature, and culture, which are generally characterized as either emerging from, in reaction to, or superseding, modernism. ... The Rose Garden is the main sports arena in Portland, Oregon, and is currently owned by Global Spectrum, a company which manages sports facilities (and also owns a few sports franchises). ... The Portland Trail Blazers are a National Basketball Association team based in Portland, Oregon. ... View of Portland from the northwest, with Union Stations clock tower visible on the right. ... A clock tower is a tower built with a large clock face on one or more (often all four) of its sides so as to be visible to a large number of inhabitants of an area. ...

External links

• skyscrapers.com: Portland
• Skyscraperpage.com diagram of Portland's buildings by height