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Portland Building: Exterior
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Portland Building: Exterior · A nighttime view of the Portland Building in Portland, Oregon
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Portland Building: Exterior · OR: Pres
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Portland Building: Exterior · Historic and functional government building located in downtown Portland, Washington
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Portland Building: Detail
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Portland Building: Context · The Portland Building (in downtown Portland, Oregon), undergoing rebuilding in October 2018
6/7 · Context · The Portland Building (in downtown Portland, Oregon), undergoing rebuilding in October 2018Photo: Steve Morgan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Portland Building: DrawingPhotos unavailable
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Photo 1: ExteriorPhoto 2: Exterior · A nighttime view of the Portland Building in Portland, OregonPhoto 3: Exterior · OR: PresPhoto 4: Exterior · Historic and functional government building located in downtown Portland, WashingtonPhoto 5: DetailPhoto 6: Context · The Portland Building (in downtown Portland, Oregon), undergoing rebuilding in October 2018Photo 7: Drawing

Office & tower · Postmodernism

Portland Building

Michael Graves · Portland, United States · 1982

Key featuresCubic block with giant painted pilasters, keystone and small square windows applied as graphics.

Architect
Michael Graves
Place
Portland, United States
Year
1982
Typology
Office & tower
Movement
Postmodernism
Region
Americas
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