Detail view of the south side of the Portland Building (in downtown Portland, Oregon), showing part of the blue-green garland of faux ribbons, along the tops of the red terracotta pilasters. This ornamental design is found on the building's north and south façades. The photo was taken a few months before the start of a reconstruction of the building, which began in December 2017 and is expected to last about three years.‹›
Portland Building

Michael Graves

Exterior · Portland, United States · 1982

Photo: Steve Morgan · 2017-08-06 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Original 4928×3264

Detail view of the south side of the Portland Building (in downtown Portland, Oregon), showing part of the blue-green garland of faux ribbons, along the tops of the red terracotta pilasters. This ornamental design is found on the building's north and south façades. The photo was taken a few months before the start of a reconstruction of the building, which began in December 2017 and is expected to last about three years.

Metal cladding
More of Portland BuildingMore by Michael GravesUnited States1980sHousingBrickConcreteMetal cladding

Same project

ExteriorExteriorExteriorExteriorExteriorExteriorExteriorConstructionExteriorExteriorExteriorExterior

Looks like this

Visual neighbours across the archive
Portland Building · Michael GravesPortland BuildingMichael Graves · 1982
Portland Building · Michael GravesPortland BuildingMichael Graves · 1982
Philip Johnson House · Philip JohnsonPhilip Johnson HousePhilip Johnson
1 Cabot Square · I. M. Pei1 Cabot SquareI. M. Pei · 1991
Torre Suecia · Ricardo BofillTorre SueciaRicardo Bofill
Procuradoria Geral da República · Oscar NiemeyerProcuradoria Geral da RepúblicaOscar Niemeyer
Atrium Tower · Renzo PianoAtrium TowerRenzo Piano · 1993
South Quay Plaza · Norman FosterSouth Quay PlazaNorman Foster
Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse · Richard MeierSandra Day O'Connor United States CourthouseRichard Meier · 2000
Uniqa Nouvel Tower · Jean NouvelUniqa Nouvel TowerJean Nouvel · 2010
Grand Nikko Awaji · Tadao AndoGrand Nikko AwajiTadao Ando · 2000
Parkview · Richard MeierParkviewRichard Meier · 2020
Torre Suecia · Ricardo BofillTorre SueciaRicardo Bofill
Aaltohuset · Alvar AaltoAaltohusetAlvar Aalto
Deloitte-house · SnøhettaDeloitte-houseSnøhetta · 2013
Atrium Saldanha · Ricardo BofillAtrium SaldanhaRicardo Bofill · 1998
Torre Suecia · Ricardo BofillTorre SueciaRicardo Bofill
Turning Torso · Santiago CalatravaTurning TorsoSantiago Calatrava · 2006
VM Houses · Bjarke Ingels GroupVM HousesBjarke Ingels Group · 2005
Government Service Center · Paul RudolphGovernment Service CenterPaul Rudolph
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame · I. M. PeiRock and Roll Hall of FameI. M. Pei · 1983
EPO-gebouw · Jean NouvelEPO-gebouwJean Nouvel · 2018
Roche Tower · Herzog & de MeuronRoche TowerHerzog & de Meuron · 2015
Van Allen Building · Louis SullivanVan Allen BuildingLouis Sullivan · 1913
Philip Johnson House · Philip JohnsonPhilip Johnson HousePhilip Johnson
Botta Building Basel · Mario BottaBotta Building BaselMario Botta
Torre Suecia · Ricardo BofillTorre SueciaRicardo Bofill
Roche Tower · Herzog & de MeuronRoche TowerHerzog & de Meuron · 2015
Lipstick Building · Philip JohnsonLipstick BuildingPhilip Johnson · 1986
Hotel El-Aurassi · Luigi MorettiHotel El-AurassiLuigi Moretti · 1975

Related projects

O'Reilly Theater
O'Reilly Theater
Michael Graves · 1999 · Pittsburgh, United States
One Atlantic Center
One Atlantic Center
Philip Johnson · 1987 · Atlanta, United States
Nexus Momochi M Building
Nexus Momochi M Building
Michael Graves · 1989 · Fukuoka, Japan
191 Peachtree Tower
191 Peachtree Tower
Philip Johnson · 1991 · Atlanta, United States
One Madison
One Madison
Rem Koolhaas / OMA · 2013 · New York City, United States
U.S. Bancorp Tower
U.S. Bancorp Tower
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill · 1983 · Portland, United States
Team Disney – The Michael D. Eisner Building
Team Disney – The Michael D. Eisner Building
Michael Graves · Burbank, United States
The Aventine
The Aventine
Michael Graves · 1990 · San Diego, United States
Post office
Post office
Michael Graves · Celebration, United States
San Juan Capistrano Regional Library
San Juan Capistrano Regional Library
Michael Graves · 1983 · San Juan Capistrano, United States