Detail view of the south side of the Portland Building (in downtown Portland, Oregon), showing part of the red terracotta pilasters, topped by a blue-green garland of ribbons made of concrete. 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 4828×3179

Detail view of the south side of the Portland Building (in downtown Portland, Oregon), showing part of the red terracotta pilasters, topped by a blue-green garland of ribbons made of concrete. 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.

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