John C. Portman Jr.
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John Calvin Portman Jr. was an American neofuturistic architect and real estate developer widely known for popularizing hotels and office buildings with multi-storied interior atria. Portman also had
Looking up into atrium of the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, first of Portman's atrium hotels
Embarcadero Hyatt Atrium, San Francisco
Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI
Shanghai Centre
Peachtree Center
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Peachtree Center is a district located in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Most of the structures that make up the district were designed by Atlanta architect John C. Portman Jr. A defining feature of the P
John C. Portman Jr.
…office buildings with multi-storied interior atria. Portman also had a particularly large impact on the cityscape of his hometown of Atlanta, with the Peachtree Center complex serving as downtown's business and tourism anchor from the 1970s onward. The Peachtree Center area includes Portman-designed Hyatt, Westin, and…
Peachtree Center, including the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel (far left) and the Atlanta Marriott Marquis (far right)
Skywalks are a defining feature of Peachtree Center
Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located on Peachtree Center Avenue
The beige buildings of Peachtree Center