John Portman attended the U.S. Naval Academy in 1944 and 1945, then transferred to the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he earned a degree in architecture in 1950.

John Portman changed Atlanta, defining it's skyline, ... The hotel is part of Portman’s Embarcadero Center, his West Coast counterpart to Atlanta’s Peachtree Center, ...

Four Embarcadero Center: Follow the pathway beneath "The Tulip," a flower shaped, precast concrete sculpture by John Portman Jr., which seems to grow through the top of this open courtyard.

The Embarcadero Center was built to be pedestrian-friendly with landscaped plazas (filled with artwork) that connect the office and retail portions. The center was constructed between 1968 and 1988 ...

John Portman-designed buildings can be seen in other cities, including the Westin Bonaventure hotel in Los Angeles and Peachtree Center in Atlanta. ... The Embarcadero Center. In San Francisco, ...

John C. Portman, Jr., an architect and artist whose projects include Embarcadero Center in San Francisco, Shanghai Centre in Shanghai, Renaissance Center in Detroit and Peachtree Center in Atlanta ...

John Portman, one of the world’s best-known and most influential architects died on Friday in Atlanta, according to an obituary in the New York Times. He was 93. Portman’s family announced his ...

John Portman designed the Renaissance Center in Detroit, which was built for $350 million and opened in 1976. Today it is the headquarters for General Motors Co. Reprints ...

John Portman, the architect and developer who revolutionized hotel designs with soaring futuristic atriums, built commercial towers that revitalized the downtowns of decaying postwar U.S. cities ...