‘Make it Something that Enhances Life’: The Architectural Philosophy of John C. Portman
Redefining Urban Spaces: John C. Portman's Visionary Approach to Architecture
Whatever I do, it’s mine. —John C. Portman Jr.1
Few architects have had so profound an impact on a city as John C. Portman Jr. had on his hometown of Atlanta. In his fourteen-block redevelopment of the city’s downtown, he built two of the most spectacular hotels America has ever seen, revolutionizing hotel architecture in the process.
But Portman’s influen…
