The GSD honors the life, legacy, and inspiration of John Portman (1924–2017)

Date
Jan. 9, 2018
Man speaking to audience in front of pictures elf hotel atrium with visible elevators.
John Portman at the final review for the Spring 2015 option studio “Portmanian Architecture” led by Professor Preston Scott Cohen (MArch ’85).

Last October the GSD’s Dean Mohsen Mostafavi sat down with Metropolis Magazine and Mr. Portman’s son, Jack Portman (MArch ’73), to discuss the architect’s impact and the 2017 book Portman’s America & Other Speculations (Harvard University GSD and Lars Müller Publishers), edited by Mostafavi. Read the interview here.

Read about the legacy of John Portman (1924–2017) in Architect Magazine in his obituary “Atlanta Architect John Portman Dies at 93 .”