| The Portland Building | |
|---|---|
 Viewed from the southwest in 1982 | |
  Location within downtown Portland | |
| Alternative names | Portland Municipal Services Building |
| General information | |
| Type | Government offices |
| Architectural style | Postmodern |
| Location | 1120 SW 5th Avenue Portland, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45°30′56″N 122°40′43″W / 45.515635°N 122.678675°W |
| Completed | 1982 |
| Opening | October 2, 1982 |
| Cost | US$41.2 million[1] |
| Owner | City of Portland |
| Height | |
| Roof | 70.41 m (231.0 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 15 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Michael Graves Emery Roth & Sons |
| Structural engineer | Desimone Consulting Engineers |
| Main contractor | Hoffman Construction Pavarini Mcgovern Construction |
| Renovating team | |
| Architect(s) | DLR Group |
| Main contractor | Howard S. Wright Construction |
| References | |
| [1][2][3][4] | |
Portland Public Service Building | |
| Architectural style | Postmodern[4] |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000770[5] |
| Added to NRHP | October 25, 2011[6] |
The Portland Building, alternatively referenced as the Portland Municipal Services Building, is a 15-story municipal office building located at 1120 SW 5th Avenue in downtown Portland, Oregon. Built at a cost of US$29 million, it opened in 1982 and was considered architecturally groundbreaking at the time.[7][8]
The building houses offices of the City of Portland and is located adjacent to Portland City Hall. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[6] An extensive reconstruction of the building began in December 2017[9] and was completed in 2020.[10] The building was temporarily closed for that work, and the closure was extended by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- ^ a b "Top 21 Absolutely Ugliest Cities In The World". Cities Journal. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ "Weekly list of actions taken on properties: 11/07/11 through 11/10/11". National Park Service. November 18, 2011. Retrieved November 23, 2011.
- ^ a b "Portland Building gets a place on national history list". Portland Tribune. November 17, 2011. Archived from the original on September 16, 2019. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
- ^ "Designs as varied as uses of city's newer buildings". The Oregonian. Portland. February 19, 1990.
- ^ Weiner, Ed (October 18, 1981). "The most famous building in Seattle is in Portland: Michael Graves' new building is an architectural milestone and is anything but boring". The Seattle Times, p. E1/E4.
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