John Portman, cityscape visionary

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John Portman, cityscape visionary

ATLANTA, GA -- Architect and developer John Portman outside his new building, One Peachtree Center. Photo taken Dec. 8, 1992 (RICH MAHAN/AJC staff)

230 Peachtree Hotel Indigo; 2016

Fraternal Order of Eagles 1956

Shanghai Center, Master Architect Book

Marina Square;

SunTrust Garden Offices; 2009

Yintai Centre, Beijing PR China. Shot 5/2010 for John Portman and Associates USA.

Renaissance Schaumburg; July 2006; image provided by Renaissance North America

Westin Bonaventure; Oct 1983

Dec. 3, 2013 - Lawrenceville - Building "B", the signature building on campus, designed by Atlanta architect John Portman, includes classrooms and administrative offices. Enrollment at Georgia Gwinnett College has expanded from 118 students its first semester to more than 9,700 enrollees this fall. Behind the success is an infusion of $118 million in special tax funds. Critics call the funds an unfair benefit for a school that has an influential, politically connected group of backers, many who sit on the college's non-profit foundation board. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM

The atrium of the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Peachtree St in downtown Atlanta Built by John Portman in 1967

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SHANGHAI, China... The Shanghai Center is one of dozens of well-known buildings designed by John Portman & Associates in China. (Photo by Craig Simons/Cox Newspapers)

000621 MARIETTA, GA. (COBB): In this Wednesday 6/21/00 photo we see photos taken at Southern Polytechnic State University of the Atrium building, a building designed by architect John Portman (cq) and opened in 1999. Although it's been open for a while, today the building was officially dedicated with a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony. The building is billed as the academic hub of the school and the home of the school's Yamacraw computer labs. This is a photo shot looking up at the central atrium area that shows the light filtering in from above. PHOTO BY ANDY SHARP/STAFF.

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ATLANTA, GA -- Architect and developer John Portman outside his new building, One Peachtree Center. Photo taken Dec. 8, 1992 (RICH MAHAN/AJC staff)

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