John Portman

John Portman (December 4, 1924 -) is a late twentieth century American architect and developer known for his giant multi-storied atriums[?] in his buildings particularly Hyatt hotels. Despite being hired by Hyatt[?], owned by the Pritzker[?] family, he never won a Pritzker Prize in architecture. He is from Atlanta where much of his work can be seen, and was a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Important buildings include:

• Hyatt[?] Regency, Atlanta, Georgia
• Peachtree Center[?], Atlanta, Georgia
• Rennaisance Center[?], Detroit, Michigan
• Embarcadero Center[?], San Francisco, California

External Links:

• http://www.portmanusa.com/
• http://www.gate.net/~roblin3/Georgia/portman.html