Talk:John C. Portman Jr.

message: I have received the following to OTRS from the office of Mr. Portman. They have asked me to forward this to the discussion page rather than risk impropriety by editing the article directly, something which can only be applauded. I'd invite people to read the following and make any corrections that seem appropriate. It's fairly detailed.
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The article contains the following sentence:  
A graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1950, Portman scored an immediate
popular success with his innovative atrium hotel form used in projects like the
Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles and the Renaissance Center in Detroit.
Mr. Portman's success should not really be characterized as immediate. And, while he is
quite well-known for his innovative atrium hotel designs, the one that was considered
ground-breaking, set the tone for his practice and has been imitated throughout the hotel
industry was his first, the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, which opened in 1967. It features a
22-story atrium. The designs for the Bonaventure and Renaissance Center, high-rise towers
on podium bases, are nothing like the hotels designed around grand atriums.  
Additionally, there are some inaccuracies in the Portfolio timeline.
Site currently says:  1957 AmericasMart, buildings 1-3, Atlanta
Actually:  What is now called AmericasMart was started in 1957 in an existing building.
AmericasMart Building 1 was built in 1961. AmericasMart 2 was completed in 1992.
AmericasMart 3 was completed in 1979. All of these buildings have been updated and added
to throughout the years, with the latest addition, AmericasMart 2 West Wing, being
completed in 2008.
Site currently says: 1965 Westin Peachtree Plaza, Atlanta
Actually:  The Westin Peachtree Plaza was completed in 1976.
Site currently says: 1971 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco & 1976 Hyatt Regency, San
Francisco
Actually:  The Hyatt Regency San Francisco is part of Embarcadero Center, an 8-block,
mixed use project completed in phases from 1971-1989. If you wish to list The Hyatt
Regency on its own, it was completed in 1974.
Site currently says:  1976 Westin Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles
Actually: The Westin Bonaventure was completed in 1977.
Site currently says:  1977 Renaissance Center, Detroit
Actually:  Renaissance Center was also built in phases. Phase I was completed in 1976.
Phase II was built years later, completed in 1988.
Site currently says:  1985 Peachtree Center, Atlanta
Actually:  Peachtree Center is Mr. Portman's original large, multi-block, mixed use urban
project. It is ever-evolving. The first building was completed in 1961. The latest opened
in 2008.
Site currently says:  1985 One Nashville Place, Nashville
Actually:  This is not a Portman project.
Site currently says:  American Cancer Society Center Inforum, Atlanta
Actually:  The building opened as the Inforum in 1989. It has since been taking over by
the American Cancer Society as its headquarters building.
At the very bottom of the page, there is a link to John C. Portman at Emporis. No such
page exists. However, it would be possible to link to the John Portman & Associates page
at Emporis, if you think that would be appropriate. I've pasted the link below.
http://www.emporis.com/application/?nav=company&lng=3&id=101033
If you want to give links to all Mr. Portman's enterprises, in addition to the
architectural firm and the development company, Mr. Portman owns AmericasMart
http://www.americasmart.com/ and ADAC http://www.adacatlanta.com/.
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Thanks, Guy (Help!) 21:21, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some updates