Portland Public Service Building

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Portland Public Service Building

building, Portland, Oregon, United States

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…Service Building (usually called the Portland Building) in Portland, Oregon (completed 1982), and the Humana Building (or Humana Tower) in Louisville, Kentucky (1985). The Portland Building was the epitome of postmodernist architecture that, with its colourful structure and facades decorated with a stylized garland, defied the austere static steel and…
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…Service Building (usually called the Portland Building) in Portland, Oregon (completed 1982), and the Humana Building (or Humana Tower) in Louisville, Kentucky (1985). The Portland Building was the epitome of postmodernist architecture that, with its colourful structure and facades decorated with a stylized garland, defied the austere static steel and…
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