Architecture of Portland, Oregon

Architects

Tallest buildings

1. Wells Fargo Center
2. U.S. Bancorp Tower
3. KOIN Center
4. Park Avenue West Tower
5. PacWest Center
6. Fox Tower
7. Standard Insurance Center
8. Cosmopolitan
9. John Ross Tower
10. The Ardea
11. Mirabella Portland
12. Congress Center
13. Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse
14. Moda Tower
15. The Meriwether, West Building
16. Lloyd Center Tower
17. 1000 Broadway

    Other notable buildings

• The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, a restored historic theater and accompanying Heathman Hotel.
• The Benson Hotel, an elegant, restored historic hotel.
• Pietro Belluschi's Equitable Building was the first aluminum-clad building and the first to be completely sealed with an air-conditioned environment.
• Lloyd Center mall, Oregon's largest mall, opened in the summer of 1960.
• The Meier & Frank Building – Meier & Frank's full-block, glazed terra-cotta flagship department store.
• The Moda Center, home of the Portland Trail Blazers.
• The Oregon Convention Center's twin spires are a prominent feature on the eastside skyline.
• The Pioneer Courthouse, the oldest federal building in the Pacific Northwest and the second-oldest west of the Mississippi River.
• The Pittock Mansion is a popular tourist attraction.
• The Portland Building, by Michael Graves, the first major post-modern building constructed in the U.S.
• The Seward Hotel, better known as the Governor Hotel, now part of the Sentinel Hotel.
• Union Station, an active Florentine-style train station with a 150 ft. clock tower.
• The United States National Bank Building, a large classical-style bank building built in 1917 that remains in near-original condition
• One of the largest collections of cast iron architecture in the United States, primarily in Old Town. A classic example of such construction is the Grand Stable and Carriage Building, built by Oregon business pioneer Simeon Gannett Reed.

  Bridges

Bridges on the Willamette River

• St. Johns Bridge
• Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 5.1
• Fremont Bridge
• Broadway Bridge
• Steel Bridge
• Burnside Bridge
• Morrison Bridge
• Hawthorne Bridge
• Marquam Bridge
• Tilikum Crossing
• Ross Island Bridge
• Sellwood Bridge

  Bridges on the Columbia River

• Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge
• Interstate Bridge
• Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge 9.6

  Other bridges

• Vista Bridge