CTBUH Silver Member

Portman Architects

About

Member Since: 1983

Member Offices: Atlanta

Website: http://www.portmanarchitects.com/

PORTMAN is renowned for innovative, responsive design solutions that are sensitive to the local culture and the context in which they exist. Their architecture transcends national borders by striving for universal human appeal.

They believe in directing their energies toward an environmental architecture, born of human needs and responding to vital physical, social, and economic circumstances. Through the design of the built environment, they have the opportunity to positively impact the natural environment and enhance the quality of human life.

They use technology, innovative systems and materials as tools to achieve their design philosophy. Buildings should serve people, not the other way around. This strong belief in how design should evolve and relate to people on a human level has sustained them and provided the world with significant and memorable projects.

Fields of Expertise

Architecture; Developer; Urban Design

Buildings

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
5 Guangxi Financial Investment Center

330 m

1,083 ft
6 Hong Plaza Main Tower

317 m

1,040 ft
7 Greenland Center North Tower

301 m

988 ft
8 Greenland Center South Tower

301 m

988 ft
9 Tomorrow Square

284.6 m

934 ft
10 SunTrust Plaza

264.3 m

867 ft
12 Zhe Jiang Fortune Financial Center - Tower 1

258 m

846 ft
13 Wenzhou Zhixin Plaza

255 m

837 ft
15 Beijing Yintai Centre - Park Tower

250 m

820 ft
17 Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center

221.5 m

727 ft

Associated companies

Portman Holdings

John Portman & Associates (2019)

Edwards and Portman

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

RANK
Name
Height
1 Incheon Tower

487 m

1,598 ft
2 Sudirman Office & Ritz Carlton Hotel

427 m

1,401 ft
3 Daewoo Center

420 m

1,378 ft
4 Daily Cultural Center

380 m

1,247 ft
5 Guangxi Financial Investment Center

330 m

1,083 ft
6 Hong Plaza Main Tower

317 m

1,040 ft
7 Greenland Center North Tower

301 m

988 ft
8 Greenland Center South Tower

301 m

988 ft
9 Tomorrow Square

284.6 m

934 ft
10 SunTrust Plaza

264.3 m

867 ft
11 Il Porto Vecchio Tower

260 m

853 ft
12 Zhe Jiang Fortune Financial Center - Tower 1

258 m

846 ft
13 Wenzhou Zhixin Plaza

255 m

837 ft
14 Shi Liu Pu Block 8 Office Tower

250 m

820 ft
15 Beijing Yintai Centre - Park Tower

250 m

820 ft
16 Moscow Centre

240 m

787 ft
17 Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center

221.5 m

727 ft
18 Westin Peachtree Plaza

220.4 m

723 ft
19 Greenland Wuxi 200

200 m

656 ft
20 Bund Center

198.9 m

653 ft
21 Capital Square Tower 1

198.2 m

650 ft
22 Wenzhou Zhixin Plaza Residential Tower

189 m

620 ft
23 Zhe Jiang Fortune Financial Center - Tower 2

188 m

617 ft
24 Beijing Yintai Centre - PICC Office Tower

186 m

610 ft
24 Beijing Yintai Centre - Yintai Office Tower

186 m

610 ft
26 New York Marriott Marquis Hotel

175 m

574 ft
27 Four Embarcadero Center

173.7 m

570 ft
28 One Embarcadero Center

173.4 m

569 ft
29 Marriott Marquis Hotel

168.9 m

554 ft
30 Portman Ritz-Carlton

164.8 m

541 ft
31 Renaissance Center 100 Tower

155 m

509 ft
31 Renaissance Center 200 Tower

155 m

509 ft
31 Renaissance Center 300 Tower

155 m

509 ft
31 Renaissance Center 400 Tower

155 m

509 ft
35 Shanghai Arch

143.7 m

471 ft
36 Three Embarcadero Center

126 m

413 ft
36 Two Embarcadero Center

126 m

413 ft
38 Embarcadero Center West

123 m

404 ft
39 Coda at Tech Square

118.9 m

390 ft
40 Westin Bonaventure Hotel

118.3 m

388 ft
41 Hilton San Diego Bayfront

117.3 m

385 ft
42 Harris Tower

116.4 m

382 ft
43 230 Peachtree Building

116.4 m

382 ft
44 Marquis I

115.2 m

378 ft
44 Marquis II

115.2 m

378 ft
46 Peachtree Center International Tower

114.6 m

376 ft
47 Shanghai Centre East Apartment

112 m

367 ft
47 Shanghai Centre West Apartment

112 m

367 ft
49 JW Marriott Shenzhen Bao'an

112 m

367 ft
50 Pan Pacific Hotel

111 m

364 ft
51 Riverwood 100 Tower

110.3 m

362 ft
52 Hyatt Regency Atlanta

103.6 m

340 ft
53 Hyatt Regency Salt lake City

102.1 m

335 ft
54 Peachtree Center South

101.2 m

332 ft
55 Peachtree Center North

100.9 m

331 ft
56 Qianhai Haiyi Plaza Apartments

m

ft

Please note that this height is estimated, based on a floor count of 29 floors. The estimation has been arrived at by analyzing 7,528 other buildings of the same Residential function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of this estimation.
57 Anthem Technology Center

91.7 m

301 ft
58 Merchandise Mart

91.4 m

300 ft
59 The Westin Charlotte

89.3 m

293 ft
60 Le Meridien San Francisco

82.9 m

272 ft
61 Hyatt Regency San Francisco

80.8 m

265 ft
62 615 South College

79.1 m

260 ft
63 BRIC Phase 1

52.7 m

173 ft
64 Prince Bay Hotel

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65 712 West Peachtree

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66 TVH Entelechy Residences 1

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66 TVH Entelechy Residences 2

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66 TVH Entelechy Residences 3

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66 TVH Entelechy Residences 4

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CTBUH Initiatives Involving Portman Architects

CTBUH Atlanta Hosts “The Stitch” Panel Discussion

30 October 2017

CTBUH Atlanta’s 2017 event, kindly sponsored and hosted by Jacobs, comprised a networking session and panel discussion focused on a new project, dubbed “The Stitch.”

Tall Tales: Lessons Learned from Industry Leaders

16 November 2015

CTBUH Atlanta held an event that offered perspectives on tall building issues relating to real estate design and development, wind engineering, and vertical transportation.

Shanghai Arch Technical Tour Report

19 September 2014

The tour of the Shanghai Arch began with a brief look at the building’s exterior, followed by visiting the footbridge to the main entrance, the skygarden, and the Shanghai Arch Village.

Tomorrow Square Technical Tour Report

19 September 2014

Delegates toured the 37th floor of Tomorrow Square, which takes advantage of the building’s 45-degree plan shift by offering views in at least eight directions.

9th World Congress Proceedings Shanghai

22 September 2012

The proceedings of the CTBUH 9th World Congress, held in Shanghai from September 19th - 21st 2012, includes all 114 papers in both a hardcover book and a DVD.

CTBUH Makes New Leader Appointments

14 September 2011

The Council is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members to the Board of Trustees, Dennis Poon and Steve Watts, and one appointment to the Advisory Group, John D. Nipaver.