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Portland Public Service Building
The Portland Building is a 15-story municipal office building located at 1120 SW 5th Avenue in downtown Portland, Oregon. It opened in 1982.
Michael Graves' building, with its distinctive block-like design and square windows, has become an icon of postmodern architecture. In 1985, the building was adorned by addition of the hammered-copper statue Portlandia above the front entrance.
The building remains controversial among Portlanders as well as the entire architecture field for its revolutionary design which was a rejection of the Modern Architecture principals established in the early 20th century. The design was selected as the winning design in a large scale design competition with Philip Johnson one of the three members of the selection committee.
Many structural flaws came to light shortly after the building's completion said to be due to a lack of funds.
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