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The following is a select list of publications featuring the work of John Portman & Associates.

  • Modern Decoration, “Go With A Swing”, featuring Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel, January 2008
  • Roof Design, featuring Gwinnett University Center and the Charles H. Jones Building at Macon State College, Loft Publications and daab gmbh, 2007
  • Modern Decoration, “Audience or Participant” featuring the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, November 2007
  • Charlotte Observer, “Architect’s ‘children’ line cities’ skylines” by Doug Smith, interview with Mr. Portman regarding One Charlotte, September 24, 2007
  • Urbanism and Architecture, special feature on the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, August 2007
  • Atlanta Magazine, “Our Town – Hyatt Regency Atlanta Landmark”, August 2007
  • Where Magazine Atlanta, “The Sky’s the Limit – 100 Years of Atlanta Architecture” cover story featuring the Hyatt Regency Atlanta and Peachtree Center, August 2007
  • 944, San Diego Magazine, “Name that Designer! Who’s Who behind the coolest up-and-coming SD projects,” by Teri Miyahira, featuring the Hilton San Diego Convention Center Hotel and PORTMAN Vice President, Greg Botsch, July 2007
  • Hotel Design, “Natural Blend” article by Paul Rusnak about the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, June 2007
  • The New York Times, “South Korea Joins Rush to Build Ever Taller Buildings” by Martin Fackler, featuring Incheon Tower, May 27, 2007
  • Atlanta Business Chronicle, “Global Trekking – Atlanta Firms are involved in several significant projects overseas”, by Lori Johnston, featuring interview with Jack Portman
  • Charlotte Observer, “Going for the Top” by Doug Smith about One Charlotte, May 2, 2007
  • Atlanta Journal –Constitution, “40 – A fact for each year of the Hyatt” by Jim Auchmutey, May 1, 2007 Southern Seasons, “Hyatt Regency Celebrates 40th Anniversary – Atlanta Hotel Still Soaring with Landmark Atrium”, May 2007
  • Hotels, ”Designing for Profit – Lucrative Lobbies” featuring the Renaissance Schaumburg, May 2007
  • Invention and Technology, “Revolutionary Restaurants” by Charles W. Ebeling, features the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Spring 2007
  • Essential Collection of Construction (China), “Beijing Yintai Plaza”, March 2007
  • Hotel Design, “Trend Lines” featuring Renaissance Schaumburg and The Westin Charlotte, Feb/March 2007
  • CAD & CG Magazine, “Backstage, Episode 001, John Portman & Associates BIM Pilot Program: Zhe Jiang Fortune Finance Center”, December 2006
  • Interni & Décor Monthly Magazine (Korea), “Universal Language for Architecture – Understanding Human, Space and Nature” featuring Hyatt Regency Hangzhou, Taj Wellington Mews and The Westin Charlotte, November 2006
  • World Architect Review, “Project Review: Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center”, 2006/09
  • Hotel Design, “Modern Day Mecca” article by Paul Rusnak about Taj Wellington Mews, August/September 2006
  • Architecture in Asia Now, featuring Tomorrow Square and Bund Center, Prestel Publishing, 2006
  • 101 of the World’s Tallest Buildings, Edited by Georges Binder, featuring Tomorrow Square, SunTrust Plaza and Beijing Yintai Centre, Images Publishing Group, 2006
  • Daily Herald, “Another Jewel on Village’s Crown” announcing the opening of Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center, by Eric Peterson, July 20, 2006
  • Business to Business, John Portman named to the Real Estate Hall of Fame, July 2006
  • International Herald Tribune, “ Fountains, glass and the enduring dazzle of atrium hotels”, by Aric Chen, June 30, 2006
  • Daily Herald, "Convention Center starting to Sparkle" regarding Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center, by Eric Peterson, June 28, 2006
  • New York Times, “The Kubla Khan of Hotels”, by Aric Chen, June 25, 2006
  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Dubai, Big Dreams in the Dessert”, by Catherine Fox, June 23, 2006
  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Portman: I can’t even spell retirement”, by Catherine Fox, June 18, 2006
  • Hotel & Motel Management, “John Portman & Associates to design new Gayatri Park Hyatt in Hyderabad, India”, June 13, 2006
  • Contract, “Fortunate Construction”, announcing the groundbreaking for Zhejiang Fortune Finance Center in Hangzhou, China, June 6, 2006
  • State of Business, Georgia State University J. Mack Robinson College of Business Publication, “John Portman: Building People Places”, Spring 2006
  • Georgia Asian Times, “Executive Profile: Grace Atienza Tan – To Unite Avocation with Vocation”, April 2006
  • San Diego Daily Transcript, “John Portman & Associates unveils details of design for new Hilton”, by Elizabeth Malloy, February 21, 2006
  • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Portman Tower in S. Korea to be among world’s tallest”, by Walter Woods, February 7, 2006
  • World Architecture Review, "Landmark Buildings and Urban Environment" featuring Beijing Yintai Centre, January 2006
  • Water Spaces Volume 4, Images Publishing Group, 2006
  • Shanghai Architecture and Design, Loft Publications and daab gmbh, 2005
  • Spaces Volume 7, Interiors of the USA and Canada , Images Publishing Group, 2005
  • Atlanta Business Chronicle, “Portman excels as architect of Atlanta skyline” by Terrell Johnson, Dec 2-8, 2005
  • Urbanism and Architecture, “Design Company: John Portman & Associates, Inc.”, November 2005
  • Hotel Design, “Signature Projects” featuring J. W. Marriott at Tomorrow Square, Oct/Nov 2005
  • Urban Land, “Fortune Finance Center Establishes Vision for Chinese City Core”, October 2005
  • Hotel Design, “Signature Projects” featuring The Westin Shanghai at Bund Center, Aug/September 2005
  • Midwest Construction, “Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel: High Design Aims Planted in Low-Lying Site” by Craig Barner, July 2005
  • 306090, “Portman Space: An Interview with John Portman” by Caroline Kelly, May 2005
  • Hospitality Design, “China Spotlight” featuring Beijing Yintai Centre, May/June 2005
  • Atlanta Business Chronicle, “A Lifetime of Atlanta Designs”, May 6-12, 2005
  • 306090, “Portman Space: An Interview with John Portman” by Caroline Kelly, May 2005
  • Architectural Record Review, “Focus on Higher Education” featuring Gwinnett University Center, April 2005
  • Hotels, “Asia The Invincible”, featuring photos of Tomorrow Square, April 2005
  • Atlanta Business Chronicle, “Expansive Designs” featuring expansion of America’s Mart, by Allison Shirreffs, March 4-10, 2005
  • Roof & Façade Asia, Cover story on Tomorrow Square, February 2005
  • Id+c, Inerior Design + Construction, article on Bund Centre, 2004
  • Specifier Magazine, "The (ever) New Shanghai" feature showcasing Tomorrow Square, Bank of Communications and Bund Center, by Rebecca Ward, Issue 60, November 2004
  • CA, Contemporary Arcitecture “Hotels in Diversity”, featuring Tomorrow Square J.W. Marriott Shanghai, June 2004
  • Roof & Façade Asia, “A Recognizable Icon on the Shanghai Skyline” featuring The Bund Center, June 2004
  • Contemporary Stone & Tile Design, “Creating Signature Spaces with Stone and Tile”, featuring The Westin Charlotte, Winter 2004
  • di Architecture & Design – China National Publishing, 2003
  • Domus – Hotel Extra, “Signature Hotels”, November 2003
  • Skyscrapers – Antonio Terranova. White Stars Publishers, 2003
  • Shanghai, China – Shanghai Cultural Publishing House, 2003
  • Up, Down, Across: Elevators, Escalators, and Moving Sidewalks, Washington D.C.: The National Building Museum/Merrell, 2003
  • “Lobbying for Change”, by Jonathan Ball, wallpaper*, May 2003
  • The Master Architect Series VI, John Portman & Associates – Selected and Current Works. Australia: Images Publishing, 2002
  • World Architect Review – Special Issue on John Portman & Associates. China: World Architect Review Agency, April/May 2002
  • Hotel Design, Planning and Development – Walter A. Rutes, Richard H. Penner, and Lawrence Adams. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2001
  • Tall Buildings of Asia and Australia, Edited by Georges Binder. Australia: Images Publishing, 2001
  • “Portman Designs Firm’s International Expansion”, by Mary Jane Credeur, Atlanta Business Chronicle, June 14, 2001
  • “Portman Architecture Now Shaping Charlotte’s Skyline”, by Terry Shropshire, Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2000
  • “John Portman and Associates Commissioned to Design Modern Business University in Hyderabad, India”, DesignArchitecture News, November 2, 2000
  • “Leaders in Developing Atlanta”, by Carol Carter, April 1998
  • John Portman: An Island on an Island – co-authored with Robert M. Craig and Aldo Castellano. Milano, Italy: l’Arcaedizioni, 1997
  • “The Hyatt Turns 30: Under the Blue Dome”, The Atlanta Journal Constitution, May 2, 1997
  • “Designs on India”, by Rashmi Singhal, The Economic Times, April 25, 1997
  • Skyscrapers – Judith Dupre. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 1996
  • “The Lion in Winter”, by Bill Shipp, Georgia Trend, September 1996
  • “Best in Atlanta Real Estate – The Top Deals of 1995 / SunTrust Expansion helps to shore up downtown market”, by Mark Meltzer, The Atlanta Business Chronicle March 1, 1996
  • “Portman in Shanghai”, by Cesare Casati, l’Arca, February 1996
  • “Portman in the Details”, by Jacopo Della Fontana, l’Arca, April 1995
  • “Profile: John Portman”, by Robert Ivy, Architecture, February 1994
  • “China, The New Frontier”, by Stan Ross, Urban Land, January, 1994
  • “Seven Works: John Portman”, Architecture and Urbanism, Tokyo: A+U Publishing,1993
  • “One Peachtree Center”, Architecture and Urbanism, November, 1993
  • “Atlanta Becoming New York of the 21st Century”, by Edward DeMarco, Atlanta Business Chronicle, May 17, 1992
  • “A Chat with the Architect of Atlanta’s Hospitality”, by Karin Pendley Koser, ACVB Industry Report, March 13, 1992
  • “Who’s Who Among Metro Movers and Shakers in 1992 – John C. Portman, Jr.”, Georgia Trend 100, January 1992
  • “John Portman Makes Top 10 of Architects”, by Bo Emerson, The Newsstand, August 6, 1991
  • “Life at the Top”, by Adam Feuerstein, Atlanta Business Chronicle, August 5,1991
  • John Portman – John Portman co-authored with Paolo Riani and Paul Goldberger. Milano, Italy: l’Arcaedizioni, 1990
  • “In the Lap of Luxury”, by Don Birney, Restaurant & Hotel Design, November 1988
  • “10,000 Hotel Rooms A Year”, Progressive Architecture, June 1988
  • “Developer Puts People in the Forefront”, by Roger M. Showley, San Diego Union, March 6, 1988
  • “Grand Hotel”, by Alfred Borcover, Chicago Tribune, 1987
  • “Platinum Circle Awards”, Restaurant & Hotel Design, December 1987
  • “Paradise Within” and “Portman’s Legacy: Buildings May Never Be The Same”, by Laura Dishman, Orlando Sentinel, May 1, 1987
  • “The Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel”, l’Arca, March 1987
  • “A Space Revolution”, by Paul Gapp, Chicago Tribune, February 1987
  • “The New Atrium – Michael J. Bednar, AIA. United States: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1986
  • “Rockefeller Center Renovation: Prometheus Rebounded”, by Mildred F. Schmertz, Architectural Record, September 1986
  • “Portmania”, by Maeve Slavin, Interiors, October 1984
  • “Rockefeller Center Celebrates a New Look”, by Fred Ferretti, The New York Times, May 22, 1984
  • “Disneyland’s for Adults: John Portman Freely Admits He’s Building for the Man in the Street”, by Jane Carmichael, Forbes, September 27, 1982
  • GA 57, Global Architecture – Yukio Futagawa and Paul Goldberger. Tokyo: A.D.A. EDITA, 1981
  • “John Portman, Certain of His Urban Vision, Tries It On New York”, by Chester Goolrick, Wall Street Journal, October 19, 1981
  • “Hotel Chain Built Upon an Architectural Concept”, by A.O. Dean, A.I.A. Journal, July 1978
  • “Evaluation: San Francisco’s Hyatt Regency Hotel as a Spatial Landmark”, by John Pastier, A.I.A. Journal, October 1977
  • “Architecture For People and Not For Things”, Architecture Record, January 1977
  • The Architect as Developer – John Portman co-authored with Jonathan Barnett. New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1976
  • “Hotels: Building Fantasies for Travelers”, Time, March 8, 1976
  • “From Plaza to Portman: Keeping the Customer Satisfied”, Hospitality, September 1975
  • “John Portman: Architect/Visionary”, by Robert Kiener, Hospitality, September 1975
  • GA 28, Global Architecture – Yukio Futagawa & Paul Goldberg. Japan: Books that Matter, 1974
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