Pietro Belluschi
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Pietro Belluschi (August 18, 1899 - February 14, 1994) was an architect, a leader of the Modern Architecture movement, and responsible for the design of over one thousand buildings. He was a principle at the Portland, Oregon architecture firm Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill.
His designs include:
- the Bank of America Center in San Francisco,
- the Juilliard School within the Lincoln Center,
- the Equitable Building in Portland, Oregon, a building in the International style which was the first sheathed in aluminum and first with a completely sealed air-conditioned environment,
- the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco, California (collaborating with Pier Luigi Nervi),
- the Pan Am Building in New York City (with Walter Gropius), and
- the Portland Art Museum.
He also served as dean of the M.I.T. School of Architecture. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects in 1972.
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External links
- Oregon Blue Book biography
- 1983 interview from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art
- Equitable Building