CTBUH 2009 Chicago Conference - John Portman, "From an Architect-Developer's Perspective"

Thursday 22nd October 2009. Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. John Portman, Founding Principal, John Portman & Associates, Atlanta, presents at the CTBUH 2009 Chicago Conference. John Portman is the recipient of the CTBUH 2009 Lynn S. Beedle lifetime achievement award, which will be conferred at the awards dinner during the conference. John's work spans five decades and much of the globe, from the major regeneration projects of his home city of Atlanta, to major tall projects in China and Korea. We hear the unique perspective of both an architect and a developer on building tall over the last 40 years, with commentary on where we're heading into the future.