| dc.coverage.spatial | Site: Detroit, Michigan, United States | en_US |
| dc.coverage.temporal | 1973-1981 (creation); 2003-2006 (alteration) | en_US |
| dc.creator | Portman, John | en_US |
| dc.creator | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | en_US |
| dc.date | 1973-1981 | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-14T14:39:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-03-14T14:39:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1973-1981 | en_US |
| dc.identifier | 199519 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | archrefid: 1070 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/107281 | |
| dc.description | View looking up at the base of an office tower, showing skylights; "To understand the Renaissance Center, you have to understand the basic situation of Detroit when we started the project. The first time I went, at the request of Mr. Ford, I stayed at the Pontchartrain Hotel. I got out of a taxi, and as I was checking in I was told to not walk on the streets. If I left the hotel, I had to take a taxi to go to a restaurant and when I came out of the restaurant I had to take a taxi back. This was the circumstance in which we found ourselves." -- John Portman, quoted in Diamondstein, 1985, p. 217. "I've been criticized for turning my back on the city and building these great interior spaces, or building a plastic environment so that people don't have to go out to the streets. That criticism is beyond belief. It's like saying you shouldn't build these great spaces in a city even of the people enjoy it ... a city is a great and glorious thing. A city can stand great interior spaces as well as great exterior spaces; it's an orchestration of all kinds of environments that adds variety and interest and excitement to a city." John Portman, quoted in Mullen, 1985, p. 180. | en_US |
| dc.format.medium | glass; steel | en_US |
| dc.rights | © Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc. | en_US |
| dc.subject | architectural exteriors | en_US |
| dc.subject | business, commerce and trade | en_US |
| dc.subject | cityscapes | en_US |
| dc.subject | contemporary (1960 to present) | en_US |
| dc.subject | City planning | en_US |
| dc.subject | urban renewal | en_US |
| dc.subject | Modernist | en_US |
| dc.subject | Brutalist | en_US |
| dc.title | Renaissance Center | en_US |
| dc.type | image | en_US |
| dc.rights.access | Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only | en_US |
| dc.identifier.vendorcode | 1A1-PJ-RC-C6 | en_US |
| vra.culturalContext | American | en_US |
| vra.technique | construction (assembling) | en_US |
| vra.worktype | mixed-use development | en_US |
| dc.contributor.display | John Portman (American architect, born 1924); Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (American architectural firm, founded 1939) | en_US |
