Editing Portland Building (section)

==Reception==
In May 1983, the building won an [[American Institute of Architects]] honor award.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor-last=Dickey |editor-first=Norma H. |year= 1984 |encyclopedia=Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia |publisher=Funk & Wagnalls Publishing Company, Inc. |location=[[New York, New York|New York]] | isbn=978-0-8343-0069-9 |title=Yearbook 1984}}</ref>

The building's style remains controversial among Portlanders as well as the entire architecture field.<ref name="thirty"/> In 1990, ''[[The Oregonian]]'' stated "it's hard to find anyone who doesn't like [[Pioneer Courthouse Square]].... it's even harder to find anyone who admits to liking the Portland Building."<ref name="thirty" /> Nearly a quarter century later, ''Oregonian'' columnist [[David Sarasohn]] revisited the theme, noting that the "huge blue tiles, colored glass and odd pastel flourishes meant to evoke early modern French paintings" actually resembled "something designed by a Third World dictator's mistress' art-student brother."<ref>Sarasohn, David (February 5, 2014). "The Portland Building: A Façade Too Weird for Even Portlandia". ''The Oregonian''. p. B4.</ref>

These laypersons' appraisals were bolstered by Italian-born modernist architect [[Pietro Belluschi]], who called the building "totally wrong" and declared: "It's not architecture, it's packaging. I said at the time that there were only two good things about it: 'It will put Portland on the map, architecturally, and it will never be repeated.'"<ref name="thirty" />

Not all commentary has been negative. In the estimation of architectural critic [[Paul Goldberger]]: "For better or for worse, the Portland Building overshadows other things. It is more significant for what it did than how well it does it. It had a profound effect on American architecture and brought a return to classicism that brought us better buildings."<ref name="thirty" />

In October 2009, ''[[Travel + Leisure]]'' magazine called the Portland Building "one of the most hated buildings in America".<ref>{{cite news| first=Bunny| last=Wong| title=The World's Ugliest Buildings| url=http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/the-worlds-ugliest-buildings/1/| magazine=Travel + Leisure| date=October 2009| accessdate=October 18, 2010| archive-date=October 12, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101012091149/http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/the-worlds-ugliest-buildings/1| url-status=live}}</ref>

DLR Group's reconstruction work on the building was recognized with an [[American Architecture Awards|American Architecture Award]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DLR Group Earns Two American Architecture Awards |url=https://www.dlrgroup.com/firm-news/2021-american-architecture-awards/ |access-date=2024-02-14 |website=DLR Group |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214164021/https://www.dlrgroup.com/firm-news/2021-american-architecture-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>