Michael Graves: The Portland Building

Presented as part of Revisiting Postmodernism, a digital archive of talks held at The Architectural League by leading theorists and practitioners of 1980s postmodernism.

Michael Graves discussed the Portland Building, one of the icons of postmodernism, in this lecture presented shortly after the building’s completion.

The League’s Digital Archive Project is made possible by contributions from the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.