John C. Portman Wins Prestigious Award

Downtown Atlanta

ATLANTA—John C. Portman, Jr. has won the Atlanta Hospitality Alliance’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award recognizes his contributions for the overall architectural look and feel of Atlanta, with a special focus on the hotel sector.

“Atlanta would be a very different city without the vision of John C. Portman, Jr., and the hotel industry would be much more drab,” says David Marvin, president of AHA. “Having designed and built some of this city’s most iconic buildings and hotels, including the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Peachtree Center, SunTrust Plaza and Hyatt Regency Atlanta, Mr. Portman literally has helped architecturally reshape ‘southern hospitality.’  We can think of no better recipient for this inaugural honor.”