Pietro Belluschi

Pietro Belluschi (August 18, 1899 - February 14, 1994) was an architect, a leader of the Modern Architecture movement, and responsible for the design of over one thousand buildings.

His designs include:

• the Bank of America Center in San Francisco,
• the Juilliard School within the Lincoln Center,
• the Equitable Building in Portland, Oregon, a building in the International style which was the first sheathed in aluminum and first with a completely sealed air-conditioned environment,
• the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco, California (colaborating with Pier Luigi Nervi),
• the Pan Am Building in New York City (with Walter Gropius), and
• the Portland Art Museum.

He also served as dean of the M.I.T. School of Architecture. He was awarded the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects in 1972.

External links

• Oregon Blue Book biography
• 1983 interview from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art
• Equitable Building