Celebrate 125 Years of Pietro Belluschi
Please join us and panelists Jeff Gianola, Brian Libby, William Willingham, and Anthony Belluschi, to discuss Pietro’s enduring influence on Portland’s built environment and cultural landscape on his 125th birthday. Enjoy light refreshments prior to the panel.
Tickets are $75; emerging professionals and students can purchase at the discounted rate of $40.
Your ticket purchase supports the Portland Art Museum, as well as our partners, the Architecture Foundation of Oregon, Architectural Heritage Center, Oregon Historical Society, and Restore Oregon.
Panelists
Anthony Belluschi, FAIA, has over 50 years of national and international experience in the planning and conceptual design of large-scale commercial, office, residential, and mixed-use developments for owners, developers, and design firms. He has worked on or completed major projects in 25 states and 15 countries overseas. In 1984, Belluschi founded Anthony Belluschi Architects in Chicago, and nearly 20 years later in 2003, formed Belluschi Consulting, an international architectural consulting practice. Then, in 2012 he returned from Chicago to his hometown of Portland, Oregon, with his wife, Marti. He is Chairman Emeritus of the board of trustees of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Currently he is on the Board of Governors of the Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) in Portland. In 2003, in San Diego, Belluschi was honored with fellowship in the American Institute of Architects (FAIA).
Jeff Gianola has been broadcasting the news in Portland for almost 40 years. The evening anchor for KOIN 6 News, Gianola is an award-winning journalist, most recently receiving two Emmys for his series of reports entitled “Is Portland Over?” His past Emmys also include one for Best Anchor in the Pacific Northwest. Gianola is involved in the Portland community, taking part in countless charity events over the years. His dedication to Oregon foster children is reflected in his decades of “Wednesday’s Child” stories, which feature children waiting for adoption.
Brian Libby is a Portland-based freelance writer, photographer, and award-winning filmmaker. His reportage and criticism of design, film, art, and culture has been published in the New York Times, Metropolis, the Christian Science Monitor, Dwell, the Oregonian, Premiere, and Architectural Record, among others. He is also the author of Tales From the Oregon Ducks Sideline, a history of University of Oregon football published in 2007. He writes and edits the blog Portland Architecture, covering local design. Born in Eugene and raised in McMinnville, Libby is a 1995 graduate of New York University.
William F. Willingham, Ph.D., has taught at the college level for 11 years, served as District and Division Historian for the Corps of Engineers for 15 years, and spent 12 years as an independent consulting historian. He has written widely in the fields of Pacific Northwest history, historic preservation, historic architecture, and water resources development. Major publications include Waterpower in the Wilderness: A History of the Bonneville Lock and Dam, Northwest Passages: A History of the Seattle District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Starting Over: Community Building on the Eastern Oregon Frontier. He also has written numerous scholarly articles, reviews, consultant reports, and professional papers.
