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Pier 99 (Portland, Oregon)

Alternative Title
  • Totem Pole Marina (Portland, Oregon)
Creator Display
  • John W. Storrs (architect, 1920-2003)
  • James G. Pierson (engineer)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • 1960
Description
  • Document: Section 106 Documentation Form, 2008
  • This image is included in Building Oregon: Architecture of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, a digital collection which provides documentation about the architectural heritage of the Pacific Northwest.
View Date
  • 2008
Temporal
  • 1960-1969
MODS Note
  • 'The Totem Pole Marina building is a unique example of a mid century modern thin-shell roof building featuring a wooden hyperbolic paraboloid roof. It was constructed in the spirit of the Northwest Regional Style combing modern technology and design using wood. It is significant as the only known extant wooden hyperbolic-paraboloid roof building in Portland and perhaps Oregon. It is also significant for its association with architect John Storrs and engineer James G. Pierson. Storrs was one of Oregon’s leading mid century architects and Pierson was one of Oregon’s leading structural engineers. According to the Marian Webster Dictionary a hyperbolic paraboloid is defined as a saddle-shaped quadric surface. The Journal of On-line Mathematics says that the name stems from the fact that their vertical cross sections are parabolas, while the horizontal cross sections are more complicated than with an elliptic paraboloid. The elliptic paraboloid is shaped like an oval cup and can hav
Subject
Work Type
Location
Street Address
  • 1441 North Marine Drive
GPS Latitude
  • 45.603676
GPS Longitude
  • -122.681642
Identifier
  • OR_Multnomah_Portland_Pier99.pdf
Provenance
  • University of Oregon Libraries
Institution
Submission Date
  • 05/04/2015
Modified
  • 07/31/2022
Collections

APA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. (24 Apr 2024). Pier 99 (Portland, Oregon) Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67s1975

MLA

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Pier 99 (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. 24 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67s1975

Chicago

Building Oregon, University of Oregon. "Pier 99 (Portland, Oregon)" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-24. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67s1975

Wiki

{{cite web | url= https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df67s1975 | title= Pier 99 (Portland, Oregon) |author= |accessdate= 2024-04-24 |publisher= }}
Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Pierson, James G. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/PiersonJamesG
2 Storrs, John W. http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/creator/StorrsJohnW
3 Keeney, Rosalind Clark, 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94095808
4 Architecture, American http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006700
5 Architecture--United States http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006693
6 showrooms http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300004331
7 architecture (object genre) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300263552
8 built works http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300265418
9 plans (orthographic projections) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034104
10 piers (marine landings) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300120779
11 architectural drawings (visual works) http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300034787
12 office buildings http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300007043
13 exterior views http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300124515
14 United States https://sws.geonames.org/6252001/
15 Multnomah County >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5742126/
16 Portland >> Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington Counties >> Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5746545/
17 Oregon >> United States https://sws.geonames.org/5744337/
18 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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