1945/1948
421 SW 6th Avenue, Portland, ORE, USA
Ross B. Hammond
general contractor
J. Donald Kroeker
mechanical engineer
Piero Belluschi
architect
The Equitable Building (now Commonwealth Building) is a 14-story commercial office tower in Portland. It is noted as one of the first glass box towers ever built, pioneering many modern features and predating the more famous Lever House in Manhattan.
Ross B. Hammond
general contractor
J. Donald Kroeker
mechanical engineer
"Equitable builds a leader"
Architectural Forum, 9/1946
Clausen, Meredith L. 1991. "Belluschi and the Equitable Building in History." Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 50 (2): 109-129.
1948. "Equitable builds a leader." Architectural Forum (9): 97-106.