PIETRO

BELLUSCHI
§ Aug. 18, 1899- Feb. 14, 1994
§ Nationality: Italian- American
§ He fathered 2 children with
his first wife Helen Hemmila
(died 1962) & remarried in
1965 to Marjorie.
§ Modernist architect
§ Known as a key innovator in the development of
an Elegant Modernism
§ 1922- Graduated in University of Rome as Civil
Engineer
§ Cornell University- continue his CE studies on a
scholarship right after he graduated
§ He practiced architecture until 1950
§ He become a draftsman as the start of his
architectural career.
§ Also became a dean of the school of
Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology
§Retires in 1965 but continue to lecture and
served as an adviser
§Designed over 1,000 buildings.
 AWARDS

§AIA Gold Medal (1972)

§Twenty- five Year Award (1982)
§National Medal Awards (1991)
FAMOUS WORKS
1. PORTLAND ART MUSEUM in Portland, Oregon
2. COMMONWEALTH BUILDING in Portland,
Oregon
3. TEMPLE B’RITH KODESH in Rochester, New York
4. Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in San
Francisco, California
 ARCHITECTURAL STYLE
§ Pacific Northwest Regionalism
 DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

“ WE NEVER COULD DESIGN A BUILDING

AS BEAUTIFUL AS THE TREE.”