Architect Norman Perttula’s buildings helped define the mid-century modern look of Northeast Ohio cities
Updated Jan 17, 2021;
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have become familiar presences across Northeast Ohio, contributing to the region’s sense of place.
Perttula’s buildings display a love of big gestures and strong geometric forms that make them stand out as dramatic sculptural objects on suburban campuses or city streets.
His work includes the B.F. Goodrich World Headquarters in Akron, built in 1967-71, and the 1982 Ohio Bell Headquarters building, now known as Ameritech Center or as 45 Erieview Plaza, located at the southeast corner of East Ninth Street and Lakeside Avenue in Cleveland.