America's Favorite Architecture
"America's Favorite Architecture" is a list of buildings and other structures identified as the most popular works of architecture in the United States.
In 2006 and 2007, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) sponsored research to identify the most popular works of architecture in the United States. Harris Interactive conducted the study by first polling a sample of the AIA membership and later polling a sample of the public.[1]
In the first phase of the study, 2,448 AIA members were interviewed and asked to identify their "favorite" structures. Each was asked to name up to 20 structures in each of 15 defined categories. The 248 structures that were named by at least six of the AIA members were then included in a list of structures to be included in the next phase, a survey of the general public. The survey of the public involved a total of 2,214 people, each of whom rated many photographs of buildings and other structures drawn from the list of 248 structures that had been created by polling the architects. The public's preferences were ranked using a "likeability" scale developed for the study.[1][2]
As part of the commemoration of the organization's 150th anniversary in 2007, the AIA announced the list of the 150 highest-ranked structures as "America's Favorite Architecture". New York City is the location of 32 structures on the list, more than any other place. Of the 10 top-ranked structures, 6 are in Washington, DC, which is the location of 17 of the 150 structures on the complete list.[2] Chicago has 16 structures on the list.
The 150 top-ranked structures are listed below.[3]
List of "America's Favorites"[]
Rank |
Structure | City | State | Architect(s) | Built | Style | Picture |
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1 | Empire State Building | New York | NY | William F. Lamb | 1930–31 | Art Deco | ![]() |
2 | The White House | Washington | DC | James Hoban | 1792–1800 | Neoclassical | ![]() |
3 | Washington National Cathedral | Washington | DC | George Frederick Bodley, Henry Vaughan and Philip H. Frohman | 1906–88 | Gothic Revival | ![]() |
4 | Jefferson Memorial | Washington | DC | John Russell Pope | 1939–43 | Neoclassical | ![]() |
5 | Golden Gate Bridge | San Francisco | CA | Irving F. Morrow and Gertrude C. Morrow | 1933–37 | Art Deco | ![]() |
6 | United States Capitol | Washington | DC | William Thornton | 1793–1962 | Neoclassical | ![]() |
7 | Lincoln Memorial | Washington | DC | Henry Bacon | 1914–22 | Greek Revival | |
8 | Biltmore Estate | Asheville | NC | Richard Morris Hunt; Frederick Law Olmsted | 1889–95 | Châteauesque | ![]() |
9 | Chrysler Building | New York | NY | William Van Alen | 1928–30 | Art Deco | ![]() |
10 | Vietnam Veterans Memorial | Washington | DC | Maya Lin | 1982 | Modern | ![]() |
11 | St. Patrick's Cathedral | New York | NY | James Renwick | 1858–78 | Gothic Revival | ![]() |
12 | Washington Monument | Washington | DC | Robert Mills | 1848–54 | Egyptian Revival | ![]() |
13 | Grand Central Terminal | New York | NY | Reed and Stem; Warren and Wetmore | 1903–13 | Beaux-Arts | ![]() |
14 | Gateway Arch | St. Louis | MO | Eero Saarinen | 1963–65 | Modern | ![]() |
15 | Supreme Court of the United States | Washington | DC | Cass Gilbert | 1932–35 | Neoclassical | |
16 | St. Regis | New York | NY | Trowbridge & Livingston | 1904 | Beaux-Arts | ![]() |
17 | Metropolitan Museum of Art | New York | NY | Calvert Vaux; McKim, Mead & White; Richard Morris Hunt; Kevin Roche; John Dinkeloo | 1895– 2012 | Beaux-Arts | ![]() |
18 | Hotel Del Coronado | Coronado | CA | James W. Reid | 1888 | Victorian | ![]() |
19 | World Trade Center (original towers) | New York | NY | Minoru Yamasaki | 1966–75 | Modern | ![]() |
20 | Brooklyn Bridge | New York | NY | John Augustus Roebling | 1869-83 | Gothic Revival | ![]() |
21 | Philadelphia City Hall | Philadelphia | PA | John McArthur Jr. | 1871–1901 | Second Empire | ![]() |
22 | Bellagio Hotel and Casino | Las Vegas | NV | ; | 1995–98 | Italianate | ![]() |
23 | Cathedral of St. John the Divine | New York | NY | Heins & La Farge; Ralph Adams Cram | 1892–1911 | Gothic Revival | ![]() |
24 | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Philadelphia | PA | Horace Trumbauer, Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary | 1919–28 | Neoclassical | ![]() |
25 | Trinity Church | Boston | MA | Henry Hobson Richardson | 1872–77 | Richardsonian Romanesque | ![]() |
26 | Ahwahnee Hotel | Yosemite Valley | CA | Gilbert Stanley Underwood | 1926–27 | National Park Service Rustic | ![]() |
27 | Monticello | Charlottesville | VA | Thomas Jefferson | 1768–1826 | Georgian | |
28 | Library of Congress | Washington | DC | John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz | 1890–97 | Beaux-Arts | ![]() |
29 | Fallingwater | Mill Run | PA | Frank Lloyd Wright | 1936–39 | Modern/Organic | ![]() |
30 | Taliesin | Spring Green | WI | Frank Lloyd Wright | 1911–59 | Prairie School | ![]() |
31 | Wrigley Field | Chicago | IL | Zachary Taylor Davis | 1911–14 | Jewel Box Stadium | ![]() |
32 | Wanamaker's Department Store | Philadelphia | PA | Daniel Burnham | 1876 | Neo-Renaissance | ![]() |
33 | Rose Center for Earth and Space | New York | NY | James Stewart Polshek | 2000 | Structural Expressionist / Postmodern | ![]() |
34 | National Gallery of Art (West Building) | Washington | DC | John Russell Pope | 1938–41 | Neoclassical | ![]() |
35 | Allegheny County Courthouse | Pittsburgh | PA | Henry Hobson Richardson | 1883–88 | Richardsonian Romanesque | ![]() |
36 | Old Faithful Inn | Yellowstone National Park | WY | Robert Reamer | 1903–27 | National Park Service Rustic | ![]() |
37 | Washington Union Station | Washington | DC | Daniel Burnham | 1908–89 | Beaux-Arts | ![]() |
38 | Tribune Tower | Chicago | IL | John Mead Howells; Raymond Hood | 1923–25 | Gothic Revival | ![]() |
39 | Delano Hotel | Miami Beach | FL | Robert Swartburg; Philippe Starck (interior) | 1947–94 | Art Deco | ![]() |
40 | Union Station | St. Louis | MO | Theodore C. Link | 1892 | Romanesque | ![]() |
41 | Hearst Residence | San Simeon | CA | Julia Morgan | 1919–1947 | Spanish Revival | ![]() |
42 | Willis (formerly Sears) Tower | Chicago | IL | Fazlur Rahman Khan Bruce Graham | 1970–74 | Modern | ![]() |
43 | Thomas Crane Public Library | Quincy | MA | Henry Hobson Richardson | 1881–82 | Richardsonian Romanesque | |
44 | Woolworth Building | New York | NY | Cass Gilbert | 1910–12 | Gothic Revival | |
45 | Cincinnati Union Terminal | Cincinnati | OH | Fellheimer & Wagner | 1928–33 | Art Deco | ![]() |
46 | Waldorf Astoria | New York | NY | Schultze & Weaver | 1929–31 | Art Deco | ![]() |
47 | New York Public Library | New York | NY | Carrère and Hastings | 1897–1911 | Beaux-Arts | ![]() |
48 | Carnegie Hall | New York | NY | William B. Tuthill; Richard Morris Hunt and Dankmar Adler, consulting architects | 1890–91 | Italianate | ![]() |
49 | San Francisco City Hall | San Francisco | CA | Arthur Brown, Jr. | 1913–16 | Beaux-Arts | ![]() |
50 | Virginia State Capitol | Richmond | VA | Thomas Jefferson | 1785–88 | Neoclassical | ![]() |
51 | Cadet Chapel, Air Force Academy | Colorado Springs | CO | Walter Netsch | 1959–62 | Futurist | ![]() |
52 | Field Museum of Natural History | Chicago | IL | Daniel Burnham and Graham, Anderson, Probst and White | 1915–21 | Neoclassical | ![]() |
53 | Apple, 5th Avenue | New York | NY | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson | 2005–06 | Structural Expressionist | ![]() |
54 | Fisher Fine Arts Library | Philadelphia | PA | Frank Furness | 1888–90 | Victorian | ![]() |
55 | Mauna Kea Beach Hotel | Kohala Coast | HI | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill | 1965 | Modern | ![]() |
56 | Rockefeller Center | New York | NY | , Corbett, Harrison & Macmurray, Raymond Hood, | 1930–39 | Art Deco | |
57 | Denver International Airport | Denver | CO | Fentress Bradburn Architects | 1989–95 | Postmodern | ![]() |
58 | Ames Free Library | North Easton | MA | Henry Hobson Richardson | 1877–79 | Richardsonian Romanesque | |
59 | Milwaukee Art Museum | Milwaukee | WI | Santiago Calatrava | 1994–2001 | Postmodern | ![]() |
60 | Thorncrown Chapel | Eureka Springs | AR | E. Fay Jones | 1980 | Prairie School | ![]() |
61 | Transamerica Pyramid | San Francisco | CA | William Pereira | 1969–72 | Modern | ![]() |
62 | 333 Wacker Drive | Chicago | IL | Kohn Pedersen Fox | 1979–83 | Modern | ![]() |
63 | Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum | Washington | DC | Gyo Obata | 1972–76 | Modern | ![]() |
64 | Faneuil Hall | Boston | MA | Benjamin Thompson | 1740–42 | Georgian | |
65 | Crystal Cathedral | Garden Grove | CA | Philip Johnson | 1977–80 | Structural Expressionist / Postmodern | ![]() |
66 | Gamble House | Pasadena | CA | Greene and Greene | 1908–09 | American Craftsman | ![]() |
67 | Nebraska State Capitol | Lincoln | NE | Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue | 1922–32 | Art Deco / Neoclassical | ![]() |
68 | New York Times Building | New York | NY | Renzo Piano | 2003–07 | Structural Expressionist | ![]() |
69 | Salt Lake City Public Library | Salt Lake City | UT | Moshe Safdie | 2000–03 | Structural Expressionist / Postmodern | ![]() |
70 | Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan Hotels | Lake Buena Vista | FL | Michael Graves | 1987–88 | Postmodern | ![]() |
71 | Hearst Tower | New York | NY | Norman Foster | 2003–06 | Structural Expressionist | |
72 | Flatiron Building | New York | NY | Daniel Burnham | 1902 | Beaux-Arts / Chicago school | ![]() |
73 | Lake Point Tower | Chicago | IL | 1965–68 | Modern | ![]() | |
74 | Guggenheim Museum | New York | NY | Frank Lloyd Wright | 1956–59 | Modern | ![]() |
75 | Union Station | Los Angeles | CA | The Parkinsons | 1939 | Spanish Revival | ![]() |
76 | Willard Hotel | Washington | DC | Henry Janeway Hardenbergh | 1901 | Beaux-Arts | ![]() |
77 | Sever Hall, Harvard University | Cambridge | MA | Henry Hobson Richardson | 1878–80 | Richardsonian Romanesque | ![]() |
78 | Broadmoor Hotel | Colorado Springs | CO | Warren & Wetmore | 1918 | Spanish Revival | ![]() |
79 | Ronald Reagan Building | Washington | DC | James Ingo Freed | 1989–98 | Postmodern, neotraditionalist | ![]() |
80 | Phillips Exeter Academy Library | Exeter | NH | Louis Kahn | 1965–71 | Modern | ![]() |
81 | The Plaza Hotel | New York | NY | Henry J. Hardenbergh | 1905–07 | Beaux-Arts | ![]() |
82 | Sofitel Chicago Water Tower | Chicago | IL | Jean-Paul Viguier | 2002 | Postmodern | ![]() |
83 | Glessner House | Chicago | IL | Henry Hobson Richardson | 1886–87 | Richardsonian Romanesque | |
84 | Yankee Stadium (1923) (demolished) | New York | NY | Osborn Architects & Engineers | 1922–23 | Jewel Box Stadium | ![]() |
85 | Harold Washington Library | Chicago | IL | 1988–91 | Postmodern | ![]() | |
86 | Lincoln Center | New York | NY | Wallace Harrison, Philip Johnson and others | 1955–69 | Modern | ![]() |
87 | The Dakota Apartments | New York | NY | Henry Janeway Hardenbergh | 1880–84 | Neo-Renaissance | ![]() |
88 | Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago | IL | Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge | 1893 | Beaux-Arts | ![]() |
89 | Fairmont Hotel | San Francisco | CA | Reid & Reid | 1907 | Beaux-Arts | ![]() |
90 | Boston Public Library | Boston | MA | Charles Follen McKim | 1887–95 | Renaissance Revival | ![]() |
91 | Hollywood Bowl | Los Angeles | CA | Lloyd Wright | 1929–2004 | Expressionist | ![]() |
92 | Texas State Capitol | Austin | TX | Elijah E. Myers | 1885–88 | Neo-Renaissance | ![]() |
93 | Fontainebleau | Miami Beach | FL | Morris Lapidus | 1954 | Modern | ![]() |
94 | Legal Research Building, University of Michigan | Ann Arbor | MI | York and Sawyer | 1924–33 | Gothic Revival | |
95 | Getty Center | Los Angeles | CA | Richard Meier | 1989–97 | Modern | ![]() |
96 | High Museum | Atlanta | GA | Richard Meier | 1980–83 | Modern | ![]() |
97 | Federal Building and United States Courthouse | Central Islip | NY | Richard Meier | 1996–2000 | Modern | ![]() |
98 | Humana Building | Louisville | KY | Michael Graves | 1982–85 | Postmodern | ![]() |
99 | Disney Concert Hall | Los Angeles | CA | Frank Gehry | 1999–2003 | Postmodern / "Blobitecture" | ![]() |
100 | Radio City Music Hall | New York | NY | Edward Durell Stone | 1931–32 | Art Deco | ![]() |
101 | Paul Brown Stadium | Cincinnati | OH | NBBJ | 1998–2000 | Postmodern | ![]() |
102 | United Airlines Terminal 1, O'Hare Airport | Chicago | IL | Helmut Jahn | 1985–87 | Postmodern | ![]() |
103 | Hyatt Regency Atlanta | Atlanta | GA | John C. Portman, Jr. | 1967 | Modern | ![]() |
104 | Oracle Park | San Francisco | CA | Populous | 1997–2000 | Retro ballpark | ![]() |
105 | Time Warner Center | New York | NY | David Childs | 2000–03 | Modern | |
106 | Washington Metro | Washington | DC | Harry Weese | 1969–76 | Brutalist | ![]() |
107 | IDS Center (IDS Tower) | Minneapolis | MN | Philip Johnson | 1969–72 | Modern | ![]() |
108 | Seattle Central Library | Seattle | WA | Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus | 2002–04 | Structural Expressionist | ![]() |
109 | San Francisco Museum of Modern Art | San Francisco | CA | Mario Botta | 1992–95 | Postmodern | ![]() |
110 | Union Station | Chicago | IL | Daniel Burnham and Graham, Anderson, Probst and White | 1913–25 | ![]() | |
111 | United Nations Headquarters | New York | NY | Wallace Harrison and others | 1948–52 | Modern | ![]() |
112 | National Building Museum | Washington | DC | Montgomery C. Meigs | 1882–87 | Renaissance Revival | ![]() |
113 | Fenway Park | Boston | MA | James E. McLaughlin | 1911–12 | ![]() | |
114 | Dana–Thomas House | Springfield | IL | Frank Lloyd Wright | 1902–04 | Prairie School | ![]() |
115 | TWA Flight Center, JFK Airport | New York | NY | Eero Saarinen | 1959–62 | Modern / Expressionist | ![]() |
116 | The Athenaeum | New Harmony | IN | Richard Meier | 1979 | ![]() | |
117 | Walker Art Center | Minneapolis | MN | Edward Larrabee Barnes; Herzog & de Meuron | 1969–71, 2005 | ![]() | |
118 | American Airlines Center | Dallas | TX | David M. Schwarz | 1991–2001 | Neotraditionalist | ![]() |
119 | Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa | Phoenix | AZ | Albert Chase McArthur with Frank Lloyd Wright consulting | 1929 | ![]() | |
120 | Los Angeles Central Library | Los Angeles | CA | Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue | 1926 | ![]() | |
121 | San Francisco International Airport | San Francisco | CA | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, , | 1995–2000 | ![]() | |
122 | Camden Yards | Baltimore | MD | Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum | 1989–92 | ![]() | |
123 | Taliesin West | Scottsdale | AZ | Frank Lloyd Wright | 1937 | ![]() | |
124 | United States Holocaust Museum | Washington | DC | James Ingo Freed, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners | 1988–93 | ||
125 | Citicorp Center | New York | NY | Hugh Stubbins & Associates; Emery Roth & Sons | 1974–77 | ![]() | |
126 | V. C. Morris Gift Shop | San Francisco | CA | Frank Lloyd Wright | 1948 | Organic | ![]() |
127 | Union Station | Kansas City | MO | Jarvis Hunt | 1914 | Beaux-Arts architecture | ![]() |
128 | Rookery Building | Chicago | IL | Burnham and Root | 1888 | Chicago school | ![]() |
129 | Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art | Minneapolis | MN | Frank Gehry | 1993 | Postmodern / "Blobitecture" | ![]() |
130 | Douglas House | Harbor Springs | MI | Richard Meier | 1965–67 | Modern | |
131 | Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House | Los Angeles | CA | Frank Lloyd Wright | 1919–21 | ![]() | |
132 | Pennzoil Place | Houston | TX | Philip Johnson | 1976 | Postmodern | ![]() |
133 | Royalton Hotel | New York | NY | Rossiter & Wright; Philippe Starck | 1898, 1988 | ![]() | |
134 | Astrodome | Houston | TX | Hermon Lloyd & W. B. Morgan, and Wilson, Morris, Crain and Anderson | 1962–65 | ![]() | |
135 | T-Mobile Park | Seattle | WA | 1997–99 | ![]() | ||
136 | Corning Museum of Glass | Corning | NY | Gunnar Birkerts | 1976–1980 | ![]() | |
137 | 30th Street Station | Philadelphia | PA | Graham, Anderson, Probst and White | 1927–33 | Neoclassical | ![]() |
138 | Robie House | Chicago | IL | Frank Lloyd Wright | 1909–10 | Prairie School | ![]() |
139 | Williams (formerly Transco) Tower | Houston | TX | Philip Johnson | 1981–83 | Postmodern | ![]() |
140 | Stahl House (Case Study House #22) | Los Angeles | CA | Pierre Koenig | 1959–60 | Mid-century modern | ![]() |
141 | Apple, SoHo | New York | NY | Bohlin Cywinski Jackson | 2002 | ![]() | |
142 | John Hancock Tower | Boston | MA | Henry N. Cobb | 1968–76 | ![]() | |
143 | Pennsylvania Station (demolished) | New York | NY | McKim, Mead & White | 1904–10 | ![]() | |
144 | Hyatt Regency | San Francisco | CA | John Portman | 1973 | Postmodern | ![]() |
145 | Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building | Chicago | IL | Louis Sullivan | 1899 | Chicago school | ![]() |
146 | Museum of Modern Art | New York | NY | Philip Johnson | 1939 | ![]() | |
147 | Auditorium Building | Chicago | IL | Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan | 1887–89 | Chicago school | ![]() |
148 | Brown Palace Hotel | Denver | CO | Frank Edbrooke | 1892 | ||
149 | Ingalls Rink, Yale University | New Haven | CT | Eero Saarinen | 1953–58 | Modern | ![]() |
150 | Battle Hall, UT Austin | Austin | TX | Cass Gilbert | 1911 | Spanish-Mediterranean Revival | ![]() |
Criticisms[]
When it was released, critics observed that the list of "favorites" did not reflect the judgments of architectural “experts”. Upon the list's release, AIA president R.K. Stewart acknowledged that the rankings did not represent architects' professional judgments, but instead reflected people's "emotional connections" to buildings.[4] Buildings named by critics as being some that architects consider to be highly significant, but that did not achieve top 150 ranking in the public survey, included the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, designed by Louis Kahn; the Inland Steel and John Hancock buildings in Chicago; Washington Dulles International Airport in Chantilly, Virginia, designed by Eero Saarinen; and the Seagram Building in New York City, designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.[4][5] John King of the San Francisco Chronicle pointed out that in 1991 the AIA had named Eero Saarinen's design for Dulles Airport as one of ten "all-time works of American architects." King noted that the public's ratings were based on seeing just one photo of each building, and pointed out that "There's more to architecture than a picture can convey."[4]
Structures ranked below the top 150[]
The 98 buildings that were listed by architects as significant, but did not rank in the top 150 in the public vote, were:[4]
- 860–880 Lake Shore Drive Apartments – Chicago, Illinois
- American Folk Art Museum – New York City
- Art & Architecture Building – Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- Baker House – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Beinecke Rare Book Library – Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- Beth Sholom Synagogue – Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
- Boston City Hall – Boston, Massachusetts
- Bradbury Building – Los Angeles, California
- Burton Barr Library – Phoenix Public Library, Phoenix, Arizona
- Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts – Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels – Los Angeles
- Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption – San Francisco
- CBS Headquarters/ Black Rock – New York City
- Yale Center for British Art/Museum of British Art – Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- Chapel/W15 – Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Chapel of St. Ignatius – Seattle University, Seattle
- Crown Hall – Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago
- Dallas City Hall – Dallas, Texas
- Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport – Dallas, Texas
- M. H. de Young Memorial Museum – San Francisco
- Denver Art Museum – Denver, Colorado
- Denver Public Library – Denver, Colorado
- Eames House – Pacific Palisades, California
- Ennis House/Ennis-Brown House – Los Angeles
- Esherick House – Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania
- Experience Music Project – Seattle
- Farnsworth House – Plano, Illinois
- First Christian Church – Columbus, Indiana
- First Church of Christ Scientist – Berkeley, California
- First Unitarian Church of Rochester – Rochester, New York
- Ford Foundation Building – New York City
- Frank Gehry Residence – Santa Monica, California
- Freer Gallery of Art – Washington, DC
- Genzyme Center – Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Gropius House – Lincoln, Massachusetts
- Guaranty Building – Buffalo, New York
- Horton Plaza – San Diego
- IBM Building – Chicago
- Inland Steel Building – Chicago
- Jacobs Field – Cleveland, Ohio
- John Deere World Headquarters – Moline, Illinois
- John Hancock Center – Chicago
- Johnson Wax Building – Racine, Wisconsin
- Kaufmann Desert House – Palm Springs, California
- Kimbell Art Museum – Fort Worth, Texas
- Kings Road House – West Hollywood, California
- Larkin Administration Building – Buffalo, New York
- Lever House – New York City
- Lovell Beach House – Newport Beach, California
- R. H. Macy and Company Store (building) – New York City
- Marin County Civic Center – San Rafael, California
- Marshall Field and Company Building – Chicago
- Menil Collection – Houston, Texas
- Minneapolis Central Library – Minneapolis
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth – Fort Worth, Texas
- Monadnock Building – Chicago
- Morgan Library & Museum – New York City
- Mount Angel Library – Mount Angel, Oregon
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
- Nasher Sculpture Center – Dallas
- National Gallery of Art (East Wing) – Washington, DC
- North Christian Church – Columbus, Indiana
- Oakland Museum of California – Oakland, California
- O'Hare International Airport – Chicago
- Peabody Terrace – Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Petco Park (San Diego Padres) – San Diego
- Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building/PSFS – Philadelphia
- Philip Johnson's Glass House – New Canaan, Connecticut
- Prada – Los Angeles
- Prada – 575 Broadway, New York City
- Price Tower – Bartlesville, Oklahoma
- Rachofsky House – Dallas, Texas
- REI Flagship Store, Seattle
- Reliance Building – Chicago
- Richards Medical Research Laboratories – Philadelphia
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport – Arlington, Virginia
- Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art – Cincinnati
- Salk Institute – La Jolla, California
- San Francisco Public Library – San Francisco
- Sandra Day O'Connor United States Courthouse – Phoenix, Arizona
- Seagram's Building – New York City
- Frederick J. Smith House – Darien, Connecticut
- Soldier Field – Chicago
- Sony Plaza (AT&T Corporate Headquarters) – New York City
- Staples Center – Los Angeles
- Superdome – New Orleans
- Tiffany and Company Building – New York City
- Unity Temple – Oak Park, Illinois
- University of Phoenix Stadium (Arizona Cardinals Stadium) – Glendale, Arizona
- Vanna Venturi House – Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania
- Wainwright Building – St. Louis, Missouri
- Washington Dulles International Airport – Chantilly, Virginia
- Wexner Center for the Arts – Ohio State University – Columbus, Ohio
- Whitney Museum – New York City
- William J. Clinton Presidential Library – Little Rock, Arkansas
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b American Institute of Architects, "About this Exhibit", FavoriteArchitecture.org website Archived May 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b American Institute of Architects Releases Poll Showing "America's Favorite Architecture" Archived September 13, 2012, at WebCite, Building Online, March 15, 2007
- ^ American Institute of Architects, FavoriteArchitecture.org website Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d John King, When it comes to the tops in architecture, it's all about how it makes people feel, San Francisco Chronicle, February 13, 2007
- ^ Alex Frangos, Americans' Favorite Buildings, The Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2007
External links[]
- FavoriteArchitecture.org (Flash-based interactive photo exhibit of the listed buildings)
- AIA 150, NPR.org (text-based list)
- Americans' Favorite Buildings, The Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2007 (illustrated sortable list)
- America's Favorite Architecture on AIA Archiblog
- Lists of buildings and structures in the United States
- Opinion polling in the United States