America's Favourite Architecture |
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010 13:23 |
Dim lights Embed Embed this video on your site In 2006 and 2007, theAmerican Institute of Architects(AIA) sponsored research to identify the most popular works ofarchitecturein theUnited States.The results are:
1 - Empire State Building - New York, NY - William F. Lamb 2 - The White House - Washington, DC - James Hoban 3 - Washington National Cathedral - Washington, DC - George Frederick Bodley and Henry Vaughan 4 - Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, DC - John Russell Pope 5 - Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, CA - Irving F. Morrow and Gertrude C. Morrow 6 - United States Capitol - Washington, DC - William Thornton 7 - Lincoln Memorial - Washington, DC - Henry Bacon 8 - Biltmore Estates/Vanderbilt Residence - Asheville, NC - Richard Morris Hunt 9 - Chrysler Building, New York, NY - William Van Alen 10 - Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Washington, DC - Maya Lin 11 - St. Patrick's Cathedral - New York, NY - James Renwick 12 - Washington Monument - Washington, DC - Robert Mills 13 - Grand Central Terminal - New York, NY - Reed and Stem;Warren and Wetmore 14 - Gateway Arch - St. Louis, MO - Eero Saarinen 15 - Supreme Court of the United States - Washington, DC - Cass Gilbert 16 - St. Regis - New York, NY - Trowbridge & Livingston Beaux-Arts 17 - Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York, NY - Calvert Vaux; McKim, Mead & White; Richard Morris Hunt;Kevin Roche; John Dinkeloo 18 - Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, CA - James Reid 19 - World Trade Center - New York, NY - Minoru Yamasaki 20 - Brooklyn Bridge - New York, NY - John Augustus Roebling 21 - Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, PA - John McArthur Jr. 22 - Bellagio Hotel and Casino - Las Vegas, NV - Deruyter Butler; Atlandia Design 23 - Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY - Heins & La Farge; Ralph Adams Cram 24 - Philadelphia Museum of Art - Philadelphia, PA - Horace Trumbauer, Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary 25 - Trinity Church - Boston, MA - Henry Hobson Richardson 26 - Ahwahnee Hotel - Yosemite Valley, CA - Gilbert Stanley Underwood 27 - Monticello - Charlottesville, VA - Thomas Jefferson 28 - Library of Congress - Washington, DC - John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz 29 - Fallingwater - Mill Run, PA - Frank Lloyd Wright 30 - Taliesin - Spring Green, WI - Frank Lloyd Wright 31 - Wrigley Field - Chicago, IL - Zachary Taylor Davis 32 - Wanamaker's Department Store - Philadelphia, PA - Daniel Burnham 33 - Rose Center for Earth and Space - New York,NY - James Stewart Polshek 34 - National Gallery of Art (West Wing) - Washington, DC - John Russell Pope 35 - Allegheny County Courthouse - Pittsburgh, PA - Henry Hobson Richardson 36 - Old Faithful Inn - Yellowstone National Park, WY - Robert Reamer 37 - Union Station - Washington, DC - Daniel Burnham 38 - Tribune Tower - Chicago, IL - John Mead Howells;Raymond Hood 39 - Delano Hotel - Miami Beach, FL - Robert Swartburg; Philippe Starck (interior) 40 - Union Station - St. Louis, MO - Theodore C. Link 41 - Hearst Residence - San Simeon, CA - Julia Morgan 42 - Willis Tower(a.k.a. the Sears Tower) - Chicago, IL - Skidmore, Owings and Merrill 43 - Thomas Crane Public Library - Quincy, MA - Henry Hobson Richardson 44 - Woolworth Building - New York, NY - Cass Gilbert 45 - Cincinnati Union Terminal - Cincinnati, OH - Alfred Fellheimer and Stewart Wagner 46 - Waldorf Astoria - New York, NY - Schultze & Weaver 47 - New York Public Library - New York, NY 48 - Carnegie Hall - New York NY - William B. Tuthill; Richard Morris Hunt and Dankmar Adler 49 - San Francisco City Hall - San Francisco CA - Arthur Brown, Jr. 50 - Virginia State Capitol - Richmond VA - Thomas Jefferson 51 - Cadet Chapel, Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs CO - Walter Netsch 52 - Field Museum of Natural History - Chicago IL 53 - Apple, 5th Avenue - New York NY - Bohlin Cywinski Jackson 54 - Furness Library, U. Penn. - Philadelphia PA - Frank Furness 55 - Mauna Kea Beach Hotel - Kohala Coast HI - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 56 - Rockefeller Center - New York NY 57 - Denver International Airport - Denver CO - Fentress Bradburn Architects 58 - Ames Free Library, North Easton MA - Henry Hobson Richardson 59 - Milwaukee Art Museum - Milwaukee WI - Santiago Calatrava 60 - Thorncrown Chapel - Eureka Springs AR - E. Fay Jones 61 - Transamerica Pyramid, San Francisco CA - William Pereira 62 - 333 Wacker Drive - Chicago IL 63 - Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum - Washington DC - I.M. Pei 64 - Faneuil Hall Marketplace - Boston MA - Benjamin Thompson 65 - Crystal Cathedral - Garden Grove CA - Philip Johnson 66 - Gamble House - Pasadena CA - Greene and Greene 67 - Nebraska State Capitol - Lincoln NE - Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue 68 - New York Times Building - New York NY - Renzo Piano 69 - Salt Lake City Public Library - Salt Lake City UT - Moshe Safdie 70 - Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan Hotels - Lake Buena Vista FL - Michael Graves 71 - Hearst Tower- New York NY 72 - Flatiron Building - New York NY 73 - Lake Point Tower - Chicago IL 74 - Guggenheim Museum - New York NY - Frank Lloyd Wright 75 - Union Station - Los Angeles CA 76 - Willard Hotel - Washington DC 77 - Sever Hall, Harvard University - Cambridge MA - Henry Hobson Richardson 78 - Broadmoor Hotel - Colorado Springs CO 79 - Ronald Reagan Building - Washington DC 80 - Phillips Exeter Academy Library - Exeter NH 81 - The Plaza Hotel - New York NY 82 - Sofitel - Chicago IL 83 - Glessner House - Chicago IL 84 - Yankee Stadium (1923) - New York NY 85 - Harold Washington Library - Chicago IL 86 - Lincoln Center - New York NY 87 - The Dakota Apartments - New York NY 88 - Art Institute of Chicago - Chicago IL 89 - Fairmont Hotel - San Francisco CA 90 - Boston Public Library - Boston MA - Charles Follen McKim 91 - Hollywood Bowl - Los Angeles CA 92 - Texas State Capitol - Austin TX 93 - Fontainebleau - Miami Beach FL 94 - Legal Research Building, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor MI 95 - Getty Center - Los Angeles CA - Richard Meier 96 - High Museum - Atlanta GA - Richard Meier 97 - Federal Building and United States Courthouse - Central Islip NY - Richard Meier 98 - Humana Building - Louisville KY - Michael Graves 99 - Disney Concert Hall - Los Angeles CA - Frank Gehry 100 - Radio City Music Hall - New York NY - Edward Durell Stonete-space: pre;"> 101 - Paul Brown Stadium - Cincinnati OH 102 - United Airlines Terminal, O'Hare Airport - Chicago IL - Helmut Jahn 103 - Hyatt Regency Atlanta - Atlanta GA - John C. Portman, Jr. 104 - AT&T Park (San Francisco Giants Stadium) - San Francisco CA 105 - Time Warner Center - New York NY - David Childs 106 - Washington Metro - Washington DC 107 - IDS Center (IDS Tower) - Minneapolis MN - Philip Johnson 108 - Seattle Central Library - Seattle WA - Rem Koolhaas 109 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - San Francisco CA - Mario Botta 110 - Union Station - Chicago IL 111 - United Nations Headquarters - New York NY - Wallace Harrison 112 - National Building Museum - Washington DC - Montgomery C. Meigs 113 - Fenway Park - Boston MA 114 - Dana-Thomas House - Springfield IL - Frank Lloyd Wright 115 - TWA Terminal, JFK Airport - New York NY - Eero Saarinen 116 - The Athenaeum - New Harmony IN 117 - Walker Art Center - Minneapolis MN 118 - American Airlines Center - Dallas TX 119 - Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa - Phoenix AZ - Albert Chase McArthur 120 - Los Angeles Central Library - Los Angeles CA 121 - San Francisco International Airport - San Francisco CA 122 - Camden Yards - Baltimore MD 123 - Taliesin West - Scottsdale AZ - Frank Lloyd Wright 124 - United States Holocaust Museum - Washington DC - James Ingo Freed, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners 125 - Citicorp Center - New York NY - Hugh Stubbins & Associates; Emery Roth & Sons 126 - V. C. Morris Gift Shop / Xanadu Gallery - San Francisco CA - Frank Lloyd Wright 127 - Union Station - Kansas City MO - Jarvis Hunt 128 - Rookery Building - Chicago IL - Burnham and Root 129 - Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art - Minneapolis MN - Frank Gehry 130 - Douglas House - Harbor Springs MI - Richard Meier 131 - Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House - Los Angeles CA - Frank Lloyd Wright 132 - Pennzoil Place - Houston TX - Philip Johnson 133 - Royalton Hotel - New York NY - Philippe Starck 134 - Astrodome - Houston TX 135 - Safeco Field - Seattle WA 136 - Corning Museum of Glass - Corning NY - Gunnar Birkerts 137 - 30th Street Station - Philadelphia PA 138 - Robie House - Chicago IL - Frank Lloyd Wright 139 - Williams Tower (Transco Tower) - Houston TX - Philip Johnson 140 - Stahl House (Case Study House #22) - Los Angeles CA - Pierre Koenig 141 - Apple, SoHo - New York NY - Bohlin Cywinski Jackson 142 - John Hancock Tower - Boston MA - Henry N. Cobb 143 - (Old) Pennsylvania Station - New York NY - McKim, Mead & White 144 - Hyatt Regency - San Francisco CA - John Portman 145 - Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building - Chicago IL - Louis Sullivan 146 - Museum of Modern Art - New York NY 147 - Auditorium Building - Chicago IL - Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan 148 - Brown Palace Hotel - Denver CO - Frank Edbrooke 149 - David S. Ingalls Rink, Yale University - New Haven CT - Eero Saarinen 150 - Battle Hall, U. Texas - Austin TX - Cass Gilbert Information is used from: www.favouritearchitecture.org www.blog.aia.org Comments (0) |
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