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| united states north america | | | | America’s Favorite Architecture is the result of an AIA and Harris Interactive poll of 1,800 Americans naming their 150 favorite structures across the nation based on nominations from AIA member architects. | | |  | 1. Empire State Building (1931)
New York, NY; William Lamb, FAIA; Shreve, Lamb & Harmon | 2. The White House (1792)
Washington, DC; James Hoban
|  |  | 3. Washington National Cathedral (1990)
Washington, DC; George F. Bodley and Henry Vaughan, FAIA | 4. Thomas Jefferson Memorial (1943)
Washington, DC; John Russell Pope, FAIA
|  |  | 5. Golden Gate Bridge (1937)
San Francisco, CA; Irving F. Morrow and Gertrude C. Morrow
| 6. U.S. Capitol (1793-1865)
Washington, DC; William Thornton; Benjamin Henry Latrobe; Charles Bulfinch; Thomas U. Walter, FAIA; Montgomery C. Meigs
|  |  | 7. Lincoln Memorial (1922)
Washington, DC; Henry Bacon, FAIA
| 8. Biltmore Estates/Vanderbilt Residence (1895)
Asheville, NC; Richard Morris Hunt, FAIA
|  |  | 9. Chrysler Building (1930)
New York, NY; William Van Alen, FAIA
| 10. Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982)
Washington, DC; Maya Lin with Cooper-Lecky Partnership
|  |  | 11. St. Patrick's Cathedral (1878)
New York, NY; James Renwick, FAIA
| 12. Washington Monument (1884)
Washington, DC; Robert Mills
|  |  | 13. Grand Central Terminal (1913)
New York, NY; Reed and Stern; Warren and Wetmore
| 14. Gateway Arch (1965)
St. Louis, MO; Eero Saarinen, FAIA
|  |  | 15. Supreme Court of the United States (1935)
Washington, DC, CA; Cass Gilbert, FAIA
| 16. St. Regis Hotel (1904)
New York, NY; Trowbridge & Livingston
|  |  | 17. Metropolitan Museum of Art (1880-1889)
New York, NY; Calvert Vaux; McKim, Mead & White; Richard Morris Hunt, FAIA; Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
| 18. Hotel Del Coronado (1888)
San Diego, CA; James Reid, FAIA
|  |  | 19. World Trade Center (1972-1977)
New York, NY; Minoru Yamasaki, FAIA; Antonio Brittiochi; Emery Roth & Sons
| 20. Brooklyn Bridge (1883)
New York, NY; John Augustus Roebling; Washington Roebling
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|  | 21. Philadelphia City Hall (1901)
Philadelphia, PA; John McArthur Jr., FAIA
| 22. Bellagio Hotel and Casino (1998)
Las Vegas, NV; Deruyter Butler, AIA; Atlandia Design
|  |  | 23. Cathedral of St. John the Divine (unfinished)
New York, NY; Heins & La Farge; Ralph Adams Cram, FAIA
| 24. Philadelphia Museum of Art (1928)
Philadelphia, PA; Horace Trumbauer, Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary
|  |  | 25. Trinity Church (1877)
Boston, MA; Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA
| 26. Ahwahnee Hotel (1928)
Yosemite Valley, CA; Gilbert Stanley Underwood
|  |  | 27. Monticello (1770-1808)
Charlottesville, VA; Thomas Jefferson
| 28. Library of Congress (1897)
Washington, DC; John L. Smithmeyer, FAIA, and Paul J. Pelz, FAIA
|  |  | 29. Kaufmann Residence (Fallingwater) (1935)
Bear Run, PA; Frank Lloyd Wright
| 30. Taliesin (1911 - 1925)
Spring Green, WI; Frank Lloyd Wright
|  |  | 31. Wrigley Field (1914)
Chicago, IL; Zachary Taylor Davis
| 32. Wanamaker's Department Store (1909)
Philadelphia, PA; Daniel Burnham, FAIA
|  |  | 33. Rose Center for Earth and Space (2000)
New York, NY; James Stewart Polshek, FAIA; Polshek Partnership Architects
| 34. National Gallery of Art, West Building (1941)
Washington, DC; John Russell Pope, FAIA
|  |  | 35. Allegheny County Courthouse (1886)
Pittsburgh, PA; Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA
| 36. Old Faithful Inn (1903-1927)
Yellowstone National Park, WY; Robert Reamer, AIA
|  |  | 37. Union Station (1903)
Washington, DC; Daniel Burnham, FAIA
| 38. Tribune Tower (1925)
Chicago, IL; John Mead Howells, FAIA, and Raymond Hood, FAIA
|  |  | 39. Delano Hotel (1947)
Miami Beach, FL; B. Robert Swartburg; interior, Philippe Starck
| 40. Union Station (1894)
St. Louis, MO; Theodore C. Link, FAIA
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|  | 41. Hearst Residence (Hearst Castle) (1947)
San Simeon, CA; Julia Morgan, AIA
| 42. Sears Tower (1974)
Chicago, IL; Bruce Graham, FAIA; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
|  |  | 43. Crane Library (1882)
Quincy, MA; Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA
| 44. Woolworth Building (1913)
New York, NY; Cass Gilbert, FAIA
|  |  | 45. Cincinnati Union Terminal (1933)
Cincinnati, OH; Alfred Fellheimer, FAIA, and Steward Wagner, FAIA; Paul Philippe Cret, FAIA, and Roland Wank
| 46. Waldorf Astoria (1931)
New York, NY; Schultze & Weaver
|  |  | 47. New York Public Library (1911),
New York, NY; Carrère & Hastings
| 48. Carnegie Hall (1891)
New York, NY; William B. Tuthill, FAIA; Richard Morris Hunt, FAIA, and Dankmar Adler, FAIA
|  |  | 49. San Francisco City Hall (1915),
San Francisco, CA; Arthur Brown Jr., FAIA
| 50. Virginia State Capitol (1788)
Richmond, VA; Thomas Jefferson
|  |  | 51. Cadet Chapel, Air Force Academy (1962)
Colorado Springs, CO; Walter Netsch, FAIA; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
| 52. Field Museum of Natural History (1909)
Chicago, IL; D. H. Burnham & Co.
|  |  | 53. Apple Store Fifth Avenue (2006)
New York, NY; Bohlin Cywinski Jackson
| 54. Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania
(1888), Philadelphia, PA; Frank Furness, FAIA
|  |  | 55. Mauna Kea Beach Hotel (1967)
Kohala Coast, HI; Edward Charles Bassett, FAIA; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
| 56. Rockefeller Center (1932-1940)
New York, NY; Raymond Hood, FAIA, et al.
|  |  | 57. Denver International Airport (1995)
Denver, CO; Fentress Bradburn Architects
| 58. Ames Library (1879)
North Easton, MA; Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA
|  |  | 59. Milwaukee Art Museum (2001)
Milwaukee, WI; Santiago Calatrava, FAIA
| 60. Thorncrown Chapel (1980)
Eureka Springs, AR; E. Fay Jones, FAIA
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|  | 61. TransAmerica Pyramid (1972)
San Francisco, CA; William Pereira, FAIA
| 62. 333 Wacker Drive (1983)
Chicago, IL; William E. Pedersen, FAIA; Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates
|  |  | 63. National Museum of Air and Space (1976)
Washington, DC; Gyo Obata, FAIA; Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum
| 64. Faneuil Hall Marketplace (1978)
Boston, MA; Benjamin Thompson, FAIA
|  |  | 65. Crystal Cathedral (1980)
Garden Grove, CA; Philip Johnson, FAIA; Johnson/Burgee Architects
| 66. Gamble House (1908)
Pasadena, CA; Greene and Greene
|  |  | 67. Nebraska State Capitol (1922-1932)
Lincoln, NE; Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, FAIA
| 68. New York Times Building (2006)
New York, NY; Renzo Piano, Hon. FAIA; FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS, PC
|  |  | 69. Salt Lake City Public Library (2003)
Salt Lake City, UT; Moshe Safdie, FAIA; VCBO Architecture
| 70. Dolphin and Swan Hotels, Walt Disney World (1990)
Orlando, FL; Michael Graves, FAIA
|  |  | 71. Hearst Tower (1927-2006)
New York, NY; George P. Post and Sons; addition, Foster + Partners
| 72. Flatiron Building (Fuller Building) (1903)
New York, NY; Daniel Burnham, FAIA
|  |  | 73. Lake Point Tower (1968)
Chicago, IL; Schipporeit-Heinrich; Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
| 74. Guggenheim Museum (1959)
New York, NY; Frank Lloyd Wright
|  |  | 75. Union Station (1939)
Los Angeles, CA; John Parkinson, AIA, and Donald B. Parkinson
| 76. Willard Hotel (1901)
Washington, DC; Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, FAIA
|  |  | 77. Sever Hall, Harvard University (1880)
Cambridge, MA; Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA
| 78. Broadmoor Hotel (1918)
Colorado Springs, CO; Warren & Wetmore
|  |  | 79. Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade
Center (1998), Washington, DC; Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
| 80. Phillips Exeter Academy Library (1972)
Exeter, NH; Louis I. Kahn, FAIA
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| | 81. The Plaza Hotel (1907)
New York, NY; Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, FAIA
| 82. Sofitel Chicago Water Tower (2002)
Chicago, IL; Jean-Paul Viguier, Hon., FAIA
|  |  | 83. Glessner House (1887)
Chicago, IL; Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA
| 84. Yankee Stadium (1923)
New York, NY; Osborn Architects & Engineers
|  |  | 85. Harold Washington Library Center (1991)
Chicago, IL; Hammond, Beeby & Babka
| 86. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (1962-1968)
New York, NY; Wallace K. Harrison, FAIA, et al.
|  |  | 87. The Dakota Apartments (1884)
New York, NY; Henry Janeway Hardenbergh, FAIA
| 88. Art Institute of Chicago (1893)
Chicago, IL; Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge
|  |  | 89. Fairmont Hotel (1906)
San Francisco, CA; Reid & Reid; Julia Morgan, AIA
| 90. Boston Public Library (1895)
Boston MA; McKim, Mead & White
|  |  | 91. Hollywood Bowl (1924)
Hollywood, CA; Lloyd Wright; Allied Architects; Frank Gehry; Hodgetts + Fung Design Associates with Gruen Associates
| 92. Texas State Capitol (1888)
Austin, TX; Elijah E. Myers
|  |  | 93. Fontainebleau (1954)
Miami Beach, FL; Morris Lapidus
| 94. Legal Research Building, University of Michigan (1931)
Ann Arbor, MI; York & Sawyer; addition, Gunnar Birkerts, FAIA
|  |  | 95. J. Paul Getty Center for the Arts (1997)
Los Angeles, CA; Richard Meier, FAIA
| 96. High Museum (1983)
Atlanta, GA; Richard Meier, FAIA; addition, Renzo Piano, Hon. FAIA
|  |  | 97. Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse (2000)
Islip, NY; Richard Meier, FAIA
| 98. Humana Building (1986)
Louisville, KY; Michael Graves, FAIA
|  |  | 99. Walt Disney Concert Hall (2003)
Los Angeles, CA; Frank Gehry, FAIA
| 100. Radio City Music Hall (1932)
New York, NY; Edward Durell Stone, FAIA
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| | | |  | 101. Paul Brown Stadium (2000)
Cincinnati, OH; NBBJ
| 102. United Airlines Terminal, O'Hare (1988)
Chicago, IL; Helmut Jahn; Murphy/Jahn
|  |  | 103. Hyatt Regency Atlanta (1967)
Atlanta, GA; John C. Portman Jr., FAIA
| 104. AT&T Park (San Francisco Giants Stadium) (2000)
San Francisco, CA; Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum
|  |  | 105. Time Warner Center (2003)
New York, NY; David Childs, FAIA, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
| 106. Washington, D.C., Metro (1976)
Washington, DC; Harry Weese, FAIA
|  |  | 107. IDS Center (1972)
Minneapolis, MN; Philip Johnson, FAIA; Johnson/Burgee
| 108. Seattle Public Library (2004)
Seattle, WA; Rem Koolhaas; Office for Metropolitan Architecture; LMN Architects
|  |  | 109. Museum of Modern Art (1995)
San Francisco, CA; Mario Botta, Hon., FAIA
| 110. Union Station (1925)
Chicago, IL; Daniel Burnham, FAIA, Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
|  |  | 111. United Nations Headquarters (1947-1953)
New York, NY; Wallace K. Harrison, FAIA, International Committee of Architects; Oscar Niemeyer, FAIA; Le Corbusier, Hon. FAIA
| 112. National Building Museum (Pension Building) (1887)
Washington, DC; Montgomery C. Meigs
|  |  | 113. Fenway Park (1912)
Boston, MA; Osborn Architects & Engineers
| 114. Dana-Thomas House (1904)
Springfield, IL; Frank Lloyd Wright
|  |  | 115. TWA Terminal, Kennedy Airport (1962)
New York, NY; Eero Saarinen, FAIA
| 116. The Athenaeum (1979)
New Harmony, IN; Richard Meier, FAIA
|  |  | 117. Walker Art Center (2005)
Minneapolis, MN; Edward Larrabee Barnes, FAIA; addition, Herzog & de Meuron
| 118. American Airlines Center (2001)
Dallas, TX; David M. Schwarz/Architectural Services; HKS
|  |  | 119. Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa (1929)
Phoenix, AZ; Albert Chase McArthur
| 120. Los Angeles Central Library (1926)
Los Angeles, CA; Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, FAIA
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|  | 121. San Francisco International Terminal (2000)
San Francisco, CA; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Del Campo & Maru Architects; Michael Willis Architects
| 122. Oriole Park at Camden Yards (1992)
Baltimore, MD; Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum
|  |  | 123. Taliesin West (1937-1959)
Scottsdale, AZ; Frank Lloyd Wright
| 124. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (1993)
Washington, DC; James Ingo Freed, FAIA, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
|  |  | 125. Citicorp Center (1977)
New York, NY; Hugh Stubbins & Associates; Emery Roth & Sons
| 126. V. C. Morris Gift Shop (Xanadu Gallery) (1948)
San Francisco, CA; Frank Lloyd Wright
|  |  | 127. Union Station (1914)
Kansas City, MO; Jarvis Hunt
| 128. Rookery Building (1888)
Chicago, IL; Burnham and Root
|  |  | 129. Weisman Art Museum (1990)
Minneapolis, MN; Frank Gehry, FAIA
| 130. Douglas House (1973)
Harbor Springs, MI; Richard Meier, FAIA
|  |  | 131. Hollyhock House (1917)
Los Angeles, CA; Frank Lloyd Wright
| 132. Pennzoil Place (1976)
Houston, TX; Philip Johnson, FAIA; Johnson/Burgee Architects; Wilson, Morris, Crain and Anderson (now Morris Architects)
|  |  | 133. Royalton Hotel (1988)
New York, NY; Gruzen Samton Steinglass; interior, Philippe Starck
| 134. Reliant Astrodome (1964)
Houston, TX; Hermon Lloyd and W. B. Morgan; Wilson, Morris, Crain and Anderson (now Morris Architects)
|  |  | 135. Safeco Field (1999)
Seattle, WA; NBBJ
| 136. Corning Museum of Glass (1951-1978)
Corning, NY; Harrison & Abramowitz; additions, Gunnar Birkerts, FAIA, and Smith-Miller + Hawkinson
|  |  | 137. 30th Street Station (1934)
Philadelphia, PA; Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
| 138. Robie House (1909)
Chicago, IL; Frank Lloyd Wright
|  |  | 139. Williams Tower (Transco Tower) (1979)
Houston, TX; Philip Johnson, FAIA; Johnson/Burgee Architects; Morris * Aubry Architects (now Morris Architects)
| 140. Stahl House (Case Study House #22) (1959)
Los Angeles, CA; Pierre Koenig, FAIA
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|  | 141. Apple SoHo (2002)
New York, NY; Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Ronnette Riley Architect
| 142. John Hancock Towers (1976)
Boston, MA; Henry Cobb, FAIA, Pei Cobb Freed |  |  | 143. Pennsylvania Station (1910)
New York, NY; McKim, Mead & White
| 144. Hyatt Regency San Francisco (1973)
San Francisco, CA; John C. Portman Jr., FAIA
|  |  | 145. Carson Pirie Scott (1903)
Chicago, IL; Louis Sullivan, FAIA
| 146. Museum of Modern Art (1939)
New York, NY; Philip Goodwin, FAIA and Edward Durell Stone, FAIA
|  |  | 147. Auditorium Building (1889),
Chicago, IL; Adler & Sullivan
| 148. Brown Palace Hotel (1892)
Denver, CO; Frank E. Edbrooke
|  |  | 149. Ingalls Ice Arena, Yale University (1958)
New Haven, CT; Eero Saarinen, FAIA
| 150. Battle Hall, University of Texas (1911)
Austin, TX; Cass Gilbert, FAIA
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