America's Favorite Architecture

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In 2007, the American Institute of Architects asked Harris Interactive to survey 2,000 people, who were shown 247 photographs of buildings and other structures in different categories chosen by 2,500 architects. The top 150, released as "America's Favorite Architecture," are listed below:

Rank	Building	City	State	Style	Picture
1	Empire State Building	New York	NY	Art Deco
2	The White House	Washington	DC	Georgian
3	Washington National Cathedral	Washington	DC	Gothic Revival
4	Thomas Jefferson Memorial	Washington	DC	Neoclassical
5	Golden Gate Bridge	San Francisco	CA	Art Deco
6	United States Capitol	Washington	DC	Neoclassical
7	Lincoln Memorial	Washington	DC	Neoclassical
8	Biltmore Estates/Vanderbilt Residence	Asheville	NC	Châteauesque
9	Chrysler Building	New York	NY	Art Deco
10	Vietnam Veterans Memorial	Washington	DC	Modernist
11	St. Patrick's Cathedral	New York	NY	Gothic Revival
12	Washington Monument	Washington	DC	Egyptian Revival
13	Grand Central Terminal	New York	NY	Beaux-Arts
14	Gateway Arch	St. Louis	MO	Modernist
15	Supreme Court of the United States	Washington	DC	Neoclassical
16	St. Regis	New York	NY	Beaux-Arts
17	Metropolitan Museum of Art	New York	NY	Beaux-Arts
18	Hotel Del Coronado	San Diego	CA	Victorian
19	World Trade Center	New York	NY	Modernist
20	Brooklyn Bridge	New York	NY	Gothic Revival
21	Philadelphia City Hall	Philadelphia	PA	Second Empire
22	Bellagio Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas	NV	Italianate
23	Cathedral of St. John the Divine	New York	NY	Gothic Revival
24	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Philadelphia	PA	Neoclassical
25	Trinity Church	Boston	MA	Romanesque
26	Ahwahnee Hotel	Yosemite Valley	CA	National Park Service Rustic
27	Monticello	Charlottesville	VA	Georgian
28	Library of Congress	Washington	DC	Beaux-Arts
29	Falling Water/Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. Residence	Bear Run	PA	Prairie Style
30	Taliesin East	Spring Green	WI	Prairie Style
31	Wrigley Field	Chicago	IL	Jewel Box Stadium
32	Wanamaker's Department Store	Philadelphia	PA	Neo-Renaissance
33	Rose Center for Earth and Space	New York	NY	Structural Expressionism/Postmodernism
34	National Gallery of Art (West Wing)	Washington	DC	Neoclassical
35	Allegheny County Courthouse	Pittsburgh	PA	Romanesque
36	Old Faithful Inn	Yellowstone National Park	WY	National Park Service Rustic
37	Union Station	Washington	DC	Beaux-Arts
38	Tribune Tower	Chicago	IL	Gothic Revival
39	Delano Hotel	Miami Beach	FL	Art Deco
40	Union Station	St. Louis	MO	Romanesque
41	Hearst Residence	San Simeon	CA	Spanish Revival
42	Sears Tower	Chicago	IL	Modernist
43	Thomas Crane Public Library	Quincy	MA	Romanesque
44	Woolworth Building	New York	NY	Gothic Revival
45	Cincinnati Union Terminal	Cincinnati	OH	Art Deco
46	Waldorf Astoria	New York	NY	Art Deco
47	New York Public Library	New York	NY	Beaux-Arts
48	Carnegie Hall	New York	NY	Italianate
49	San Francisco City Hall	San Francisco	CA	Beaux-Arts
50	Virginia State Capitol	Richmond	VA	Neoclassical
51	Cadet Chapel, Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs	CO	Futurist
52	Field Museum of Natural History	Chicago	IL	Neoclassical
53	Apple, 5th Avenue	New York	NY	Structural Expressionism
54	Furness Library, U. Penn.	Philadelphia	PA	Victorian
55	Mauna Kea Beach Hotel	Kohala Coast	HI	Modernist
56	Rockefeller Center	New York	NY	Art Deco
57	Denver International Airport	Denver	CO	Postmodernism
58	Ames Free Library	North Easton	MA	Romanesque
59	Milwaukee Art Museum	Milwaukee	WI	Postmodern
60	Thorncrown Chapel	Eureka Springs	AR	Prairie Style
61	Transamerica Pyramid	San Francisco	CA	Modernist
62	333 Wacker Drive	Chicago	IL	Modernist
63	Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum	Washington	DC	Modernist
64	Faneuil Hall Marketplace	Boston	MA	Georgian
65	Crystal Cathedral	Garden Grove	CA	Structural Expressionism/Postmodernism
66	Gamble House	Pasadena	CA	American Craftsman
67	Nebraska State Capitol	Lincoln	NE	Modern/Neoclassical
68	New York Times Building	New York	NY	Structural Expressionism
69	Salt Lake City Public Library	Salt Lake City	UT	Structural Expressionism/Postmodernism
70	Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan	Lake Buena Vista	FL	Postmodernism
71	Hearst Tower	New York	NY	Structural Expressionism
72	Flatiron Building	New York	NY	Beaux-Arts/Chicago School
73	Lake Point Tower	Chicago	IL	Modernist
74	Guggenheim Museum	New York	NY	Postmodernism
75	Union Station	Los Angeles	CA	Spanish Revival
76	Willard Hotel	Washington	DC	Second Empire
77	Sever Hall, Harvard University	Cambridge	MA	Romanesque
78	Broadmoor Hotel	Colorado Springs	CO	Spanish Revival
79	Ronald Reagan Building	Washington	DC	Postmodern
80	Phillips Exeter Academy Library	Exeter	NH	Modernism
81	The Plaza Hotel	New York	NY	Beaux-Arts
82	Sofitel	Chicago	IL	Postmodernism
83	Glessner House	Chicago	IL	Romanesque
84	Yankee Stadium	New York	NY	Jewel Box Stadium
85	Harold Washington Library	Chicago	IL	Postmodernism
86	Lincoln Center	New York	NY	Modernist
87	The Dakota Apartments	New York	NY	Neo-Renaissance
88	Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago	IL	Beaux-Arts
89	Fairmont Hotel	San Francisco	CA	Beaux Arts
90	Boston Public Library	Boston	MA	Neo-Renaissance
91	Hollywood Bowl	Los Angeles	CA	Expressionism
92	Texas State Capitol	Austin	TX	Neo-Renaissance
93	Fontainebleau	Miami Beach	FL	Modern
94	Legal Research Building, University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	MI	Gothic Revival
95	Getty Center	Los Angeles	CA	Modernism
96	High Museum	Atlanta	GA	Modernism
97	Federal Building and United States Courthouse	Central Islip	NY	Modernism
98	Humana Building	Louisville	KY	Postmodernism
99	Disney Concert Hall	Los Angeles	CA	Postmodernism/"Blobitecture"
100	Radio City Music Hall	New York	NY	Art Deco
101	Paul Brown Stadium	Cincinnati	OH
102	United Airlines Terminal, O'Hare Airport	Chicago	IL
103	Hyatt Regency Atlanta	Atlanta	GA
104	AT&T Park (San Francisco Giants Stadium)	San Francisco	CA
105	Time Warner Center	New York	NY
106	Washington Metro	Washington	DC
107	IDS Center (IDS Tower)	Minneapolis	MN
108	Seattle Central Library	Seattle	WA
109	San Francisco Museum of Modern Art	San Francisco	CA
110	Union Station	Chicago	IL
111	United Nations Headquarters	New York	NY
112	National Building Museum	Washington	DC
113	Fenway Park	Boston	MA
114	Dana-Thomas House	Springfield	IL
115	TWA Terminal, JFK Airport	New York	NY
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
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
124	United States Holocaust Museum	Washington	DC
125	Citicorp Center	New York	NY
126	V. C. Morris Gift Shop / Xanadu Gallery	San Francisco	CA
127	Union Station	Kansas City	MO
128	Rookery Building	Chicago	IL
129	Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art	Minneapolis	MN
130	Douglas House	Harbor Springs	MI
131	Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House	Los Angeles	CA
132	Pennzoil Place	Houston	TX
133	Royalton Hotel	New York	NY
134	Astrodome	Houston	TX
135	Safeco Field	Seattle	WA
136	Corning Museum of Glass	Corning	NY
137	30th Street Station	Philadelphia	PA
138	Robie House	Chicago	IL
139	Williams Tower (Transco Tower)	Houston	TX
140	Stahl House (Case Study House #22)	Los Angeles	CA
141	Apple, SoHo	New York	NY
142	John Hancock Tower	Boston	MA
143	(Old) Pennsylvania Station	New York	NY
144	Hyatt Regency	San Francisco	CA
145	Carson Pirie Scott	Chicago	IL
146	Museum of Modern Art	New York	NY
147	Auditorium Building	Chicago	IL
148	Brown Palace Hotel	Denver	CO
149	David S. Ingalls Rink, Yale University	New Haven	CT
150	Battle Hall, U. Texas	Austin	TX

[edit] References

• http://favoritearchitecture.org/afa150.php