America's Favorite Architecture

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"America's Favorite Architecture" is a list of buildings and other structures identified as the most popular works of architecture in the United States.

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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
StructureCityStateArchitect(s)BuiltStylePicture
1 Empire State Building New York NY William F. Lamb 1930–31 Art Deco Empire State Building From Rooftop 2019-10-05 19-11.jpg
2 The White House Washington DC James Hoban 1792–1800 Neoclassical The White House, Washington, D.C. USA2.jpg
3 Washington National Cathedral Washington DC George Frederick Bodley, Henry Vaughan and Philip H. Frohman1906–88 Gothic Revival 12-07-12-Washington National Cathedral-RalfR-N3S 5696.jpg
4 Jefferson Memorial Washington DC John Russell Pope 1939–43 Neoclassical Jefferson Memorial Washington April 2017 002.jpg
5 Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco CA Irving F. Morrow and Gertrude C. Morrow1933–37 Art Deco Golden Gate Bridge as seen from Marshall's Beach, March 2018.jpg
6 United States Capitol Washington DC William Thornton 1793–1962 Neoclassical Capitol Building Full View.jpg
7 Lincoln Memorial Washington DC Henry Bacon 1914–22 Greek Revival Lincoln Memorial east side.JPG
8 Biltmore Estate Asheville NC Richard Morris Hunt; Frederick Law Olmsted 1889–95 Châteauesque Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina.jpg
9 Chrysler Building New York NY William Van Alen 1928–30 Art Deco Perhaps the most elegant building anywhere, timeless (4566782521).jpg
10 Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington DC Maya Lin 1982 Modern 19-19-042-memorial.jpg
11 St. Patrick's Cathedral New York NY James Renwick 1858–78 Gothic Revival At New York, USA 2017 073.jpg
12 Washington Monument Washington DC Robert Mills 1848–54 Egyptian Revival Washington October 2016-11.jpg
13 Grand Central Terminal New York NY Reed and Stem; Warren and Wetmore 1903–13 Beaux-Arts Image-Grand central Station Outside Night 2.jpg
14 Gateway Arch St. Louis MO Eero Saarinen 1963–65 Modern STL Skyline 2007 edit cropped.jpg
15 Supreme Court of the United States Washington DC Cass Gilbert 1932–35 Neoclassical USSupremeCourtWestFacade.JPG
16 St. Regis New York NY Trowbridge & Livingston 1904 Beaux-Arts Building-New-York-9.jpg
17 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY Calvert Vaux; McKim, Mead & White; Richard Morris Hunt; Kevin Roche; John Dinkeloo 1895– 2012 Beaux-Arts Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) - Central Park, NYC.jpg
18 Hotel Del Coronado Coronado CA James W. Reid 1888 Victorian Hotel del Coronado Front.jpg
19 World Trade Center (original towers) New York NY Minoru Yamasaki 1966–75 Modern World Trade Center, New York City - aerial view (March 2001) (modified version with desaturated towers).jpg
20 Brooklyn Bridge New York NY John Augustus Roebling 1869-83 Gothic Revival New York City (New York, USA), Brooklyn Bridge -- 2012 -- 6630.jpg
21 Philadelphia City Hall Philadelphia PA John McArthur Jr. 1871–1901 Second Empire Philadelphia city hall.jpg
22 Bellagio Hotel and Casino Las Vegas NV Deruyter Butler; Atlandia Design 1995–98 Italianate Bellagio (9118984310).jpg
23 Cathedral of St. John the Divine New York NY Heins & La Farge; Ralph Adams Cram 1892–1911 Gothic Revival St. John the Divine Cathedral.jpg
24 Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia PA Horace Trumbauer, Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary 1919–28 Neoclassical PhiladelphiaMuseumOfArt2017.jpg
25 Trinity Church Boston MA Henry Hobson Richardson 1872–77 Richardsonian Romanesque Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts LCCN2011630431.tif
26 Ahwahnee Hotel Yosemite Valley CA Gilbert Stanley Underwood 1926–27 National Park Service Rustic Ahwahnee Hotel (405515808).jpg
27 Monticello Charlottesville VA Thomas Jefferson 1768–1826 Georgian Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.JPG
28 Library of Congress Washington DC John L. Smithmeyer and Paul J. Pelz 1890–97 Beaux-Arts LOC Main Reading Room Highsmith.jpg
29 Fallingwater Mill Run PA Frank Lloyd Wright 1936–39 Modern/Organic
Wrightfallingwater.jpg
30 Taliesin Spring Green WI Frank Lloyd Wright 1911–59 Prairie School Taliesin Exterior 15 (cropped).jpg
31 Wrigley Field Chicago IL Zachary Taylor Davis 1911–14 Jewel Box Stadium Wrigley field 720.jpg
32 Wanamaker's Department Store Philadelphia PA Daniel Burnham 1876 Neo-Renaissance Grand Court of Macy's Center City.jpg
33 Rose Center for Earth and Space New York NY James Stewart Polshek 2000 Structural Expressionist / Postmodern Rose Center for Earth and Space (48269592776).jpg
34 National Gallery of Art (West Building) Washington DC John Russell Pope 1938–41 Neoclassical Washington October 2016-12.jpg
35 Allegheny County Courthouse Pittsburgh PA Henry Hobson Richardson 1883–88 Richardsonian Romanesque Allegheny County Courthouse in 2016.jpg
36 Old Faithful Inn Yellowstone National Park WY Robert Reamer 1903–27 National Park Service Rustic Old faithful inn 2015 yellowstone.jpg
37 Washington Union Station Washington DC Daniel Burnham 1908–89 Beaux-Arts Elevated restaurant platform in the Main Hall waiting room area added as part of a wholesale renovation of Union Station, Washington, D.C LCCN2011633251.tif
38 Tribune Tower Chicago IL John Mead Howells; Raymond Hood 1923–25 Gothic Revival Tribune Tower, Chicago, Illinois (9181667444) (cropped).jpg
39 Delano Hotel Miami Beach FL Robert Swartburg; Philippe Starck (interior)1947–94 Art Deco Delano South Beach.jpg
40 Union Station St. Louis MO Theodore C. Link 1892 Romanesque St. Louis, Missouri, USA - panoramio (1).jpg
41 Hearst Residence San Simeon CA Julia Morgan 1919–1947 Spanish Revival Hearst Castle Casa Grande September 2012 panorama 2.jpg
42 Willis (formerly Sears) Tower Chicago IL Fazlur Rahman Khan Bruce Graham 1970–74 Modern Chicago Sears Tower edit2.jpg
43 Thomas Crane Public Library Quincy MA Henry Hobson Richardson 1881–82 Richardsonian Romanesque
Thomas Crane Public Library, Quincy, Massachusetts (Front view).JPG
44 Woolworth Building New York NY Cass Gilbert 1910–12 Gothic Revival
WoolworthBuilding.JPG
45 Cincinnati Union Terminal Cincinnati OH Fellheimer & Wagner 1928–33 Art Deco CMC-Union Terminal.jpg
46 Waldorf Astoria New York NY Schultze & Weaver 1929–31 Art Deco Waldorf-Astoria Park Avenue Entrance.jpg
47 New York Public Library New York NY Carrère and Hastings 1897–1911 Beaux-Arts Facade of the New York Public Library Main Branch 2.jpg
48 Carnegie Hall New York NY William B. Tuthill; Richard Morris Hunt and Dankmar Adler, consulting architects1890–91 Italianate Carnegie Hall - Full (48155558466).jpg
49 San Francisco City Hall San Francisco CA Arthur Brown Jr. 1913–16 Beaux-Arts San Francisco City Hall (front).jpg
50 Virginia State Capitol Richmond VA Thomas Jefferson 1785–88 Neoclassical MJK50147 Virginia State Capitol.jpg
51 Cadet Chapel, Air Force Academy Colorado Springs CO Walter Netsch 1959–62 Futurist Air Force Academy Chapel, Colorado Springs, CO 04090u original.jpg
52 Field Museum of Natural History Chicago IL Daniel Burnham and Graham, Anderson, Probst and White 1915–21 Neoclassical Museo Field, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos, 2012-10-20, DD 03.jpg
53 Apple, 5th Avenue New York NY Bohlin Cywinski Jackson 2005–06 Structural Expressionist Apple Fifth Avenue (51396585920).jpg
54 Fisher Fine Arts Library Philadelphia PA Frank Furness 1888–90 Victorian West facade of Furness Library, Univ. of Pennsylvania.jpg
55 Mauna Kea Beach Hotel Kohala Coast HI Skidmore, Owings & Merrill 1965 Modern Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, Waimea - panoramio.jpg
56 Rockefeller Center New York NY Reinhard & Hofmeister, Corbett, Harrison & Macmurray, Raymond Hood, Godley & Fouilhoux 1930–39 Art Deco GE Building by David Shankbone.JPG
57 Denver International Airport Denver CO Fentress Bradburn Architects 1989–95 Postmodern Denver International Airport Main Terminal early morning2.jpg
58 Ames Free Library North Easton MA Henry Hobson Richardson 1877–79 Richardsonian Romanesque
Ames Free Library (North Easton, MA) - oblique view.JPG
59 Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee WI Santiago Calatrava 1994–2001 Postmodern Milwaukee Art Museum 1 (Mulad).jpg
60 Thorncrown Chapel Eureka Springs AR E. Fay Jones 1980 Prairie School
Thorncrown Chapel.jpg
61 Transamerica Pyramid San Francisco CA William Pereira 1969–72 Modern SF Transamerica full CA.jpg
62 333 Wacker Drive Chicago IL Kohn Pedersen Fox 1979–83 Modern
333 Wacker Drive Chicago.jpg
63Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Washington DC Gyo Obata 1972–76 Modern 02638-National-Air-and-Space-Museum (27207089402).jpg
64 Faneuil Hall Boston MA Benjamin Thompson 1740–42 Georgian
Faneuil Hall Boston Massachusetts.JPG
65 Crystal Cathedral Garden Grove CA Philip Johnson 1977–80 Structural Expressionist / Postmodern CrystalCathedral.jpg
66 Gamble House Pasadena CA Greene and Greene 1908–09 American Craftsman
GambleHouse-2005 edit1.jpg
67 Nebraska State Capitol Lincoln NE Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue 1922–32 Art Deco / Neoclassical Capitol building Lincoln, Nebraska LCCN2010630796.tif
68 New York Times Building New York NY Renzo Piano 2003–07 Structural Expressionist New york times building.jpg
69 Salt Lake City Public Library Salt Lake City UT Moshe Safdie 2000–03 Structural Expressionist / Postmodern Salt Lake City Library (1).jpg
70 Walt Disney World Dolphin and Swan Hotels Lake Buena Vista FL Michael Graves 1987–88 Postmodern Walt-Disney-World-Dolphin.jpg
71 Hearst Tower New York NY Norman Foster 2003–06 Structural Expressionist
Hearstowernyc.JPG
72 Flatiron Building New York NY Daniel Burnham 1902 Beaux-Arts / Chicago school
Flatiron crop 20040522 114306 1.jpg
73 Lake Point Tower Chicago IL Schipporeit and Heinrich 1965–68 Modern Lake Point Tower.jpg
74 Guggenheim Museum New York NY Frank Lloyd Wright 1956–59 Modern Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (48059131351).jpg
75 Union Station Los Angeles CA The Parkinsons 1939 Spanish Revival
Union Station profile, LA, CA, jjron 22.03.2012.jpg
76 Willard Hotel Washington DC Henry Janeway Hardenbergh 1901 Beaux-Arts The Willard Washington (27728663921).jpg
77 Sever Hall, Harvard University Cambridge MA Henry Hobson Richardson 1878–80 Richardsonian Romanesque Sever Hall.jpg
78 Broadmoor Hotel Colorado Springs CO Warren & Wetmore 1918 Spanish Revival Broadmoor Hotel, Dec 2007.jpg
79 Ronald Reagan Building Washington DC James Ingo Freed 1989–98 Postmodern, Neotraditional Ronald Reagan Building, under construction in the 1990s in Washington, D.C..jpg
80 Phillips Exeter Academy Library Exeter NH Louis Kahn 1965–71 Modern
Phillips Exeter Library atrium Highsmith.jpg
81 The Plaza Hotel New York NY Henry J. Hardenbergh 1905–07 Beaux-Arts New York - Manhattan - Plaza Hotel.jpg
82 Sofitel Chicago Water Tower Chicago IL Jean-Paul Viguier 2002 Postmodern
Sofitel Hotel Chicago (1).jpg
83 Glessner House Chicago IL Henry Hobson Richardson 1886–87 Richardsonian Romanesque
Glessnerhousenew.JPG
84 Yankee Stadium (1923) (demolished) New York NY Osborn Architects & Engineers 1922–23 Jewel Box Stadium Yankee Stadium aerial from Blackhawk.jpg
85 Harold Washington Library Chicago IL Hammond, Beeby and Babka1988–91 Postmodern / Neotraditional Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, Illinois LCCN2011634493.tif
86 Lincoln Center New York NY Wallace Harrison, Philip Johnson and others1955–69 Modern Lincoln Center Angle (48047495037).jpg
87 The Dakota Apartments New York NY Henry Janeway Hardenbergh 1880–84 Neo-Renaissance The Dakota (48269594271).jpg
88 Art Institute of Chicago Chicago IL Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge 1893 Beaux-Arts The Art Institute of Ghicago (15439974230).jpg
89 Fairmont Hotel San Francisco CA Reid & Reid 1907 Beaux-Arts Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco.jpg
90 Boston Public Library Boston MA Charles Follen McKim 1887–95 Renaissance Revival Boston Public Library's McKim Building at Night.jpg
91 Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles CA Lloyd Wright 1929–2004 Expressionist
Hollywood bowl and sign.jpg
92 Texas State Capitol Austin TX Elijah E. Myers 1885–88 Neo-Renaissance Texas State Capitol 2013.jpg
93 Fontainebleau Miami Beach FL Morris Lapidus 1954 Modern
Fontainebleau Hotel 1955 LOC gsc.5a23477u.jpg
94 Legal Research Building, University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI York and Sawyer 1924–33 Gothic Revival
Law School Facade 2009.JPG
95 Getty Center Los Angeles CA Richard Meier 1989–97 Modern A portion of the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, one of two art museums that are part of the Getty Museum LCCN2013631551.tif
96 High Museum Atlanta GA Richard Meier 1980–83 Modern High Museum of Art in Atlanta.jpg
97 Federal Building and United States Courthouse Central Islip NY Richard Meier 1996–2000 Modern
Damato-courthouse.jpg
98 Humana Building Louisville KY Michael Graves 1982–85 Postmodern HumanaBuilding1.jpg
99 Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles CA Frank Gehry 1999–2003 Postmodern / Deconstructivism
Walt Disney Concert Hall, LA, CA, jjron 22.03.2012.jpg
100 Radio City Music Hall New York NY Edward Durell Stone 1931–32 Art Deco Radio City Music Hall, New York, Manhattan, USA.jpg
101 Paul Brown Stadium Cincinnati OH NBBJ 1998–2000 Postmodern
Cincinnati-paul-brown-stadium2.jpg
102United Airlines Terminal 1, O'Hare Airport Chicago IL Helmut Jahn 1985–87 Postmodern Chicago International Airport - IMG 1514.jpg
103 Hyatt Regency Atlanta Atlanta GA John C. Portman Jr. 1967 Modern
Hyatt-regency-atlanta-side.jpg
104 Oracle Park San Francisco CA Populous 1997–2000 Retro-classical / Neotraditional ATT Sunset Panorama.jpg
105 Time Warner Center New York NY David Childs 2000–03 Modern
Time Warner Center May 2010.JPG
106 Washington Metro Washington DC Harry Weese 1969–76 Brutalist 12-07-12-wikimania-wdc-by-RalfR-027.jpg
107 IDS Center (IDS Tower) Minneapolis MN Philip Johnson 1969–72 Modern
IDS Center-Minneapolis-2005-09-27.jpg
108 Seattle Central Library Seattle WA Rem Koolhaas and Joshua Prince-Ramus 2002–04 Structural Expressionist / Deconstructivism Seattle Library 01.jpg
109 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art San Francisco CA Mario Botta 1992–95 Postmodern 2017 SFMOMA from Yerba Buena Gardens.jpg
110 Chicago Union Station Chicago IL Daniel Burnham and Graham, Anderson, Probst and White 1913–25 Art Deco Chicago union station hall.jpg
111 United Nations Headquarters New York NY Wallace Harrison and others1948–52 Modern Gantry Plaza td (2019-06-08) 058 - UN Headquarters.jpg
112 National Building Museum Washington DC Montgomery C. Meigs 1882–87 Renaissance Revival National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and National Building Museum.jpg
113 Fenway Park Boston MA James E. McLaughlin 1911–12 Jewel box ballpark Fenway Stadium may 2009 2.jpg
114 Dana–Thomas House Springfield IL Frank Lloyd Wright 1902–04 Prairie School Frank Lloyd Wright's Dana Thomas House interior, Springfield, Illinois LCCN2010630243.tif
115 TWA Flight Center, JFK Airport New York NY Eero Saarinen 1959–62 Modern / Expressionist TWA Flight Center 2015 NY4.jpg
116 The Athenaeum New Harmony IN Richard Meier 1979 Modern Atheneum, New Harmony, Indiana LCCN2010630151.tif
117 Walker Art Center Minneapolis MN Edward Larrabee Barnes; Herzog & de Meuron 1969–71, 2005 Minimalist Walker Art Center 02.jpg
118 American Airlines Center Dallas TX David M. Schwarz 1991–2001 Neotraditional American Airlines Center (6246886325) cropped.jpg
119 Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa Phoenix AZ Albert Chase McArthur with Frank Lloyd Wright consulting1929 Art Deco Biltmore Resort and Spa, Phoenix, Arizona LCCN2010630000.tif
120 Richard J. Riordan Central Library Los Angeles CA Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue 1926 Art Deco, Mexican Baroque
Los-angeles-central-library.jpg
121 San Francisco International Airport San Francisco CA Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, Del Campo and Maru Architects, Michael Willis Architects 1995–2000 Modern San Francisco International Airport, California LCCN2013632178.tif
122 Camden Yards Baltimore MD Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum 1989–92 Retro-classical / Neotraditional OrioleParkAtCamdenYardsJune2013.jpg
123 Taliesin West Scottsdale AZ Frank Lloyd Wright 1937 Modern TaliesinWest03 gobeirne.jpg
124 United States Holocaust Museum Washington DC James Ingo Freed, Pei Cobb Freed & Partners 1988–93 Neotraditional, Georgian, modern United States Holocaust Memorial Museum interior.JPG
125 Citicorp Center New York NY Hugh Stubbins & Associates; Emery Roth & Sons 1974–77 Postmodern Citigroup Center, Manhattan, Nueva York, EEUU.jpg
126 V. C. Morris Gift Shop San Francisco CA Frank Lloyd Wright 1948 Organic Frank Lloyd Wright - V.C. Morris Gift Shop, SF - 7.jpg
127 Union Station Kansas City MO Jarvis Hunt 1914 Beaux-Arts architecture Union Station Kansas City, Missouri.jpg
128 Rookery Building Chicago IL Burnham and Root 1888 Chicago school
1891 Rookery building.jpg
129 Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art Minneapolis MN Frank Gehry 1993 Postmodern / Deconstructivism Weisman Art Museum 2015.jpg
130 Douglas House Harbor Springs MI Richard Meier 1965–67 Modern
131 Aline Barnsdall Hollyhock House Los Angeles CA Frank Lloyd Wright 1919–21 Mayan Revival Hollyhock House, Frank Lloyd Wright (4).jpg
132 Pennzoil Place Houston TX Philip Johnson 1976 Postmodern
Building5 houston.jpg
133 Royalton Hotel New York NY Rossiter & Wright; Philippe Starck 1898, 1988 Neoclassical
Royalton-hotel.jpg
134 Astrodome Houston TX Hermon Lloyd & W. B. Morgan, and Wilson, Morris, Crain and Anderson1962–65 Postmodern The Astrodome, the world's first domed stadium, Houston, Texas LCCN2011633917.tif
135 T-Mobile Park Seattle WA 1997–99 Retro-modern SafecoFieldTop.jpg
136 Corning Museum of Glass Corning NY Gunnar Birkerts 1976–1980 Modern Corning Museum of Glass Entrance.jpg
137 30th Street Station Philadelphia PA Graham, Anderson, Probst and White 1927–33 Neoclassical 30th Street Station 20120728.jpg
138 Robie House Chicago IL Frank Lloyd Wright 1909–10 Prairie School
Robie House HABS1.jpg
139 Williams (formerly Transco) Tower Houston TX Philip Johnson 1981–83 Postmodern
Williamstower.jpg
140 Stahl House (Case Study House #22) Los Angeles CA Pierre Koenig 1959–60 Mid-century modern Case Study House 22 (5901923987).jpg
141 Apple, SoHo New York NY Bohlin Cywinski Jackson 2002 Modern
Genius Bar, SoHo Apple Store, September 2003.jpg
142 John Hancock Tower Boston MA Henry N. Cobb 1968–76 Minimalist
John Hancock Tower.jpg
143 Pennsylvania Station (demolished) New York NY McKim, Mead & White 1904–10 Neoclassical NYP LOC5.jpg
144 Hyatt Regency San Francisco CA John Portman 1973 Postmodern Hyatt Regency San Francisco (110103874).jpg
145 Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building Chicago IL Louis Sullivan 1899 Chicago school Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building (Sullivan Center), Chicago, Illinois (9179422705).jpg
146 Museum of Modern Art New York NY Philip Johnson 1939 International Style
MoMa NY USA 1.jpg
147 Auditorium Building Chicago IL Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan 1887–89 Chicago school Auditorium Building Chicago June 30, 2012-92.jpg
148 Brown Palace Hotel Denver CO Frank Edbrooke 1892 Renaissance Revival
Brownpalace1.JPG
149 Ingalls Rink, Yale University New Haven CT Eero Saarinen 1953–58 Modern Ingalls Rink Highsmith.jpg
150 Battle Hall, UT Austin Austin TX Cass Gilbert 1911 Spanish-Mediterranean Revival Battle hall 2014.jpg

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]

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