February 14, 2007—Two of the most iconic buildings in the United States—the Empire State Building and the White House—top the list of America’s Favorite Architecture, a public poll of the 150 best works of architecture conducted and released by Harris Interactive and the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
Even the fallen World Trade Center Towers live on in the poll, ranking 19th. Other notable structures that made the list of Americas Favorite Architecture are the Golden Gate Bridge (5th), Biltmore Estate (8th), and the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas (22nd).
The poll was conducted in conjunction with the AIA’s commemoration of its 150th anniversary, which occurs in 2007 and is dedicated to “Celebrating the Past, Designing the Future.”
The top 10 structures, in order, are: The Empire State Building, The White House, Washington National Cathedral, Jefferson Memorial, Golden Gate Bridge, the US Capitol; the Lincoln Memorial; the Biltmore Estate/Vanderbilt Mansion; the Chrysler Building, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The Harris Interactive survey of 1,804 randomly selected Americans ranked America’s Favorite Architecture from a list pre-selected by an AIA panel of 248 structures in numerous categories, including famous homes, public buildings, sports arenas, transportation hubs, and office buildings. Nearly half of the projects are in New York, Washington, D.C., or Chicago.
For more information, visit the AIA Web site.
