America's Favorite Structures

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff Updated by an Factmonster Editor on February 21, 2017

The best architecture in the United States

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis ranks #14

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The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Harris Interactive compiled a list of America’s best works of architecture, based on interviews with AIA members and a poll of about 1,800 adults. Here is the list, which was released in February 2007.

Rank	Building	City
1	Empire State Building	New York, N.Y.
2	The White House	Washington, D.C.
3	Washington National Cathedral	Washington, D.C.
4	Thomas Jefferson Memorial	Washington D.C.
5	Golden Gate Bridge	San Francisco, Calif.
6	U.S. Capitol	Washington, D.C.
7	Lincoln Memorial	Washington, D.C.
8	Biltmore Estate (Vanderbilt Residence)	Asheville, N.C.
9	Chrysler Building	New York, N.Y.
10	Vietnam Veterans Memorial	Washington, D.C.
11	St. Patrick’s Cathedral	New York, N.Y.
12	Washington Monument	Washington, D.C.
13	Grand Central Station	New York, N.Y.
14	The Gateway Arch	St. Louis, Mo.
15	Supreme Court of the United States	Washington, D.C.
16	St. Regis Hotel	New York, N.Y.
17	Metropolitan Museum of Art	New York, N.Y.
18	Hotel Del Coronado	San Diego, Calif.
19	World trade Center	New York, N.Y.
20	Brooklyn Bridge	New York, N.Y.
21	Philadelphia City Hall	Philadelphia, Pa.
22	Bellagio Hotel and Casino	Las Vegas, Nev.
23	Cathedral of St. John the Divine	New York, N.Y.
24	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Philadelphia, Pa.
25	Trinity Church	Boston, Mass.
26	Ahwahnee Hotel	Yosemite Valley, Calif.
27	Monticello	Charlottesville, Va.
28	Library of Congress	Washington, D.C.
29	Kaufmann Residence (Fallingwater)	Bear Run, Pa.
30	Taliesin	Spring Green, Wis.
31	Wrigley Field	Chicago, Ill.
32	Wanamaker’s Department Store	Philadelphia, Pa.
33	Rose Center for Earth and Space	New York, N.Y.
34	National Gallery of Art, West Building	Washington, D.C.
35	Allegheny County Courthouse	Pittsburgh, Pa.
36	Old Faithful Inn	Yellowstone National Park, Wyo.
37	Union Station	Washington, D.C.
38	Tribune Tower	Chicago, Ill.
39	Delano Hotel	Miami Beach, Fla.
40	Union Station	St. Louis, Mo.
41	Hearst Residence (Hearst Castle)	San Simeon, Calif.
42	Sears Tower	Chicago, Ill.
43	Crane Library	Quincy, Mass.
44	Woolworth Building	New York, N.Y.
45	Cincinnati Union Terminal	Cincinnati, Ohio
46	Waldorf Astoria	New York, N.Y.
47	New York Public Library	New York, N.Y.
48	Carnegie Hall	New York, N.Y.
49	San Francisco City Hall	San Francisco, Calif.
50	Virginia State Capitol	Richmond, Va.
51	Cadet Chapel, Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs, Colo.
52	Field Museum of Natural History	Chicago, Ill.
53	Apple Store Fifth Avenue	New York, N.Y.
54	Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia, Pa.
55	Mauna Kea Beach Hotel	Kohala Coast, Hawaii
56	Rockefeller Center	New York, N.Y.
57	Denver International Airport	Denver, Colo.
58	Ames Library	North Easton, Mass.
59	Milwaukee Art Museum	Milwaukee, Wis.
60	Thorncrown Chapel	Eureka Springs, Arkansas
61	TransAmerica Pyramid	San Francisco, Calif.
62	333 Wacker Drive	Chicago, Ill.
63	National Museum of Air and Space	Washington, D.C.
64	Faneuil Hall Marketplace	Boston, Mass.
65	Crystal Cathedral	Garden Grove, Calif.
66	Gamble House	Pasadena, Calif.
67	Nebraska State Capital	Lincoln, Nebr.
68	New York Times Building	New York, N.Y.
69	Salt Lake City Public Library	Salt Lake City, Utah
70	Swan and Dolphin Hotels, Walt Disney World	Orlando, Fla.
71	Hearst Tower	New York, N.Y.
72	Flatiron Building (Fuller Building)	New York, N.Y.
73	Lake Point Tower	Chicago, Ill.
74	Guggenheim Museum	New York, N.Y.
75	Union Station	Los Angeles, Calif.
76	Willard Hotel	Washington, D.C.
77	Sever Hall, Harvard University	Cambridge, Mass.
78	Broadmoor Hotel	Colorado Springs, Colo.
79	Ronald Reagan Building and International trade Center	Washington, D.C.
80	Phillips Exeter Academy Library	Exeter, N.H.
81	The Plaza Hotel	New York, N.Y.
82	Sofitel Chicago Water Tower	Chicago, Ill.
83	Glessner House	Chicago, Ill.
84	Yankee Stadium	New York, N.Y.
85	Harold Washington Library Center	Chicago, Ill.
86	Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts	New York, N.Y.
87	The Dakota Apartments	New York, N.Y.
88	Art Institute of Chicago	Chicago, Ill.
89	Fairmont Hotel	San Francisco, Calif.
90	Boston Public Library	Boston, Mass.
91	Hollywood Bowl	Hollywood, Calif.
92	Texas State Capitol	Austin, Tex.
93	Fontainebleau	Miami Beach, Fla.
94	Legal Research Building, University of Michigan	Ann Arbor, Mich.
95	J. Paul Getty Center for the Arts	Los Angeles, Calif.
96	High Museum	Atlanta, Ga.
97	Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse	Islip, N.Y.
98	Humana Building	Louisville, Ky.
99	Walt Disney Concert Hall	Los Angeles, Calif.
100	Radio City Music Hall	New York, N.Y.
101	Paul Brown Stadium	Cincinnati, Ohio
102	United Airlines Terminal, O'Hare	Chicago, Ill.
103	Hyatt Regency Atlanta	Atlanta, Ga.
104	AT&T Park (San Francisco Giants Stadium)	San Francisco, Calif.
105	Time Warner Center	New York, N.Y.
106	Washington, D.C., Metro	Washington, D.C.
107	IDS Center	Minneapolis, Minn.
108	Seattle Public Library	Seattle, Wash.
109	Museum of Modern Art	San Francisco, Calif.
110	Union Station	Chicago, Ill.
111	United Nations Headquarters	New York, N.Y.
112	National Building Museum (Pension Building)	Washington, D.C.
113	Fenway Park	Boston, Mass.
114	Dana-Thomas House	Springfield, Ill.
115	TWA Terminal, Kennedy Airport	New York, N.Y.
116	The Athenaeum	New Harmony, Ind.
117	Walker Art Center	Minneapolis, Minn.
118	American Airlines Center	Dallas, Tex.
119	Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa	Phoenix, Ariz.
120	Los Angeles Central Library	Los Angeles, Calif.
121	San Francisco International Terminal	San Francisco, Calif.
122	Oriole Park at Camden Yards	Baltimore, Md.
123	Taliesin West	Scottsdale, Ariz.
124	United States Holocaust Memorial Museum	Washington, D.C.
125	Citicorp Center	New York, N.Y.
126	V. C. Morris Gift Shop (Xanadu Gallery)	San Francisco, Calif.
127	Union Station	Kansas City, Mo.
128	Rookery Building	Chicago, Ill.
129	Weisman Art Museum	Minneapolis, Minn.
130	Douglas House	Harbor Springs, Mich.
131	Hollyhock House	Los Angeles, Calif.
132	Pennzoil Place	Houston, Tex.
133	Royalton Hotel	New York, N.Y.
134	Reliant Astrodome	Houston, Tex.
135	Safeco Field	Seattle, Wash.
136	Corning Museum of Glass	Corning, N.Y.
137	30th Street Station	Philadelphia, Pa.
138	Robie House	Chicago, Ill.
139	Williams Tower (Transco Tower)	Houston, Tex.
140	Stahl House (Case Study House #22)	Los Angeles, Calif.
141	Apple SoHo	New York, N.Y.
142	John Hancock Towers	Boston, Mass.
143	Pennsylvania Station	New York, N.Y.
144	Hyatt Regency San Francisco	San Francisco, Calif.
145	Carson Pirie Scott	Chicago, Ill.
146	Museum of Modern Art	New York, N.Y.
147	Auditorium Building	Chicago, Ill.
148	Brown Palace Hotel	Denver, Colo.
149	Ingalls Ice Arena, Yale University	New Haven, Conn.
150	Battle Hall, University of Texas	Austin, Tex.

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