"Why choose an AIA architect?" "Get the real thing-Look for AIA.." ..And choose from this delightful list of AIA favorites (albeit a poll of the general Public):
[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070207archnat-story,1,4741761.story?coll=chi-news-hed]TOP TEN ![/url]
Perhaps the AIA should educate "the public" to help expand this list beyond those buildings only found on Money, Lowes' Commercials, Car Ads and/or Cartoons.....That the World Trade Center didn't make the cut baffles me.
By Blair Kamin
Tribune architecture critic
Published February 7, 2007
Here are the top 10 structures on the list of "America's Favorite Architecture," a public poll that determined the nation's 150 best works of architecture from a list of 248 structures. The poll, conducted by the American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive, was released Wednesday. Each building is accompanied by its location, the name of its architect, original date of completion, and function.
1. Empire State Building, New York City, Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1931, office building.
2. The White House, Washington, D.C., James Hoban and others, 1792, government.
3. Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., George Bodley and Henry Vaughan, 1990, religious.
4. Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., John Russell Pope, 1943, memorial.
5. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, Joseph Strauss (engineer) and Irving Morrow and Gertrude Morrow (architects), 1937, bridge.
6. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., William Thorton, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, Thomas Walter, Montgomery Meigs, 1865, government.
7. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., Henry Bacon, 1922, memorial.
That list wasn't even worth compiling. BOTH NYC Apple stores but no Kimbell Museum? It turns into a PoMo nightmare list once you get past every building in Washington DC and all of the tall buildings in America.
Here's my equally valid and culturally relevant list:
Top 50 Ways I'm Going to Fight Santa Claus
1. Bare knuckles.
2. Litigation.
3. Surface-to-Air missiles.
4. Thunderdome.
5. Hall of mirrors combat.
6. Broken bottles at dive bar.
7. Dance off.
8. Introduce virus to which elves have no resistance.
9. Quake 2 deathmatch.
10. See who can get the most numbers at a bar.
11. Show him that children no longer believe.
12. Pugil sticks.
13. Slander.
14. DJ spin off.
15. Dioxin.
16. Crossbows.
17. Credit fraud.
18. Gymkata.
19. Log toss.
20. 100m dash.
21. Fencing (foil only).
22. Poetry reading.
23. Wrists tied, with knives.
24. Automatic pitching machine ambush.
25. Frisbee with sharp edges.
26. Hot iron down the laundry chute like in Home Alone.
27. Arm wrestle.
28. Huge, padded sumo suits at Spring Break event.
29. Staring contest.
30. List bands he's never even heard of.
31. Ruin social security before he even has a chance to collect.
32. Add him to no-fly list.
33. Fire.
34. Dip his beard in mercury.
35. Chuck Norris-style roundhouse kick off of an oil refinery catwalk.
36. Encourage him to add me as phone-a-friend for game show. Provide wrong answers.
37. Delete his bookmarks.
38. Photoshop fraud.
39. Grenades.
40. Insist on sword fight, but bring gun.
41. Troll him.
42. Sweep the leg.
43. Gradually change his diet to high cholesterol foods.
44. Throwing stars.
45. Pushup contest.
46. Encourage government to invade the Arctic.
47. Lasers.
48. Blowguns.
49. Tasers.
50. Reindeer joust.
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Top 10 American Architectural Works
"Why choose an AIA architect?" "Get the real thing-Look for AIA.." ..And choose from this delightful list of AIA favorites (albeit a poll of the general Public):
[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070207archnat-story,1,4741761.story?coll=chi-news-hed]TOP TEN ![/url]
Perhaps the AIA should educate "the public" to help expand this list beyond those buildings only found on Money, Lowes' Commercials, Car Ads and/or Cartoons.....That the World Trade Center didn't make the cut baffles me.
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By Blair Kamin
Tribune architecture critic
Published February 7, 2007
Here are the top 10 structures on the list of "America's Favorite Architecture," a public poll that determined the nation's 150 best works of architecture from a list of 248 structures. The poll, conducted by the American Institute of Architects and Harris Interactive, was released Wednesday. Each building is accompanied by its location, the name of its architect, original date of completion, and function.
1. Empire State Building, New York City, Shreve, Lamb & Harmon, 1931, office building.
2. The White House, Washington, D.C., James Hoban and others, 1792, government.
3. Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D.C., George Bodley and Henry Vaughan, 1990, religious.
4. Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C., John Russell Pope, 1943, memorial.
5. Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, Joseph Strauss (engineer) and Irving Morrow and Gertrude Morrow (architects), 1937, bridge.
6. U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., William Thorton, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, Thomas Walter, Montgomery Meigs, 1865, government.
7. Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., Henry Bacon, 1922, memorial.
8. Biltmore Estates/Vanderbilt Residence, Asheville, N.C., Richard Morris Hunt, 1895, residence.
9. Chrysler Building, New York City, William Van Alen, 1930, office building.
10. Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., Maya Lin in association with Cooper-Lecky Partnership, 1982, memorial.
world trade center was #19
aia top 150
That list wasn't even worth compiling. BOTH NYC Apple stores but no Kimbell Museum? It turns into a PoMo nightmare list once you get past every building in Washington DC and all of the tall buildings in America.
Here's my equally valid and culturally relevant list:
Top 50 Ways I'm Going to Fight Santa Claus
1. Bare knuckles.
2. Litigation.
3. Surface-to-Air missiles.
4. Thunderdome.
5. Hall of mirrors combat.
6. Broken bottles at dive bar.
7. Dance off.
8. Introduce virus to which elves have no resistance.
9. Quake 2 deathmatch.
10. See who can get the most numbers at a bar.
11. Show him that children no longer believe.
12. Pugil sticks.
13. Slander.
14. DJ spin off.
15. Dioxin.
16. Crossbows.
17. Credit fraud.
18. Gymkata.
19. Log toss.
20. 100m dash.
21. Fencing (foil only).
22. Poetry reading.
23. Wrists tied, with knives.
24. Automatic pitching machine ambush.
25. Frisbee with sharp edges.
26. Hot iron down the laundry chute like in Home Alone.
27. Arm wrestle.
28. Huge, padded sumo suits at Spring Break event.
29. Staring contest.
30. List bands he's never even heard of.
31. Ruin social security before he even has a chance to collect.
32. Add him to no-fly list.
33. Fire.
34. Dip his beard in mercury.
35. Chuck Norris-style roundhouse kick off of an oil refinery catwalk.
36. Encourage him to add me as phone-a-friend for game show. Provide wrong answers.
37. Delete his bookmarks.
38. Photoshop fraud.
39. Grenades.
40. Insist on sword fight, but bring gun.
41. Troll him.
42. Sweep the leg.
43. Gradually change his diet to high cholesterol foods.
44. Throwing stars.
45. Pushup contest.
46. Encourage government to invade the Arctic.
47. Lasers.
48. Blowguns.
49. Tasers.
50. Reindeer joust.
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