[Navin]

I thought this was pretty interesting. Here are the Midwestern favorites.

The 150 favorite pieces of American architecture, according to the public poll “America’s Favorite Architecture” conducted by The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Harris Interactive, are as follows.


14 Gateway Arch MO - St. Louis Saarinen, Eero 1965 Memorial/Monument
30 Taliesin East WI - Spring Green Wright, Frank Lloyd 1911 Residence
31 Wrigley Field - Chicago, IL IL -Chicago Davis, Zachary Taylor 1914 Sports
38 Tribune Tower IL - Chicago Howells & Hood 1925 Skyscraper
40 Union Station MO -St. Louis Link, Theodore C. 1894 Transit
42 Sears Tower IL - Chicago Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (Bruce Graham) 1974 Skyscraper
44 Cincinnati Union Terminal OH - Cincinnati Alfred Fellheimer and Stewart Wagner, consulting architect Paul Philippe Cret 1933 Transit
52 Field Museum of Natural History IL -Chicago Atwood, Charles B. 1893 Museum
59 Milwaukee Art Museum WI - Milwaukee Calatrava, Santiago 2001 Museum
62 333 Wacker Drive IL - Chicago Kohn Pedersen Fox 1983 Skyscraper
67 Nebraska State Capital NE - Lincoln Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue 1932 Govt.
73 Lake Point Tower IL - Chicago George Schipporeit and John Heinrick 1968 Skyscraper
82 Sofitel IL -Chicago Viguier, Jean-Paul 2002 Skyscraper/Hotel
83 Glessner House IL -Chicago Richardson, Henry Hobson 1887 Residence
85 Chicago Public Library IL - Chicago Hammond, Beeby & Babka 1991 Library
88 Art Institute Of Chicago IL - Chicago Shelply, Rutan, and Coolidge 1893 Museum
94 University of Michigan Law Library MI - Ann Arbor York & Sawyer 1931 Library
101 Paul Brown Stadium OH - Cincinnati NBBJ 2000 Sports
102 United Airlines Terminal - O'Hare IL -Chicago Jahn, Helmut 1988 Transit
107 IDS Center/IDS Tower MN - Minneapolis Philip Johnson and John Burgee 1972 Skyscraper
110 Union Station IL - Chicago Graham, Anderson, Probst & White 1925 Transit
114 Dana-Thomas House IL - Springfield, IL Wright, Frank Lloyd 1904 Residence
116 The Athenaeum IN - New Harmony Meier, Richard 1979 Auditorium
117 Walker Art Center MN - Minneapolis Herzog & de Meuron 2005 Museum
127 Union Station MO - Kansas City Hunt, Jarvis 1914 Transit
128 Rookery Building IL - Chicago Burnham & Root, Frank Lloyd Wright (Lobby) 1888 Skyscraper
129 Weisman Art Museum - U. of Minnesota Twin Cities MN - Minneapolis Gehry, Frank 1993 Museum
130 Douglas House MI - Harbor Springs Meier, Richard 1973 Residence
138 Robie House IL - Chicago Wright, Frank Lloyd 1909 Residence
145 Carson Pirie Scott IL - Chicago Sullivan, Louis 1899 Skyscraper
147 Auditorium Building IL - Chicago Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan 1889 Skyscraper


Share pictures if you got 'em. And discuss the merits. My personal disappointment is that Chicago's John Hancock didn't make it. (Boston's did. :koko: )

[trvlr70]

WTF? How could Chicago's Hancock Center not be on the list. It is one of the world's most beloved skyscrapers.

Otherwise, great list of treasures.

[the pope]

i expected at least one of the Detroit Art-deco ladies to make it. (I'm sure other cities are scratching their heads a bit too)

[Buckeye Native 001]

Paul Brown Stadium? What the fuck is that shit? :sly:

[Cleveland Brown]

i expected at least one of the Detroit Art-deco ladies to make it. (I'm sure other cities are scratching their heads a bit too)

Well, you must remember any architectual value must be discounted against the shittyness of the city. Thus, Detroit and Cleveland are absent from the list, because well, most AIA readers aren't going to visit those cities unless they're forced to.

[JivecitySTL]

^I completely disagree. I think the AIA is astute enough to base their selections on their own architectural merits independent of their context. A building in New Harmony, Indiana made the list and who the hell has even heard of that town let alone wants to visit it. I don't think they're shallow enough to dismiss a city's contributions to architecture just because they deem it undesirable. There has to be some criteria that they adhere to.

Even though my city has relatively good representation on this list, I do feel that it neglects some of the best architecture in the region, namely that of Detroit. I agree that the art deco representation in the City of Motor Vehicular Contraptions is on par with the very best anywhere.

[Paintrain]

only 1 from indina thats surprises me

[ColDayMan]

Actually, New Harmony is quite famous in City Planning.

And Paul Brown is quite nice. Too bad our team can't do shit in it.

[Wheelingman04]

YAY, Tribune Tower!!!

[Avian001]

That list would be completely different depending on the angle of the sun, the heat index, the loveliness of the day, the day of the week, the wonkiness of the humidity and the criteria issued by the pollsters.

[Cincinnatis]

Paul Brown Stadium? What the fuck is that shit? :sly:

I have to agree with ColDayMan on this one. Have you ever been to PBS? It's amazing throughout the entire stadium.

[the pope]

I have to agree with ColDayMan on this one. Have you ever been to PBS? It's amazing throughout the entire stadium.

And I've been to Ford Field and PBS, and I say Ford Field is better, and since I've been to both and I'm entirely objective; Its a fact, Ford Field should be higher ranked than PBS.

[ColDayMan]

Lol!!!

[Clevelumbus]

Ford Field!

[Paintrain]

Conseco Fieldhouse should be on it its the finest sporting venue in the nation

also maybe even IMS

[Cincinnatis]

And I've been to Ford Field and PBS, and I say Ford Field is better, and since I've been to both and I'm entirely objective; Its a fact, Ford Field should be higher ranked than PBS.

Yeah, well The American Institute of Architects (AIA) aren't the The American Institute of Architects (AIA) for nothing ... lol.

God bless national rankings list! ;)

[Heatonator]

Ewww, Walker Art Center... Where is the Guthrie? Maybe it's too new.

[the pope]

Yeah, well The American Institute of Architects (AIA) aren't the The American Institute of Architects (AIA) for nothing ... lol.

God bless national rankings list! ;)

but in all seriousness, I always highly recommend a visit to ford field.

[CGII]

Actually, New Harmony is quite famous in City Planning.



New Harmony is also quite famous as being formed as visionary, socialist community envisioned by utopianist Robert Owen.


The building in question:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/The_Atheneum%2C_New_Harmony%2C_Indiana%2C_1979.jpg/800px-The_Atheneum%2C_New_Harmony%2C_Indiana%2C_1979.jpg

[NanoBison]

I'm a little disappointed, as well, that the John Hancock Tower didn't make the list. How could it not? (yet, Lake Point Tower did... hmmmmm)

What about the Wells Fargo Tower or Us Bank Tower in Minneapolis. I'd recognized those two anywhere. Oh well, at least IDS made the list.

I'm also surprised the Radisson Tower in downtown Fargo didn't make the list. (j/k)

Perhaps the John Hancock Tower actually made the list, but was missed? Does anyone have a direct link to the list?

edited *** Nevermind, I just went through the entire list. Hancock Tower is not on it.... what a shame... I'm beginning to see why other countries say Americans have crappy taste. Some of those on the list, uhmmmm, shall we say, don't belong there.

[Reichert]

[QUOTE=NanoBison;2624610]
I'm also surprised the Radisson Tower in downtown Fargo didn't make the list. (j/k)
QUOTE]

Well, I wouldn't expect any building in Fargo to make the list but for sheer historical value and well redone aesthetics I would at least try to offer them up the Hotel Donaldson.

[NanoBison]

[QUOTE=NanoBison;2624610]
I'm also surprised the Radisson Tower in downtown Fargo didn't make the list. (j/k)
QUOTE]

Well, I wouldn't expect any building in Fargo to make the list but for sheer historical value and well redone aesthetics I would at least try to offer them up the Hotel Donaldson.

Hence the (j/k) - means Just Kidding... :) ( But I'm sure you already knew that )

But yeah, I would offer the Donaldson as probably a finer example of good architecture.

[Chef]

Where is the Mitchell Corn Palace? That list is bogus.

[Jeff_in_Dayton]

The list is generally pretty good. Some I wonder about, like that law library in Michigan and the train station in Kansas City (im not familar with those buildings)

Id think for signifigant building (though not necessary good aesthetics), the Ford Highland Park plant should be on the list.

Lake Point Tower was a landmark buildiing when built, as it was seen as the realization, in part, of a very early Mies Van Der Rohe scheme for a curved facade glass skyscraper, being both a sort of realization of an early vision of the skyscraper, and example of the Miesian idiom "breaking the stereotypical box"

Hancock & Sears are "iconic" as their forms are higly legible and landmarks, but in terms of aesthetic signifigance and their relationship to the history of design, they probably shouldnt be on this list.

[matguy7070]

ST. LOUIS:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/matguy70/995DSC09516good2.jpg


I LIKE TO SEE THAT MISSOURI'S TWO BEAUTIFUL UNION STATIONS ARE ON THE LIST!

St. Louis Union Station:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/matguy70/unionstation1/2004_0806Image0116.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/matguy70/unionstation1/2004_0806Image0107.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v457/matguy70/unionstation1/2004_0806Image0079.jpg

http://www.siahq.org/conference/saintlouis/images/HABSMO96SALU12617750W.gif

Kansas City's Union Station:

http://lakeshoreservices.com/railnut/200301chiefPict0383_sm.jpg

http://www.pictureninja.com/pages/united-states/missouri/union-station-kansas-city.jpg

[hudkina]

The UM Law Library:

Harry Potter-esque...
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/156/358798408_97c773a224_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/60/203435127_bcfb4b1b13_o.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/56/151435712_edefd2f30c_b.jpg

[Evergrey]

1. I'm VERY happy to see Tribune outrank Sears... which other than having ridiculous height... is an unremarkable building.

2. St. Louis reigns supreme in the Midwest... again.

3. New Harmony, IN is the most famous city in Indiana.

4. I'll take Boston's elegant John Hancock over Chicago's John Hancock of Doom tower (although I seem to remember National Geographic doing an article on this tower 15-20 years ago).

5. Where is Cleveland's Terminal Tower?

[Exodus]

Once again, Detroit gets ignored. :rolleyes: