AIA 150/好きな建築150選

AIA（アメリカ建築家協会）の150周年を記念して、好きな建築150選が発表された。

http://www.aia150.org/aia150_afa_default



これは全米約1800人のインタビュー調査をもとに好きな建築物を選出し、その順位を決定している。1位から30位は以下の通り



1 Empire State Building -- New York City William Lamb, Shreve, Lamb & Harmon
2 The White House -- Washington, D.C. James Hoban
3 Washington National Cathedral -- Washington, D.C. George F. Bodley and Henry Vaughan, FAIA
4 Thomas Jefferson Memorial -- Washington D.C. John Russell Pope, FAIA
5 Golden Gate Bridge -- San Francisco Irving F. Morrow and Gertrude C. Morrow
6 U.S. Capitol -- Washington, D.C. William Thornton, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, Thomas U. Walter FAIA, Montgomery C. Meigs
7 Lincoln Memorial -- Washington, D.C. Henry Bacon, FAIA
8 Biltmore Estate (Vanderbilt Residence) -- Asheville, NC Richard Morris Hunt, FAIA
9 Chrysler Building -- New York City William Van Alen, FAIA
10 Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- Washington, D.C. Maya Lin with Cooper-- Lecky Partnership
11 St. Patrick's Cathedral -- New York City James Renwick, FAIA
12 Washington Monument -- Washington, D.C. Robert Mills
13 Grand Central Station -- New York City Reed and Stern; Warren and Wetmore
14 The Gateway Arch -- St. Louis Eero Saarinen, FAIA
15 Supreme Court of the United States -- Washington, D.C. Cass Gilbert, FAIA
16 St. Regis Hotel -- New York City Trowbridge & Livingston
17 Metropolitan Museum of Art Ð New York City Calvert Vaux, FAIA; McKim, Mead & White; Richard Morris Hunt, FAIA; Kevin Roche, FAIA; John Dinkeloo, FAIA
18 Hotel Del Coronado -- San Diego James Reid, FAIA
19 World Trade Center -- New York City Minoru Yamasaki, FAIA; Antonio Brittiochi; Emery Roth & Sons
20 Brooklyn Bridge -- New York City John Augustus Roebling
21 Philadelphia City Hall -- Philadelphia John McArthur Jr., FAIA
22 Bellagio Hotel and Casino -- Las Vegas Deruyter Butler; Atlandia Design
23 Cathedral of St. John the Divine -- New York City Heins & La Farge; Ralph Adams Cram
24 Philadelphia Museum of Art -- Philadelphia Horace Trumbauer, Zantzinger, Borie, and Medary
25 Trinity Church -- Boston Henry Hobson Richardson, FAIA
26 Ahwahnee Hotel -- Yosemite Valley, CA Gilbert Stanley Underwood
27 Monticello -- Charlottesville, VA Thomas Jefferson
28 Library of Congress -- Washington, D.C. John L. Smithmeyer, FAIA and Paul J. Pelz, FAIA
29 Kaufmann Residence (Fallingwater) -- Bear Run, PA Frank Lloyd Wright
30 Taliesin -- Spring Green, WI Frank Lloyd Wright



立地はワシントンDCかNYに集中している。

5位（ゴールデンゲート橋）や20位（ブルックリン橋）に橋梁が入っていたり、公園施設やモニュメント（10位、12位、14位）も選ばれている点が興味深い。