5 favorite buildings?

[DenverCrow]

Ranked by however you want, what are your favorite buildings in the world?

Mine:

1. Pyramis (San Francisco)
2. Wells Fargo Center (Denver)
3. Empire State Building (New York City)
4. One Liberty Place (Philadelphia)
5. John Hancock Building (Chicago)

I've been in all of them except Pyramis, which I hope to do next year.

[JManc]

empire state building
bank of china
sears tower
williams tower
chrysler building

i also really like the burj dubai...elegant as it is tall as well as the two emirates towers.

[davee930]

1.Empire state building
2.Chrylser building
3.Flatiron building
4.Woolworth building
5.John Hancock Center

[DenverCrow]

Now that I think of it, I like the Chrysler more than the Empire State...

[TheTusch]

1. Chicago Tribune Tower
2. Penobscot Building (Detroit)
3. Chrysler Building
4. John Hancock Building
5. Notre Dame (Paris)

[babybackribs2314]

1. Philadelphia City Hall
2. The Chrysler Building
3. The Woolworth Building
4. The John Hancock Center
5. The SwissRe Building (in London)

[daithi]

1. Empire State
2. Bank of China
3. Shanghai WFC
4. Sears Tower
5. Williams Tower

[seaskyfan]

John Hancock Tower in Boston
Chrysler Building in NY
Space Needle
Philadelphia City Hall
Empire State Building

[Avian001]

Among skyscrapers, one fave (among many) is 225 South Sixth by Pei, Cobb, Freed:



The rest are houses. Houses are where real architectural ideas are tested out, since they usually do not have to adhere to commercial constraints. It's hard to limit the list to 5 however! I could also include LeCorbusier's Villa Savoye, Adolf Loo's Villa Muller, Pierre Charreau's Maison de verre, Reitveld's Schroder House, etc.

Bruce Goff's Shin'enKan: (Sadly destroyed in a still-unsolved arson fire in 1996)



Bart Prince's Joe Price House:



Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House:



And, of course, Wright's Fallingwater:

[LivingIn622]

1 ESB NYC
2 Hancock Chicago
3 Guardian bldg. Detroit
4 American standard NYC
5 sun trust plaza atlanta

[Ayreonaut]

- Bank of China
- Bank of America (Charlotte)
- Bank of America (Seattle)
- Empire State Building
- Swiss Re

[Modern Design]

1 Petronas tower

2- Chrysler Building

3 - US bank Los Angeles

4- the guardian detroit

5- Asheville, North Carolina City Hall

[BobOmb]

Originally Posted by Modern Design

1 Petronas tower

2- Chrysler Building

3 - US bank Los Angeles

4- the guardian detroit

5- Asheville, North Carolina City Hall

Dude! Freaky...I was born in Asheville...didn't think anyone knew about that building.

My favs...
1. 1180 Peachtree (Symphony Center) - Atlanta
2. BofA NY - NYC
3. 2 IFC - Hong Kong
4. Q1 Tower - Gold Coast City
5. Hearst Tower - NYC

[Dac150]

1. Chrysler Building/ WTC (NYC)
2. 1301 Avenue of the Americas (NYC)
3. The World Financial Center (NYC)
4. The U.S. Bank Tower (LA)
5. The Citigroup Center (NYC)

[MolsonExport]

Chrysler Building
Bank of China (Hong Kong)
Empire State Building
53rd West 53rd Street, NYC (if it goes forward), otherwise Woolworth Building
1250 Rene Levesque (Montreal)

[pawelsf]

Top 5:

1.) International Commerce Centre(HK)
2.) 2 International Finance Centre (HK)
3.) Bank of China (HK)
4.) This one in Shanghai I don't know the name of:
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/19/10...aaa521.jpg?v=0
5.) Kingdom Tower(Riyadh)

[Buckeye Native 001]

1. Carew Tower (Cincinnati)
2. Library Tower (Los Angeles, aka "U.S. Bank Whore")
3. 2 International Finance Center (Hong Kong)
4. LeVeque Tower (Columbus)
5. Sears Tower (Chicago)

[fastdupree]

1. Empire State Building
2. Shanghi WFC
3. Sears Tower (Chicago)
4. Chrysler Bldg
5. Comcast Center (Philadelphia)

[aluminum]

These are my favorite 5 :

1. Aon Center (Chicago)
2. FCP (Toronto)
3. JPMorgan Chase Tower (Houston)
4. Cheung Kong Center ( Hong Kong )
5. One Chase Manhattan Plaza (New York)

^ All are boxes without setbacks.

[CrazyTiger]

Probably, but not in any specific order

ESB
Sears
Burj Dubai
JP Morgan Chase Tower (Dallas)
The Drill Bit (Chicago 2,000 ft, ygtp)