America's Favorite Architecture

At a web site sponsored by the American Institute of Architecture, you can view favorite works of architecture--buildings, bridges, monuments, and memorials--that were chosen through a public poll. The resulting 150 choices represent the structures that people love and some of the best of America's architectural heritage.

Once on the site, you can view each building, read more about it, post comments, read what others have written, and--if you wish--vote for your favorite five buildings. Once you've voted, you can compare your choices to the top-rated buildings selected by other internet users. You can zoom in on each building's picture for close-up views. Thanks to a partnership with Google Earth, you also can locate each building on an interactive map.

The top-rated building? The Empire State Building (New York City, 1931, William Lamb).