your all time favorite building - Page 3

Chicago103 · #41 Posted **Nov 15, 2006, 10:41 PM**

The Sears Tower

Cirrus · #42 Posted **Nov 15, 2006, 10:49 PM**

Union Station, Washington, DC

Kroy Wen · #43 Posted **Nov 17, 2006, 10:52 AM**

Chambord

Wheelingman04 · #44 Posted **Nov 18, 2006, 6:50 AM**

I really don't have a favorite but two that come to mind are:
Chrysler Building

Tribune Tower in Chicago

i_am_hydrogen · #45 Posted **Nov 18, 2006, 7:45 AM**

Taj Mahal - perfection.

Patrick · #46 Posted **Nov 18, 2006, 7:59 AM**

I Changed my mind:

texcolo · #47 Posted **Nov 18, 2006, 2:00 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by sapphireblueeyes

R.R. Donnelly on Whacker Drive in Downtown Chicago. R.R. Donnelly is a printing company. At night, the entire building is lit up so breathtakingly. It's as though it should be in Ancient Greece. When we're finally awarded the Olympics, as we will be for Summer Games 2016, the Olympiads will greatly admire him as well, he will inspire [even] them to greatness.

I took the architectural boat tour down the Chicago River back in September. I was awestruck, it was architectural pornography. The tour guide had lots to brag about, but when we passed this thing she pretty much rolled her eyes.

jcchii · #48 Posted **Nov 18, 2006, 4:39 PM**

^ if it were in the middle of a suburban edge city people would probably hate it.
but in that setting it's grown on more people. I think it will look better with the 1000-ft waterview tower next to it.

Wheelingman04 · #49 Posted **Nov 19, 2006, 6:09 AM**

Here is one of my favorite modern skyscrapers:
Promenade 2 in Atlanta

lexberg · #50 Posted **Nov 19, 2006, 12:10 PM**

John Deere World Headquarters in Moline, Illinois. Designed by Finnish-American Eero Saarinen and completed in 1964.

EtherealMist · #51 Posted **Nov 19, 2006, 10:35 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by UrbanImpact

The Ansonia in New York's Upper West Side:

They just don't build em' like this anymore

holy shit that building is delicious

That looks like it was pulled out of Europe (and made twice as tall)

Wheelingman04 · #52 Posted **Nov 21, 2006, 5:43 AM**

^ That sure is a beauty.

jeffwhit · #53 Posted **Nov 22, 2006, 8:23 AM**

a little different...

I don't know of another building that interacts with and compliments its surroundings as beautifully as this.

JManc · #54 Posted **Nov 22, 2006, 2:26 PM**

justin00 · #55 Posted **Nov 22, 2006, 5:47 PM**

Oh my I can't believe you posted that hideous building. When I was living in Louisville I always had to turn my head the other direction when I approached it.

For those who aren't familiar, it is the Kaden Tower in Louisville. It is outside the downtown core quite a good distance and right next to the Watterson Expressway, and therefore very prominent in its location. Which is a shame because it is awful.

On topic, the Chrysler Building has always been a favorite of mine, the building that sparked my love for skyscrapers. However that may change after Trump chicago is completed.

TheMeltyMan · #56 Posted **Nov 22, 2006, 6:40 PM**

Not including the Baltic? church posted earlier, I think i'd go with:

photo by VZ

Marcu · #57 Posted **Nov 24, 2006, 5:09 AM**

Gonna have to go with the burrito house building in Chicago's lakeview.

marcus · #58 Posted **Nov 24, 2006, 6:17 AM**

I've always liked the Transamerica pryamid and the bank of america building in houston

Cirrus · #59 Posted **Nov 27, 2006, 6:29 PM**

Quote:

I took the architectural boat tour down the Chicago River back in September. I was awestruck, it was architectural pornography. The tour guide had lots to brag about, but when we passed this thing she pretty much rolled her eyes.

Of course she did. Architectural critics prefer faux-industrial to faux-Greek these days.

But don't tell them that. They get mad when you point out the incongruities of their dogma.

Personally, I think the Donnelly building is attractive, but not particularly extraordinary.

Abel Oner · #60 Posted **Nov 28, 2006, 4:04 PM**