CNNMoney presents us with their top 10 favorite houses in America, selected from the American Institute of Architects list of the top 150 American Structures.
Biltmore Estate (Vanderbilt Residence)- By Richard Morris Hunt
Monticello – Designed by Thomas Jefferson
Fallingwater – Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Taliesin- Frank Lloyd Wright’s residence
Hearst Castle- by Julia Morgan
Gamble House by Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene
Glesner House- Designed by Henry Hobson Richardson
Dana-Thomas House- By Frank Lloyd Wright
Taliesin West – By and For Frank Lloyd Wright
Douglas House by Richard Meier
I will give you a different rank because you did fail to review my house. All of this is based on size and best design
1)-Biltmore
2)-Hearst castle
3)- Dumbarton oaks main house on R and 32nd st NW, Washington DC (my house to be, based on design alone, the size will be cut again, around 3 acres to fit with the land)
4)- Monticello
Sinbcerely
Arthur Mboue
Ya, its really very beautiful at least in pictures. If we see it from architectural and location point of view. I also liked all of these houses.
Some of these houses are not very interesting at all, other than their historic significance (and not as architectural masterpieces). Where is Dennis Johnson’s Glas House? You can not let the public vote on something like “Best Architecture” because there are so many technical aspects of which they do not know anything, which in large part determine the quality of the building..
Quite a contrast in designs in the top 10. I must admit that the taste of the architects is more modern than the styles I would consider as classic.