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Image:56eugyjnm.jpg|[[The White House]]. | Image:56eugyjnm.jpg|[[The White House]]. | ||
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Image:US Capitol.jpg|'''US Capitol.''' | Image:US Capitol.jpg|'''US Capitol.''' | ||
Image:Lincoln memorial.jpg|[[Lincoln Memorial]]. | Image:Lincoln memorial.jpg|[[Lincoln Memorial]]. | ||
| − | Image:Sears Tower.jpg|'''Sears Tower.''' | + | Image:Sears Tower from ground.jpg|'''Sears Tower.''' |
Image:Chrysler skyscraper.jpg|'''The Chrysler Building''' | Image:Chrysler skyscraper.jpg|'''The Chrysler Building''' | ||
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Image:Statue of Liberty.jpg|[[Statue of Liberty]]. | Image:Statue of Liberty.jpg|[[Statue of Liberty]]. | ||
| + | File:800px-The Pentagon US Department of Defense building.jpg|[[The Pentagon]] '''US Department of Defense Building'''. | ||
| + | File:Un building.jpg|[[UN]] Building. | ||
| + | File:Wall Street.jpg|[[Wall Street]] '''Stock Exchange Building'''. | ||
| + | File:Massachusetts Hall building.jpg|'''Massachusetts Hall Building''', [[Harvard]]. | ||
| + | File:Federal Hall Wall Street New York.jpg|'''Federal Hall Building'''. | ||
Image:Rease biltmore estate.jpg|'''Biltmore Estate.''' | Image:Rease biltmore estate.jpg|'''Biltmore Estate.''' | ||
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*[[Arlington House]] | *[[Arlington House]] | ||
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| + | [[Image:Taft museum.jpg|thumb|370px|left|Belmont]] | ||
| + | [[File:University of Virginia.jpg|thumb|The Rotunda of the University of Virginia designed by [[Thomas Jefferson]].]] | ||
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*[http://www.pritzkerprize.com/ The Pritzker Architecture Prize] | *[http://www.pritzkerprize.com/ The Pritzker Architecture Prize] | ||
*[http://architecture.about.com/od/greatarchitects/p/wright.htm Frank Lloyd Wright, America's Most Famous Architect] | *[http://architecture.about.com/od/greatarchitects/p/wright.htm Frank Lloyd Wright, America's Most Famous Architect] | ||
| − | *[http://www.aia.org/press2_template.cfm?pagename= | + | *[http://web.archive.org/web/20070502121917/http://www.aia.org/press2_template.cfm?pagename=release%5F020707%5F150Buildings Empire State Building Ranks Highest in Poll of America’s Favorite Architecture] Designed by Gregory Johnson. |
*[http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-51.shtml Famous Buildings In America] Originally Published 1915. | *[http://www.oldandsold.com/articles10/famous-buildings-51.shtml Famous Buildings In America] Originally Published 1915. | ||
*[http://www.spjelkavik.vgs.no/Prosjekt/prosjekt.html Famous Buildings and Monuments in the USA] | *[http://www.spjelkavik.vgs.no/Prosjekt/prosjekt.html Famous Buildings and Monuments in the USA] | ||
*[http://www.e-architect.co.uk/american_architecture.htm American Buildings] | *[http://www.e-architect.co.uk/american_architecture.htm American Buildings] | ||
| + | *[http://education.yahoo.com/reference/encyclopedia/entry/Amer-arch American architecture.] | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[File:Supreme_Court.jpg|thumb|The U.S. Supreme Court.]] |
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[[Image:Prometheus Fountain at the Rockefeller Center.jpg]] | [[Image:Prometheus Fountain at the Rockefeller Center.jpg]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:25, September 13, 2019
Famous American Buildings
- "Architecture is worth great attention since it shows so much." Thomas Jefferson.
Washington National Cathedral.
Jefferson Memorial.
US Capitol.
Sears Tower.
The Chrysler Building
The Pentagon US Department of Defense Building.
UN Building.
Wall Street Stock Exchange Building.
Massachusetts Hall Building, Harvard.
Federal Hall Building.
Biltmore Estate.
See also
- Architecture
- Architectural Sculpture Gallery
- World treasures
- Famous American artists
- Famous American Architects
- Arlington House
The Rotunda of the University of Virginia designed by Thomas Jefferson.
External links
- The Pritzker Architecture Prize
- Frank Lloyd Wright, America's Most Famous Architect
- Empire State Building Ranks Highest in Poll of America’s Favorite Architecture Designed by Gregory Johnson.
- Famous Buildings In America Originally Published 1915.
- Famous Buildings and Monuments in the USA
- American Buildings
- American architecture.
Rockefeller Center.
Library of Congress.