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Two Apple Stores Rated In Top 150 Favorite American Architecture

Thursday February 8, 2007 2:52 pm PST by longofest
In a poll by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Americans found the 5th Avenue Apple Store in New York City, New York, to be the 53rd favorite example of architecture in America. The Apple Store beat out other locations such as the New York Plaza Hotel (#81), Yankee Stadium (#84), Baltimores Oriole Park at Camden Yards (122nd), and Apple's SoHo Apple Store (#141).

The list was lead by the Empire State Building (#1), the White House (#2), and the Washington National Cathedral (#3). The full list can be found here.
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aristobrat
65 months ago
Wasn't Portland, OR giving Apple a hard time opening a store there (to the point Apple just gave up) because they didn't like any of Apple's store designs?
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Peace
65 months ago

Wasn't Portland, OR giving Apple a hard time opening a store there (to the point Apple just gave up) because they didn't like any of Apple's store designs?


Downtown Portland has an Apple Store as does Tigard and another suburb.
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brucku
65 months ago
do replicas of famous french architecture really deserve recognition?

I love the 5th ave store, but it's merely a play on the design of the louvre in Paris. Nice work steve, but you can't exactly get credit for a design adaptation can you? (particularly in an "american architecture" context)
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TheAnswer
65 months ago

do replicas of famous french architecture really deserve recognition?

I love the 5th ave store, but it's merely a play on the design of the louvre in Paris. Nice work steve, but you can't exactly get credit for a design adaptation can you? (particularly in an "american architecture" context)


I don't think you can call Pei's Louvre additions "french architecture" as he is a Chinese American. IMHO, most of architecture is play, play of basic principles, materials and spaces.
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s10
65 months ago
This whole "architecture" list is crap. It looks more like a "Patriotic Architecture" list. Placing the once hideous WT building and the kitsch white house before world class examples of architecture by Mies, Konig, Wright, Kahn and so on...... and the Apple store is nice, but not that special...
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twoodcc
65 months ago
wow, that's pretty good news for Apple.
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ethernet76
65 months ago

This whole "architecture" list is crap. It looks more like a "Patriotic Architecture" list. Placing the once hideous WT building and the kitsch white house before world class examples of architecture by Mies, Konig, Wright, Kahn and so on...... and the Apple store is nice, but not that special...


They might have asked members, "What is your favorite building," not, "what is your favorite design?"

That question makes the list more plausible.

I'm personally fond of the BMW plant is Germany.
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SciTeach
65 months ago

They might have asked members, "What is your favorite building," not, "what is your favorite design?"


I have to agree. The buildings listed show impressive favor for people, but as for design, the list would look different. Who did they ask anyway? Actual architechs or average joe/jane? I'm not dissin' :apple: in any way. I like the look of the 5th Ave. store, but some of the other buildings' designs goes well beyond :apple: stores.
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Peterkro
65 months ago
American Architecture,some mistake shirley.:)
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arkitect
65 months ago



I'm personally fond of the BMW plant is Germany.


She's certainly done well to stick to her principles… all the way from the "unbuildable" Peak competition winner in Hong Kong. Cometh the time, cometh the woman" :)
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