OFFICIAL building draft selection roundup

[afgrijselijkheid]

sarabella/bluedaddy19 picks:

1-Machu Picchu - Peru
2-Gateway Arch - St. Louis, USA
3-Basilica San Marco - Venice, Italy
4-Dolmabahçe Palace - Istanbul, Turkey
5-Erasmusbrug - Rotterdam, the Netherlands
6-Tribune Tower - Chicago, USA
7-Amsterdam Centraal - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
8-Huis met de Hoofden - Amsterdam, the Netherlands
9-"New" Busch Stadium - St. Louis, USA
10-Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea

[chaski]

1. Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco, USA
2. United States Capitol - Washington, D.C., USA
3. Sacsayhuaman - Cusco, Peru
4. Empire State Building - New York City, USA
5. John Hancock Center - Chicago, USA
6. Newgrange Passage Tomb - County Meath, Ireland
7. Academical Village - University of Virginia, USA
8. Kalasasaya Temple - Tiwanaku, Bolivia
9. Hoover Dam - Nevada, Arizona, USA
10. Uros Floating Islands - Puno, Peru

[Bluto11]

1. Pantheon - Rome, Italy
2. Chartes Cathedral - Chartes, France
3. Petra - Jordan
4. Akshardham - Delhi, India
5. Masjid al-Nabawi - Medina, Saudi Arabia
6. Emporis Building - 333 S Wacker Drive Chicago, IL
7. Abu Simbel - Egypt
8. Arsenal Stadium - Highbury, London, England
9. Checkpoint Charlie - Berlin, Germany
10. Wat Chiang Man - Thailand

I tried to cover lots of different styles from all over the place. Most of the buildings are big grand structures, but I think Checkpoint Charlie was a good pick because of what it represents to the world.

[Wingtips1]

1. The Biltmore---Asheville, North Carolina, USA
2. Catedral de Sevilla---Sevilla, Spain
3. Grand Place---Brussels, Belgium
4. Stonenhendge---England
5. Vaux le Vicomte---France
6. Independence Hall---Philadelphia, PA, USA
7. Buckingham Palace---London, England
8. The Pentagon--Virginia, USA
9. Metropol Parasol--Sevilla, Spain
10. Senso Ji---Tokyo, Japan

[dmar]

1. The Parthenon, Athens, Greece.
2. Seagram Building, New York, USA.
3. Theater of Epidauros, Greece.
4. Great Mosque of Cordoba, Spain.
5. Chandigarh Capitol, India.
6. Kunsthal, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
7. Can Lis, Porto Petro, Spain.
8. San Carlino alle Quatre Fontane, Rome, Italy.
9. Olympiapark, Munich, Germany.
10. Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Spain.

[Iceblink]

Iceblink's picks!

1. St. Basil's Cathedral - Moscow, Russia
2. Neuschwanstein Castle - (near) Hohenschwangau, Germany
3. Anasazi Cliff Palace - Mesa Verde, Colorado, USA
4. Potala Palace - Lhasa Tibet
5. Bahá'í Temple - New Delhi, India
6. Sedlec Ossuary - Sedlec, Czech Republic
7. Chicago Water Tower - Chicago, IL USA
8. Globe Theatre - London, England, UK
9. Canterbury Cathedral - Canterbury, England, UK
10. Knossos - The Island of Crete

[jmarquez1976]

"El Castillo" @ Chichen Itza: Yucatan, Mexico
Torre Latinoamericana: Mexico City
Templo Mayor: Mexico City
Torre Mayor: Mexico City
Iglesia San Francisco: Puebla, Mexico
Hearst Castle: Central Coast, California
Hotel Camino Real: Mexico City
Great Pyramid of Cholula: Puebla, Mexico
Centro Ceremonial Otomi: Temoaya, Mexico
Auditorio Nacional: Mexico City

[Toon³]

1. Swiss Re Tower - London, England
2. Woolworth Building - Manhattan, NY, USA
3. Durham Cathedral - Durham, England
4. Bank of China Tower - Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
5. Newcastle Millenium Bridge - Newcastle, England
6. Hundertwasserhaus - Vienna, Austria
7. Turning Torso Building - Malmo, Sweden
8. Craigside - Rrrrothbury, Northumberland, UK
9. Glaspaleis - Heerlen, The Netherlands
10. Byker Wall, Byker, Newcastle, UK

Most of my picks are either architecturally unique or advances in building technology. Some are even both.

[DoctorJones24]

Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
Temple of Concord, Sicily, Italy
Papal Palace, Avignon, France
Fenway Park, Boston, MA
Tower Bridge, London, England
Kairoiune Mosque, Fez, Morocco
Changdeokgung Palace, Seoul, South Korea
Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic
Westminster Abbey, London, England
La Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, Spain

Wasn't as tough as I'd thought it might be to limit myself to only places I've seen personally.

Buildings that almost made the cut:
Kings College Chapel, Cambridge, England
St. James Gate Brewery, Dublin, Ireland
Rosenbaum House (FLW), Alabama
The Breakers, Newport, RI

[MikeLastort2]

I can't remember what I picked.

:D

[Caesar]

I can't remember what I picked.

:D No fear - I have my spreadsheet to the rescue!

MikeLastort2

1. Hohe Domkirche St Peter und Maria - Cologne, Germany
2. Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore - Florence, Italy
3. East Wing of the National Gallery of Art - Washington DC, United States of America
4. Vietnam Veterans' Memorial - Washington DC, United States of America
5. Palazzo Ducale - Venice, Italy
6. Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo - Venice, Italy
7. Ponte di Rialto - Venice, Italy
8. Château de Chambord - Chambord, France
9. La Sainte-Chapelle - Paris, France
10. Basilica di Santi Maria e Donato - Venice, Italy

[Caesar]

Caesar

1. Great Pyramid of Khufu - Giza, Egypt
2. Temple of Angkor Wat - Angkor, Cambodia
3. Hagia Sophia - Istanbul, Turkey
4. Palais Garnier - Paris, France
5. Museo Guggenheim Bilbao - Bilbao, Spain
6. Condé Nast Building - New York City, United States of America
7. Villa Hadriana - Tivoli, Italy
8. Parliament House - Canberra, Australia
9. Harmandir Sahib - Amritsar, India
10. Schlöss Augustusburg - Brühl, Germany

I tried to get a crossection of styles from throughout history and around the world, combined with a ton of different kinds of buildings in terms of function. Most are hopefully in one way or another the defining buildings of their type - with the exception of the Augustusburg castle. Its uniqueness mainly comes from Neumann's staircase, which is just too phenomenal for me to leave off. Call it a weakness in my final pick.

Buildings that came close to making the cut included Kansai Airport Terminal in Osaka (perhaps the engineering marvel of the 20th century, and the only manmade structure besides the Great Wall visible from space), The Kremlin, Lloyds Building in London and London City Hall. Also toyed with the idea of the Baths at Caracalla and Shah Mosque in Isfahan. It almost killed me that Schönbrunn Palace wasn't taken, but I really couldn't fit it into my draft once I realised it was still going to be available as late as it was.

[DoctorJones24]

Did St. Paul's not get picked?

[Claymore]

Don't make me re-list eveything...:cool:

[Norsk Troll]

Judging update. I've completed my reviews and conferred with the other judges. It may be a few days before their personal lives allow them to complete their reviews (one of the benefits of my being home sick in bed).

But since the draft is officially closed, and people have started to mention alternate selections that they didn't make, I'm going to start posting some of my "Highlights of the Overlooked" in the previous, Volume III thread (so as not to clog this one).

[YankHibee]

No fear - I have my spreadsheet to the rescue!



If you get a chance, can you use your spreadsheet for me too? Sorry to be a lazy bastard, but, well, I'm a lazy bastard.

[Fleck]

If you get a chance, can you use your spreadsheet for me too? Sorry to be a lazy bastard, but, well, I'm a lazy bastard.

ditto.

[Caesar]

If you get a chance, can you use your spreadsheet for me too? Sorry to be a lazy bastard, but, well, I'm a lazy bastard.
YankHibee

1. Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano - Vatican City, surrounded by Rome, Italy
2. Viaduc de Millau - France
3. Auchwitz - Oświęcim, Poland
4. Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Centre - Ohio, United States of America
5. Dunnottar Castle - Stonehaven, Scotland
6. Pueblo Bonito - Chaco Canyon, United States of America
7. Ma'dan Hut - Nasiriya, Iraq
8. Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center - Colorado Springs, United States of America
9. Siloam Tunnel - Jerusalem, Israel
10. Biosphere 2 - Oracle, Arizona

[Caesar]

ditto.
Fleck

1. La Tour Eiffel - Paris, France
2. Burj al-Arab - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
3. Palace of Westminster - London, England
4. Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial - San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
5. Shah Faisal Masjid - Islamabad, Pakistan
6. Deir el-Bahri - Luxor, Egypt
7. Palatul Parlamentului - Bucharest, Romania
8. Peterhof - Peterhof, Russia
9. Monastery of Santa Maria da Victória - Batalha, Portugal
10. Musée du Louvre - Paris, France

[Caesar]

Don't make me re-list eveything...:cool:
Claymore

1. Sultanahmet Camii - Istanbul, Turkey
2. Robie House - Chicago, United States of America
3. Himeji Castle - Himeji, Japan
4. Gamble House - Pasadena, United States of America
5. Isaac Bell House - Newport, United States of America
6. Eilean Donan Castle - Dornie, Scotland
7. Stahl House, Los Angeles, United States of America
8. Hanna House - Stanford, United States of America
9. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Central Library - Mexico City, Mexico
10. Mackintosh Building - Glasgow, Scotland