Earlier this month we posted about Vanity Fair’s Greatest Work of Architecture in the 21st Century. The clear winner was Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum, in Bilbao. Lance Hosey with Architect created his own list with his own criteria that seemed to be absent in Vanity Fair’s. Hosey was looking for buildings that were a little more “green”. Lance asked 150 green building experts- including architects, engineers and educators- to name the “Top 5 most-important green buildings since 1980”. See their findings below.
THE G-LIST
Top Green Buildings Since 1980
13 Votes
– Adam Joseph Lewis Center (Oberlin, Ohio), William McDonough + Partners, 200111 Votes
– California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco), Renzo Piano Building Workshop, 20089 Votes
– Genzyme Center (Cambridge, Mass.), Behnisch Architekten, 20037 Votes
– Beddington Zero Energy Development/BedZed (London), ZEDfactory, 2002
– Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Annapolis, Md.), SmithGroup, 20016 Votes
– Bank of America Tower (aka One Bryant Park) (New York), Cook + Fox Architects, 2009
Top Green Buildings Since 1980: Winner with 13 Votes - Adam Joseph Lewis Center (Oberlin, Ohio), William McDonough + Partners, 2001
Which list do you prefer?
