AIA 150th Anniversary

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To celebrate their 150th anniversary, the American Institute of Architects put together a list of 150 favorite buildings of Americans. From that list CNNMoney.com pulled the top 10 buildings designed as family homes, the most admired American masterpieces of residential architecture.

1. Vanderbilt
Location: Biltmore, N.C.
Architect: Richard Morris Hunt
Year Built: 1895
Built for: George Washington Vanderbilt

2. Monticello
Location: Charlottesville, Va.
Architect: Richard Morris Hunt
Year Built: 1808
Built for: Thomas Jefferson

3. Fallingwater
Location: Bear Run, Pa.
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Year Built: 1935
Built for: Edgar J. Kaufmann, a department store mogul

4. Taliesin
Location: Spring Green, Wisc.
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
Year Built: 1911, rebuilt 1925
Built for: Frank Lloyd Wright


5. Hearst Castle
Location: San Simeon, Calif.
Architect: Julia Morgan
Year Built: 1947
Built for: William Randolph Hearst

6. Gamble House
Location: Pasadena, Calif.
Architect: Greene and Greene
Year Built: 1908
Built for: David B. Gamble of Procter & Gamble


7. Glessner House
Location: Chicago
Architect:
Henry Hobson Richardson
Year Built: 1887
Built for: John J. Glessner


8. Dana-Thomas House
Location: Springfield, Ill.
Architect:
Frank Lloyd Wright
Year Built: 1904
Built for: Susan Lawrence Dana, an heiress


9. Taliesin West
Location: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Architect:
Frank Lloyd Wright
Year Built: 1937 - 1959
Built for: Frank Lloyd Wright


10. Douglas House
Location: Harbor Springs, Mich.
Architect: Richard Meier
Year Built: 1973
Built for: James E. Douglas, a trucking company owner

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