Last Updated on 20 January 2024
I was able to find 15 lists. I took the 15 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every building. I ended up averaging the rankings each one got and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists it was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The buildings that were on the most lists (out of 15) were:
- Taj Mahal (Agra, India - 1653) - 10 lists
- Colosseum (Rome, Italy - 80 CE) - 9 lists
- Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey - 537 CE) - 9 lists
- Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE - 2010) - 9 lists
- Leaning Tower of Pisa (Pisa, Italy - 1372) - 9 lists
- Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia - 1973) - 8 lists
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao, Spain - 1997) - 8 lists
- Fallingwater (Bear Run, PA - 1939) - 8 lists
- Sagrada Family (Barcelona, Spain - 1882) - 7 lists
- Parthenon (Athens, Greece - 438 BCE) - 7 lists
- Petronas Towers (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 1999) - 7 lists
- Eiffel Tower (Paris, France - 1889) - 7 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- Ranker - 6 Nov 2023
- Creative Bloq - 19 Jul 2023
- Complete University Guide - 29 Jun 2023
- Go Construct - 25 Aug 2021
- Rethinking the Future - 6 May 2021
- E-Architect - 8 Aug 2020
- Architecturechat - 9 Mar 2019
- Arch Daily - 30 Aug 2018
- Cad Crowd - 12 Jul 2018
- Architectural Digest (best designed) - 19 Mar 2018
- Architectural Digest (iconic buildings) - 7 Sep 2017
- Business Insider - 30 Jul 2016
- Cuded - 11 Apr 2014
- Best 100 Lists - 1 Apr 2011
- Make Lists, Not War - no date
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