The Fort Worth chapter of the American Institute of Architects has released a list of their 25 favorite buildings in Fort Worth. On the whole, it’s a great list, and I’d love to hear the community’s comments. The buildings are:
- The Kimbell Art Museum
- Marty Leonard Chapel
- Tarrant County Courthouse
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
- Texas & Pacific Railway Terminal
- Will Rogers Auditorium, Coliseum, and Pioneer Tower
- United States Post Office
- Flatiron Building
- Fort Worth Water Gardens
- Thistle Hill
- Fort Worth Live Stock Exchange
- Sinclair Building
- First United Methodist Church
- Ball-Eddleman-McFarland House
- Casa Manana
- Knights of Pythias Castle Hall
- Radio Shack Riverfront Campus
- Anne Bass Residence
- Amon Carter Museum
- Masonic Temple
- Pier 1 Place
- Fort Worth Public Market Building
- Beth-El Congregation
- Burk Burnett Building
- Central Fire Station
- Lasater Residence
- Montgomery Ward Retail Store & Warehouse
- Greenwood Mausoleum
To us, the oddest choices are the Radio Shack Campus and the Beth-El Congregation. Radio Shack is cool, but we’re not sure it’s in the top 25. Beth-El, meanwhile, seems a bit out of left field - it’s a bit too “suburban high school” for our tastes. Our immediate thought is that we’d have pulled Radio Shack and Beth-El and replaced them with:
- W. T. Waggoner Building
- Bass Performance Hall
Otherwise, this seems to be a good list. What’s yours? Post in the comments!
on Aug 4th, 2008 at 8:52 am
[...] Last year, Anne Bass‘ residence, designed by Paul Rudolph, was selected as one of the Fort Worth AIA’s Top 25 buildings. Now, you can see more of this building thanks to a cool Flickr photo set found here. For thoughts on last year’s list, see The Caravan of Dreams and FortWorthology. [...]