Slideshow: ra50 Architects’ Favorite Buildings

Courtesy Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Salk Institute, La Jolla, Calif., by Louis Kahn. Chosen by Dougl… Salk Institute, La Jolla, Calif., by Louis Kahn. Chosen by Douglas Stockman, el dorado; John Brown, RAIC, housebrand; Ted Flato, FAIA, Lake|Flato Architects; Zoltan Pali, SPF:architects; and Luis Ibarra, Ibarra Rosano Design Architects.

Frank Harmon

Unpainted Aristocracy, Outer Banks, N.C., by S.J. Twine. Chosen … Unpainted Aristocracy, Outer Banks, N.C., by S.J. Twine. Chosen by Frank Harmon, FAIA, Frank Harmon Architect.

Hotel Therme Vals

Therme Vals, Vals, Switzerland, by Peter Zumthor. Chosen by Ron … Therme Vals, Vals, Switzerland, by Peter Zumthor. Chosen by Ron Radziner, FAIA, Marmol Radziner, and Tom Kundig, FAIA, Olson Kundig Architects.

Judith Bromley

Taliesin West, Scottsdale, Ariz., by Frank Lloyd Wright

The Hermitage

The Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn., by David Morrison, Joseph Reiff… The Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn., by David Morrison, Joseph Reiff, William C. Hume, and others. Chosen by Andrew Cogar, AIA, Historical Concepts.

Rauno Traskelin

Villa Mairea, Noormarkku, Finland, by Alvar Aalto. Chosen by Mar… Villa Mairea, Noormarkku, Finland, by Alvar Aalto. Chosen by Mark A. Hutker, AIA, Hutker Architects and David Salmela, FAIA, Salmela Architect.

Dennis Brack/Black Star

The East Building of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D…. The East Building of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., by I.M. Pei. Chosen by Jacobsen Architecture.

Library of Congress

Farnsworth House, Plano, Ill., by Mies van der Rohe. Chosen by R… Farnsworth House, Plano, Ill., by Mies van der Rohe. Chosen by Robert M. Gurney, FAIA. Photo: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey, HABS ILL,47-PLAN.V,1.

Robert LaPrelle

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, by Louis Kahn. Chosen by … Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, by Louis Kahn. Chosen by Alan Organschi, AIA, Gray Organschi Architecture; Brian MacKay-Lyons, FRAIA, Hon. FAIA, MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects; Heather McKinney, FAIA, LEED AP, McKinney-York Architects; Zoltan Pali, FAIA, SPF:architects; and Ted Flato, FAIA, Lake|Flato Architects.

Timothy Sakamoto

Kings Road House, West Hollywood, Calif., by R.M. Schindler. Cho… Kings Road House, West Hollywood, Calif., by R.M. Schindler. Chosen by Fernau & Hartman Architects. Photo: Timothy Sakamoto, 2011 in-D media, LLC.

Whit Slemmons

Thorncrown Chapel, Eureka Springs, Ark., by Fay Jones. Chosen by… Thorncrown Chapel, Eureka Springs, Ark., by Fay Jones. Chosen by Cutler Anderson Architects.