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