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Best New Buildings of 2007  

Posted Dec 6, 07 1:10 PM CST in Business,  Arts & Living    Editor's Choice

(newser) – Looks weren't all that mattered to BusinessWeek and Architectural Record in choosing their 2007 architectural awards. "Contribution to business" was important, too. Their top picks:

  1. InterActive Corp. Headquarters, New York—Gehry Partners
  2. Young Center for the Performing Arts, Toronto—Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
  3. US Census Bureau Headquarters, Suitland, Md.—Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

  1. Navy Federal Credit Union Heritage Oaks Center, Building One, Pensacola, Fla. —ASD
  2. Four Seasons Center for the Performing Arts, Toronto—Diamond & Schmitt Architects
  3. Hearst Tower, New York—Foster + Partners/Gensler
  4. Hubbell Lighting Headquarters, Greenville, SC—McMillan Smith & Partners Architects
  5. SJ Berwin, London—HOK
  6. San Diego Padres Ballpark, San Diego—Antoine Predock Architect/HOK Sports
  7. Gardiner Museum, Toronto—Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects

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The IAC building and the meatpacking district, New York.   ()
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Young Centre for the Performing Arts   (Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects)
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IAC/InterActiveCorp Headquarters New York, New York USA   (IAC/InterActivecorp)
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