7 of the Most Iconic Pieces of American Architecture

(via Popular Mechanics) Iconic American architecture doesn’t fit neatly in a box. Everything from cloud-scraping skyscrapers to flowing museums fit the bill—and those are both in the same city. Of course the are some fantastic historical pieces to look at but here we’ll take a look at seven fairly modern projects that stand out as iconic for the United States, key in defining an architect, an age, a style or, simply, a country.