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^ ugh. I spent some of the best nights of my life in that building going to see Rocky Horror all through college.

OH! i forgot about this one! i was obsessed when it was announced

oh wait! the State House got in last year! strike that! I replace that nomination with the quirkiest building in the city, one of of my absolute loves, the Milk Bottle at the Children's museum. here is a great article about it and the amazing history behind it...

Ok, I know this is an underdog, and may not even count, but what about the Omni Hotel south tower? I just really kind of love it. photo by BeeLine Also, this may be a controversial choice, but what about the Samuel Adams Tap Room at Quincy Market. Its a smartly designed, stoic little...

ok i have to go with the Hanover Street "Tower". for how long it took, how underwhelming it is, and the garage door at street level. pics by BeeLine

let me re-nominate this year pike parcels 14/15 air rights. Not only is the gaping hole in the ground disasterous for this section of the city, so is the lack of crosswalks and general bad state of the sidewalks surrounding it. Filling in Parcel 15 would do wonders for that whole corner of the...

throwing my two perennial nominations into the ring: Mass Eye and Ear - for its dead streetscape and appearance of eating a much more sucessfull building Harbor Towers - For not just the fenced off pool creating a barrier to the harbor walk but largely for the obstructionary tactics from...

i also second The Grain Exchange.

I am just rehashing my nominations from last year because none won: 1) THE. WINTHROP. BUILDING!!!!!! - best building in Boston hands down and and it is frankly criminal it isn't in the hall of fame. the elegant curve, the beautiful color combination, the way it perfectly fits its site...

This year I kept a running list of images I stumbled on that I thought were great. These are them, feel free to include or exclude as necessary due to the large number: The Hub on Causeway by Java King Green Line Extension by BeeLine State Street HQ by DZH22 MassMutual by Stefal...

I hate to say it, but I'm really not a fan of this building. It just looks so.... dated? The light colored precast, the triple height windows, the colors of the glass. It's very mid 2000s. It would be a fine background building but it is just so prominent and so... soulless.

I feel this building looks really sharp... in the literal sense of the word. The unadorned edges of the building seem to slice through the air and match up usually with the way the edges of the color blocked areas meet. I find it kind of intresting how this sharpness plays with your perception...

While the overall design seems realy strong I have to be that guy that works in theater and talk about the performing arts venue. The stage, as currently designed is almost unusable. There is virtually no wing space, there is no cross over backstage, and the only entrances to the stage are...

Woaaaaah. Did you take any of these pictures? If so they could be "picture of the year" material

yeah, I was about to say I was skeptical about the faceting of the panels in the renderings, but they look spectacular in these images. I thought it was going to be gimmicky but so far it adds an element of unexpected grandeur and rhythm to the facade. Of course we need to wait till the whole...

yeah... sooo... that Roosevelt Island project is just rendering porn. Off the top of my head I can think of at least 2 landmarked structures an entire college campus that was literally just built, and the last constructed work by Louis Kahn which woudl all have to be demolished for that...

Those colors are fine and wonderful but need massive amounts of upkeep with either regular repainting or panel replacement when the pigments fade. The only vivid colors that building materials naturally come in are red, brick or terracotta, and green, patinated copper. That's why those are the...

Have you thought about why there is a red palette in boston and why it seems to work well/alot of people use it? I know it may not feel that way right now, but Boston is a very dreary city. It is one of the rainiest cities in America and, compared to many of the other major cities, winters are...

While the park does feel a bit awkard, but after looking at the plot it realy feels like they placed the building exactly where it needed to go and a park is probably the highest use at this point in time for over the tunnel. As with all parks what will really matter is the programing of the...

The more I look at this the more I become a fan. It is, pardon the pun, balancing lots of styles and concepts. It both an eye catcher and a building that blends in. It is stoic and dynamic at the same time. It plays with contemporary trends and the vernacular of the area. I mean obviously we...