Architecture
New York-New York
NEW YORK-NEW YORK
3790 Las Vegas Blvd. South
The cool, cartoonish skyline facade of the Strip's newest arrival has quickly found a place in the hearts of readers weary of seeing yet another boring X- or Y-shaped monolith taking up space in the desert. NY-NY's offbeat construction scheme proves there's still room for creativity in this category. Nothing else came close, but the Excalibur finished a distant second.
Our Pick:
NEW YORK-NEW YORK
We're happy to jump on the big-city bandwagon. This place is just too goofy from a structural standpoint to be anything less than inspired, and architects around the world are probably scrambling to try to top it. That's going to take some doing.