Two UK green buildings were prominent in a poll of 150 leading green building experts asked to list the most important green buildings worldwide since the 1980s. Eleven were from the US.

The poll, conducted by Architect Magazine, included architects, engineers, critics and environmental education specialists from the US, UK, Europe and Asia.

The results are as follows:

•   13 votes: Adam Joseph Lewis Center (Oberlin, Ohio, USA), William McDonough + Partners, 2001

•   11 votes: California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco, USA) Renzo Piano Building Workshop, 2008

•   9 votes: Genzyme Center (Cambridge, Massachusetts USA) Behnisch Architekten, 2003

•   7 votes: Beddington Zero Energy Development/BedZED (London, UK) ZEDfactory, 2002

Chesapeake Bay Foundation (Annapolis, Maryland, USA) Smith Group, 2001

•   6 votes: Bank of America Tower/ One Bryant Park (New York, USA) Cook + Fox Architects, 2009

•   5 votes: Sidwell Friends School (Washington D.C, USA) Kieran Timberlake, 2006

Advanced Green Builder Demonstration (Austin, Texas, USA) Pliny Fisk, 1998

•   4 votes: Dockside Green (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) Busby Perkins + Will, 2010

Omega Center for Sustainable Living (Rhinebeck, New York, USA) BNIM, 2009

New York Times Building (New York, USA) Renzo Piano Building workshop/FX Fowle Architects 2008

Aldo Leopold Legacy Center (Barabook, Wisconsin, USA) Kubala Washatko Architects, 2007

Druk White Lotus School (Ladakh, India) Arup, 2005

Swiss RE Tower (London, UK) Foster + Partners, 2003

Colorado Court (Los Angeles, USA) Pugh + Scarpa Architects, 2002

Institute for Forestry and Nature Research (Wageningen, The Netherlands) Behnisch Architekten, 1998

Commerzbank Headquarters (Frankfurt, Germany) Foster + Partners, 1997

Menara Mesiniaga Tower (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) Hamazah & Yeang, 1992

The remaining votes were divided in small numbers between other green buildings.

http://www.architectmagazine.com/green-building/web-exclusive-the-g-list-survey-of-architecture.aspx