America's Favorite Architecture

The Rose Center has proved to be one of New York City’s most popular new buildings. An 87-foot-diameter illuminated sphere appears to float inside the dramatic, six-story glass cube façade. Reminiscent of the mid-century modernism of the New York World’s Fair or of Buckminster Fuller, the front façade is made up of a glass cube enclosing an enormous white aluminum sphere. Architect James Polshek calls it a “cosmic cathedral.”