As you might have heard, ArchDaily is celebrating our 5th birthday today! We decided it was time to get a bit nostalgic and look back at the projects of yesteryear, the ones that struck a chord with you, our ArchDaily readers, and helped us get to where we are today.
So, with no further ado, the 20 most visited projects in ArchDaily history! Beginning with....
See our 20 most popular projects of all time, after the break...
#20. Floating House / MOS Architects
Architects: MOS – Michael Meredith, Hilary Sample
Location: Ontario, Canada
Project year: 2005
#19. Vodafone Headquarters / Barbosa & Guimarães
Architects: Barbosa & Guimarães
Location: Porto, Portugal
Project Year: 2006-2008
#18. Reading Between the Lines / Gijs Van Vaerenbergh
Architects: Gijs Van Vaerenbergh
Location: Looz, Limburg, Belgium
Project Year: 2011
#17. Villa Vals / SeARCG & CMA
Location: Vals, Switzerland
Project Year: 2009
#16. Dupli Casa / J. Mayer H Architects
Architects: J. MAYER H. Architects
Location: Ludwigsburg, Germany
Project Year: 2005-2008
#15. Villa Amanzi / Original Vision
Architects: Original Vision Ltd
Location: Kamala beach, Phuket, Thailand
Project year: 2008
#14. 55 Blair Road / Ong & Ong
Architects: Ong & Ong Pte Ltd
Location: 55 Blair Road, Singapore
Project Year: 2009
#13. Ningbo Historic Museum / Wang Shu, Amateur Architecture Studio
Architects: Wang Shu
Location: Ningbo, China
Project Year: 2008
#12. Tverrfjellhytta / Snøhetta
Architect: Snøhetta Oslo AS
Location: Hjerkinn, Dovre Municipality, Norway
Project Year: 2011
#11. VitraHaus / Herzog & de Meuron
Architects: Herzog & de Meuron
Location: Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Project Year: 2006-2010
#10. House In Leiria / Aires Mateus
Architects: Manuel Aires Mateus
Location: Leiria, Portugal
Project year: 2008 – 2010
#9. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art / Steven Holl Architects
Architects: Steven Holl Architects
Location: Kansas City, MO, USA
Project Year: 1999-2007
#8. MAXXI Museum / Zaha Hadid Architects
Architect: Zaha Hadid Architects
Location: Rome, Flaminio, Italy
Project Year: 1999-2000
#7. Roll It Experimental Housing / University of Karlsruche
Architect: Matthias Michel and Prof. Matthias Pfeifer Mitabeiter, Institute of supporting structure (ift), Camille Hoffmann, Prof. Petra von Both, Institute of Industrial Design and construction output (ifib)
Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
Project Year: 2009
#6. Keret House / Centrala
Architects: Centrala
Location: Wola, Poland
Project Year: 2011-2012
#5. Ecological Children Activity and Education Center / 24H > Architecture
Architects: 24H > architecture
Location: Koh Kood Island, Thailand
Project year: 2006-2009
#4. Seattle Central Library / OMA + LMN
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Project year: 1999-2004
#3. House N / Sou Fujimoto
Architects: Sou Fujimoto Architects
Location: Oita, Japan
Project Year: 2006-2008
#2. Oslo Opera House / Snohetta
Architects: Snohetta
Location: Bjørvika, Oslo, Norway
Project Year: 2004 - 2007
#1. Selgas Cano Architecture Office, Photographed by Iwan Baan
Architects: Selgas Cano
Location: Madrid, Spain
Project Year: 2007