What are the famous buildings in America?

1. The White House

The White House is a white neoclassical sandstone building located at 16 Pennsylvania Avenue, northwest of Washington, D.C.. The White House covers an area of more than 73, square meters and consists of the main building and the east and west wings. Because the White House is the place where the president of the United States lives and works, the word "White House" often refers to the American government.

2. Parliament Building

The Parliament Building is a three-story building with a total length of 233 meters, with white marble as the main material. On the top floor of the center, there is a three-story dome with a very high appearance rate, on which stands a bronze statue of the Statue of Liberty with a height of 6 meters. The north and south wing buildings on both sides of the big dome are the offices of the House of Representatives and the Senate respectively.

3. Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is dressed in ancient Greek-style clothes, wearing a radiant crown, and the seven sharp peaks symbolize the seven continents. The torch symbolizing freedom is held high in the right hand, and a nameplate engraved with JulyvmdclXXVI (July 4, 1776, the date of the Declaration of Independence) is held in the left hand. At the foot are broken handcuffs, fetters and chains, symbolizing freedom from tyranny.

4. Pentagon

The Pentagon is located in Arlington, on the Potomac River near Washington, USA. It is the seat of the US Department of Defense. Seen from the air, this building is a regular pentagon, hence the name "Pentagon". The original design drawings of the Pentagon were also designed as irregular pentagons. Based on the limitation of available land area and architectural shape (square or rectangle occupies too much space), pentagon is considered as the best architectural shape of this building.

5. Empire State Building

It is the tallest skyscraper in the world for the longest time (1931-1972***41 years). The Empire State Building is 381 meters high and has 13 floors in total. After adding an antenna with a height of 62 meters in 1951, the total height is 443.7 meters. The building was designed by Shreeve, Lamb and Harmon, and it is an art deco building.

Extended information:

The UnitedStatesofAmerica (English: UnitedStates) is a federal and constitutional country composed of Washington, D.C., 5 states, Guam and many other overseas territories.

Its main part is located in the central part of North America. The total area of the United States was 9.373 million square kilometers from 1989 to 1996 in the initial edition of the World Survey by the Central Intelligence Agency, and it was revised to 9.834 million square kilometers in 1997 (plus the sovereign part of the United States in the Great Lakes and the coastal waters such as estuaries, harbors and inland seas), with a population of 32 million. It is an immigrant country with common English.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-USA.