While not technically in Atlanta, these twin towers are undoubtedly the metro’s most regal structures. Officially known as Concourse Corporate Center Buildings V and IV, the pair are local landmarks. Standing sentinel over the Ga. Highway 400 and Interstate 285 interchange in Sandy Springs, the buildings’ distinctive metal caps light up to mark different events throughout the year.

Recognizable as Buckhead’s tallest building and most artfully curvaceous, Sovereign's distinctive glass facade stands out in the neighborhood's skyline. Plans are in the works for a second, similarly curvy tower to rise next door.

Designed by noted classicist and local Philip Trammell Shutze, the Swan House was constructed for Edward Inman in 1928. Today the home stands as a museum, as part of the Atlanta History Center, and represents just one of many of Shutze residential, religious, and institutional contributions to the city.

Set back from Peachtree Street in northern Midtown, the unique white buildings of the High Museum complex are sculptural elements in their own right. With buildings designed by noted architects Richard Meier and Renzo Piano, the museum is as much a work of art as anything inside.

Known by many as the “Batman Building,” due to its wing-like glass faces rising high above the roof of the building, the tower looms large over Midtown. Initially, the building was intended to be just one of three highrises to comprise "Atlanta Symphony Center,” but the adjacent site is now destined to become Opus Place.

There are countless reasons why this 1929 movie palace is known as the "Fabulous Fox." A campaign to save the building from the wrecking ball in the 1970s sparked Atlanta's current preservation movement and thankfully saved this architectural gem. Today, renovations are nearly complete to add the posh Marquee Club.

One of the latest additions to the entertainment and cultural district surrounding Pemberton Place, the Freelon Group-designed building at the northern edge of Centennial Olympic Park embodies the ideas of the museum and lends a dynamism to the exhibitions within.

One of John Portman's commercial towers at Peachtree Center, SunTrust Plaza is uniquely geometric. Dating to the 1990s, the international-style tower is topped with stacked glass cubes that rise high enough to make this Atlanta’s second-tallest structure.

Designed by John Portman and opened in 1967 as the Regency Hyatt House, the hotel was the world's first example of the now-ubiquitous, atrium-centric hotel form. Topped by the blue-domed Polaris, the building is now dwarfed by its surroundings, but it stands as an icon of ingenuity for its time.

It isn't the lobby that lands this third John Portman hotel on the list, but the soaring presence of the reflective cylindrical tower and the amazing views offered from the Sundial restaurant atop the building. At 73 stories, the Westin held the title of tallest building in the city for more than a decade and the tallest hotel in the world for a short time.

Topped by two towers, the Philip Johnson-designed tower stands as one of the tallest buildings along Peachtree Street in downtown. With a soaring 100-foot-tall atrium, the 50-story structure still stands out.

Known for its distinctive stepped facade, the pink marble tower sits prominently at a bend in Peachtree Street in downtown. Designed by internationally renowned architecture firm SOM, the tower began construction in 1979 after another landmark on the site, the Loew's Grand Theatre, mysteriously burned down.

Arguably Atlanta’s most notable Modern building, the SOM-designed tower stands as a testament to midcentury design minimalism. While the building’s signature “Equitable” sign is threatened by a new tenant and ownership, the building will always be known to Atlantans by its original name.

Atlanta’s oldest standing skyscraper, the 11-story structure was completed in 1897. While officially known as the English-American Building, the structure is commonly referred to as the Flatiron Building, due to its distinctive wedge shape. Recently renovated, the building predates New York City's more famous (and much taller) Flatiron Building by five years.

While a newcomer to Atlanta’s architectural scene—criticized for cost overruns and initial operational glitches—the new stadium at the western edge of downtown definitely makes its mark on the skyline. And come next week, this instant icon will be the only enclosed stadium in the city.