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We know ways that worked a few times and failed many thousands of times more often.

How many buildings of the same type didn't survive?

If your goal is to use a method that has _any_ chance of success, however small, then the old ways are probably a good bet. If you want the highest chance of success you should probably at least evaluate new methods.

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Your best chance would probably be to go primitive - many different pyramids of various designs have stood for over a thousand years.

For each one that is still standing, how many are dust?

Evidence would seem to point toward not many. Even the Bent Pyramid, which may have come before Egyptians perfected the math behind building pyramids, still stands. Throw in the numerous ones found in various jungles by LIDAR and they seem to hold up quite well.

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