Covered Reservoir, designed by East London Water Works Company 1868, in Finsbury Park, London, United Kingdom. (Matt Emmett)
Award-winning architecture is often reserved for innovative skyscrapers or futuristic hubs, but this year the Arcaid Images Architectural Photography Awards made history.
The winner of this year’s awards is a photo by Matt Emmet (above) depicts a historic location—a first for the contest.
Emmet’s image of the East London Water Works covered reservoir in Finsbury Park dazzled the panel of judges at the World Architecture Festival in Berlin, where the award was announced. Emmet won $3,000 and exhibitions in Berlin at Architektur Galerie and in London at Sto Werkstatt, which is open now and runs from until March 31.
See the judge’s selections from all the categories below.
Buildings in Use
Allianz headquarters, designed by Wiel Arets Architects, in Zurich, Switzerland (Adrien Barakat)
Adrien Barakat
Independence Square in Accra, Ghana (Julien Lanoo)
photo: Julien Lanoo
‘Forest of Light’ for COS, designed by Sou Fujimoto Architects, at Salone del Mobile in Milan, Italy. (Laurian Ghinitoiu)
laurian ghinitoiu
Dharavi in Mumbai, India. (Torsten Andreas Hoffmann)
Torsten Andreas Hoffmann
Sense of Place
Bruder Klaus Field Chapel by Peter Zumthor in Mechernich-Wachendorf, Germany (Mark Wohlrab)
MARK WOHLRAB
Baku National Stadium, designed by ROSSETTI with Heerim Architects, in Azerbaijan. (Victor Romero)
Victor Romero
The stage for Haduwa Arts & Culture Institute, Ghana, designed by [a]FA [applied] foreign affairs (Julien Lanoo)
photo: Julien Lanoo
Blok 23, Novi Beograd, designed by Aleksandar Stjepanovic, in Belgrade, Serbia (Inigo Bujedo Aguirre)
Iñigo Bujedo-Aguirre
Hygge House Warming Hut designed by Plain Projects, Pike Projects, Urbanink in Winnipeg, Canada (Paul Turang)
Paul Turang
Exteriors
Shanghai Tower, designed by Gensler/Marshall Strabala, Shanghai, China
Vitra Shaudepot, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, in Weil am Rhein, Germany. (Julien Lanoo)
photo: Julien Lanoo
Olympic Stadium, designed by Yrjo Lindegren and Toivo Jantti, in Helsinki, Finland (Sebastian Weiss)
Sebastian Weiss
Lattice House, designed by SPA Architects and Sameep Padora, in Kashmir, India (Edmund Sumner)
Edmund Sumner edmund@edmundsumne
Interiors
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, designed by Selgascano, in London, United Kingdom. (James Newton)
James Newton Photographs
Helical Staircase in Workshop, designed by Finkernagel Ross Architects, in Littlehampton, United Kingdom. (Will Scott)
Will Scott
Interior, designed by Bell Phollips Architects, and Portrait of Derry Rd Resident on Queen’s Birthday. (Kilian O’Sullivan)
Kilian O'Sullivan
Jesus Church, designed by Rafael Moneo, in San Sebastian, Spain. (Fabrice Fouillet)
Fabrice Fouillet
The next call for entries begins on April 1st, 2017. Interested parties can learn more here.
—RealClearLife
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