The 2018 World Architectural Festival will be held in Amsterdam from November 28-30. With the festival being only over a month away, the excitement of architects and architecture buffs is almost palpable. As a part of the yearly awards program, the twenty finalists of the Architecture Photography award have been announced. This year, two additional categories—Mobile and Portfolio, were added to the four main categories: Exteriors, Interiors, Sense of Place, and Buildings in Use.
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Entries for the competition came in from 47 countries. At the festival, visitors will vote for their favorite photograph, and the winner will be revealed at the WAF Gala. However, the voting for the Mobile Category will be open till 30th November. The awards are supported by the World Architecture Festival and PICSEL and sponsored by STO SE & Co and Dornbracht.
“I’ve had so much fun and so enjoyed looking at these images and soaking them in – some incredible work,” said architect James Timberlake and one of the judges for the Architecture Photography Award. Now, here are the shortlisted images per category:
The Categories of The Architecture Photography:
1) Exterior
Apartment building in Yaiza, Lanzarote – Photography: Marius Liukevicius
The Bank of China Tower, Ningbo, China by SOM – Photography: He Zhenhuan
Hong Kong Zhuhai Macau Border Crossing Facility by ECADI – Photography: Shao Feng
The perforated concrete skin of Vm Estancia in Chennai, Tamil, Nadu, India by KSM – Photography: B.R.S. Sreenag
Long Museum West Bund Shanghai China by Atelier Deshaus – Photography: Pawel Paniczko
2) Interior
The Vortex, Bloomberg HQ, London, UK by Foster + Partners – Photography: James Newton
The Ouse Valley viaduct in Sussex, UK by David Mocatta – Photography: Andrew Robertson
A semi-abandoned power station in Kelenfold, Budapest, Hungary – Photography: Roman Robroek
The Theodore Gouvy Theatre in Freyming-Merlebach, France by Dominique Coulon & Associes – Photography: Eugeni Pons
The ceiling of Liege-Guillemins station in Belgium by Santiago Calatrava – Photography: Suraj Garg
3) Sense of Place
Swimmers on the riverside opposite the construction of Raffles City Chongqing, China by Safdie Architects – Photography: Zhu Wen Qiao
Castle Neuschwanstein in winter – Photography Dirk Vonten
The Seashore Chapel in Qinhuangdao China by Vector Architects – Photography: Ai Qing
The Hive at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK, during winter by Wolfgang Buttress – Photography: Jeff Eden
The Piazza Duomo from the Arengario Balconi of the Palazzo dell’Arengario Museo del 900 in Milan Italy by Italo Rota and Fabio Fornasari – Photography: Marco Tagliarino
4) Buildings in Use
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA – Photography: Brad Feinknopf
Azur Arena in Antibes, France by Auer Weber architects – Photography: Aldo Amoretti
The Vantablack Pavilion, Pyeongchang, South Korea – Photography: Laurian Ghinitoiu
The Hive at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK by Wolfgang Buttress – Photography: Omer Kanipak
A Soviet-era Sanatorium “Sacartvelo” with a stray dog and rubbish, Tskaltubo, Georgia by Kalashniko – Photography: Ryan Koopmans